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Clashes erupted outside Durban’s Home Affairs offices during a March and March “clean-up campaign”, with police confirming one arrest after a confrontation involving marchers and foreign nationals. The unrest is also fuelling concern about South Africa’s tourism and conference sectors.
In Vosloorus, 17 learners at Erasmus Monareng High School allege private security personnel assaulted them during a school discipline operation. The Gauteng Education Department is investigating and has sent psychosocial support.
President Cyril Ramaphosa is asking the High Court in Cape Town to review the Phala Phala independent panel report over the theft of US$580,000 from his farm. His lawyers say the panel failed to properly test whether he acted deliberately and in bad faith.
The IEC says there will be no grace period for parties that missed the local-election candidate deadline. It says 2,274 candidates were captured online but never formally submitted.
The family of Terricia Govender is travelling to Nepal to search hospitals and mortuaries after the South African pilgrim went missing during catastrophic floods. More than 1,200 people have died and over 4,750 remain missing across Nepal and Tibet.
We’re also keeping an eye on Feroz Khan’s possible legal challenge to his dismissal and the arrest of an alleged mastermind behind an Emfuleni illegal-electricity and infrastructure-theft syndicate.
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An estimated 80,000 fans are expected at FNB Stadium as the Springboks face the All Blacks, while the Springbok Women meet the Black Ferns in a historic double-header.
Mamelodi Sundowns beat Milford 2-0 to move level with Orlando Pirates on 13 points, while Lloyd Harris exited the US Open in four sets against Stefanos Tsitsipas.
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