News24 | Saturday’s weather: Foggy morning, cool, cold across SA, with isolated showers in KZN

Morning fog, cool and cold conditions are forecast for most parts of the country, with isolated showers in KwaZulu-Natal, according to the South African Weather Service. Source

News24 | The Weekender | Six of the best (wines), how cabbage became kool, and your World Cup guide

We select our 6 favourite wines from the month of May; why the simple cabbage is now seriously back in Vogue; and your guide to the biggest, strangest and most complicated FIFA World Cup ever. Source

News24 | Former cops claim 17-year sentence for bribe is too harsh

Two former police officers sentenced to 17 years in prison for accepting a R120 000 bribe to derail a high-profile political murder investigation have launched a bid to appeal their convictions and sentencing. Source

News24 | SIU seizes Morgan Maumela’s Bentley tied to R2.3bn Tembisa Hospital scandal

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) is attempting to take custody of a Bentley Continental GT from Omars Motor Den in Emalahleni – a seizure tied to Morgan Maumela and the R2.3 billion Tembisa Hospital scandal. Source

News24 | Ramaphosa to address the nation on immigration issues as tension rises

President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the country on his Cabinet’s approach to managing migration, according to Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni. Source

News24 | Nine cops suspended over ‘Cat’ Matlala’s controversial R360m police tender

Nine police officers who served on the bid evaluation committee that assessed the tainted R360-million police tender tied to Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala have been suspended. Source

News24 | KZN premier dismisses cabinet reshuffle talk as ‘premature’ amid Shinga’s legislature exit

KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli has dismissed rumours of a Cabinet reshuffle in his government of provincial unity as “premature”, following the removal of the National Freedom Party’s Mbali Shinga from the provincial legislature. Source

News24 | MK Party redeploys senior leaders to Mpumalanga, North West, flirts with March and March

The MK Party has yet again tweaked its leadership structures, deploying its senior national leaders to Mpumalanga and the North West to bolster its electoral fortunes ahead of the local government elections on 4 November. Source

News24 | Friday’s weather: Cloudy and cold across SA, with disruptive snow in Eastern Cape

The South African Weather Service has forecast cloudy and cold conditions across the country, with disruptive snow in the Eastern Cape. Source

News24 | SA’s R110 best-selling wine; Steel magnate’s fraud woes: Today’s top 7 stories

News24 brings you the top stories of the day, summarised into neat little packages. Read through quickly or listen to the articles via our customised text-to-speech feature. Source

News24 | Mbali Shinga’s expulsion fight with NFP postponed

The KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg has postponed the legal battle between expelled National Freedom Party member Mbali Shinga and the party, after the court directed the NFP to file its answering affidavit first. Source

News24 | OBITUARY | Witness to history: Gerald Shaw chronicled SA’s darkest hours

Gerald Shaw, the Cape Times journalist whose Political Survey column chronicled South Africa’s turbulent journey from apartheid to democracy, died peacefully at his Rondebosch home at the age of 92, write Robert and Maryann Shaw. Source