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10/09/2026

According to North West police, they received information that the escapee had been seen near Legonyane village outside Brits.

A prison escapee from the Rooigrond maximum correctional centre, near Mahikeng in the North West, has been re-arrested.

10/09/2026

According to Statistics South Africa’s latest Mining: Production and Sales figures, platinum group metals production fell by 13.5%, contributing -3.2 percentage points to the overall decline.

South Africa’s mining production fell 7.5% year-on-year in July, with platinum group metals, coal and iron ore driving the decline.

10/09/2026

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10/09/2026

The International Relations Department says it's collected DNA samples from the relatives of six South Africans who remain missing after deadly floods in Nepal.

DNA profiles from relatives of six S.Africans missing after deadly Nepal floods have been sent to Nepalese police and Interpol as searches continue.

10/09/2026

The matter was postponed in her absence on Thursday after her attorney, Senior Counsel Siyabulela Maphoma, told Judge Mashudu Munzhelele that the defence had provided the court with a medical certificate regarding her condition.

Mapisa-Nqakula’s corruption trial was postponed to next Wednesday after she fell ill while testifying in the High Court in Pretoria.

10/09/2026

The suspect was arrested after a shooting at Rietkolk Gravel Road in Westenburg early on Wednesday.

A 34-year-old man is expected in the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court after his arrest over alleged theft and damage of Eskom infrastructure worth R4m.

10/09/2026

Fifty-two countries across all continents broke their seasonal temperature records for that period, AFP's analysis found.

Around 1.3 billion people experienced their hottest June-to-August period on record this year, an AFP analysis of Copernicus data found.

10/09/2026

"If the Republicans win, you win with us and you get $5,000. It will be called the Trump dividend," he told the Republican midterm convention in Dallas, as the party struggles in polls against the Democrats.

Trump promised $5,000 to every adult American if Republicans retain Congress, urging supporters to “pretend” he is on the November ballot.

10/09/2026

Tehran tightened its grip on the vital oil and gas shipping route on Wednesday, expanding a no-go zone outside the waterway where it has restricted traffic since the war with the United States began on February 28.

Oil prices stayed above $100 a barrel after Iran said it attacked more than a dozen vessels trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

10/09/2026

The 48-year-old rapper, whose real name is Keinan Abdi Warsame, was accused of sexually assaulting a woman in her 20s in a hotel room in 2010 when he was in the Canadian city for a music festival.

Somali-Canadian rapper K’naan, known for “Wavin’ Flag”, was acquitted of sexual assault charges by a Quebec City court on Wednesday.