* A tense 16-hour hostage drama in Mamelodi, East of Pretoria, ended in a double tragedy early this morning. This after a 32-year-old police constable held his family members, including his mother and his 18-year-old nephew, hostage since early yesterday morning over a family dispute.

* Surveillance footage released by the international aid initiative Global Sumud Flotilla showed the moment of a reported drone strike and subsequent fire on the vessel late last night.

* Convicted rapist Thabo Bester and his co-accused, Dr Nandipha Magudumana, will launch an urgent application in the High Court on Thursday to halt a Netflix documentary. This is just a day before the launch of the three-part documentary series, ‘Beauty and the Bester’.

* The lawyer for Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya says they are now focusing on Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee and the Madlanga Commission following the Pretoria High Court’s ruling which dismissed Sibiya’s bid to return to work.

* South Africa secured a valuable 1-1 draw with Nigeria in a Group C 2026 Fifa World Cup qualifier at the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein last night.

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