ANC members and supporters were in a jovial mood over the weekend as they celebrated the ANC’s 112th anniversary in Mbombela Stadium, Mpumalanga on Saturday, 13 January.
Speaking to thousands of people at the stadium, President Cyril Ramaphosa said those who kept claiming the ANC wouldn't be able to achieve 50% of the vote in the elections, didn't know the party very well.
“They don’t know the ANC of Luthuli, the ANC of Mandela," he said.
ANC supporters were also seen parading a coffin written RIP Zuma at the stadium.
In more tragic news, businessman Harry Makamu (53) from New Forest Village in Mpumalanga, was killed in a hail of bullets while sitting inside a car with a woman. The two were inside his blue VW Jetta behind the Thulamahashe Plaza near Bushbuckridge on Saturday, 13 January.
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The residents of Atlantis in Cape Town demand justice. This follows the alleged rape of a two-year-old toddler at Wesfleur Hospital on Wednesday, 10 January. According to a source who visited the hospital, there was chaos at the hospital after the incident.
The source claimed that a woman came out of the hospital toilets screaming while chasing a man she claimed had just raped her daughter.
Following heavy rains, the Joburg EMS Aquatic team continued the search for a woman who was allegedly swept away by a flash flood on Friday, 12 January, in Sunninghill.
The woman was allegedly swept by the floods while driving past a bridge at Witkoppen Road.
The car the victim was driving was recovered a few kilometres from where the initial incident occurred.
As the car was found floating in the water, it was beyond recognition. No one could tell what kind of a vehicle it once was.
The heavy rains which poured around Durban on Saturday, 13 January, left a trail of destruction. Several homes were flooded, and tragically, a woman (55) and her grandchild (4) died while they were sleeping at the Zwelisha shacks in Durban. Some residents in Tongaat, Durban, lost all their belongings.
Things are heating up for minister Blade Nzimande, who saw the ActionSA youth calling for his resignation amid corruption allegations.
The cash-strapped Maluti-a-Phofung Municipality in the Free State slammed the EFF for what they called misleading information.
This is regarding an alleged disappearance of R1,4 billion in municipality's coffers that was allocated to fix the long overdue water crisis.
Finally, actress and Black Coffee's estranged wife, Enhle Mbali Mlotshwa, has taken to social media to set the record straight. Recently, she went live on Instagram to address the allegations that tweeps have been spreading of her, following Black Coffee’s accident.
