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South African citizens in the Middle East have been urged to contact the respective South African embassies accredited to their countries of residence as tensions escalate.

A UN watchdog warned on Wednesday that racist hate speech by US President Donald Trump and other political leaders coupled with intensified immigration crackdowns were fuelling grave rights violations.

Japan and Germany said Wednesday they would tap into their oil reserves to tackle the rise in crude prices due to the Middle East war, with Berlin saying the IEA global energy body had asked member states to release 400 million barrels.

Six people arrested in connection with a R10 million insurance scam in Limpopo appeared in court on Wednesday.

Police say they are seeing a disturbing trend in which individuals and syndicates go to extreme lengths to access wealth, including taking out life and funeral insurance policies.