News24 | Acting UIF chief defends 6-month portal fix amid claims backlog

The Unemployment Insurance Fund’s (UIF) faulty portal will be up and running by November, acting commissioner Malebo Mabitje-Thompson said on Monday. Source

News24 | ANALYSIS | Five claims by March and March’s leader – and what the evidence actually shows

March and March’s leaders say their movement is not xenophobic. They say it is a peaceful organisation. But the facts say otherwise, and March and March is playing with fire. Source

News24 | Ill health and ritual ceremony halt former Durban mayor Zandile Gumede’s fraud trial

The R320 million Durban Solid Waste fraud trial involving former eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede has been halted by illness and a traditional cleansing ritual, causing delays in the trial that has entered its sixth year. Source

News24 | Anti-immigrant violence explodes in Western Cape

Immigrants in the Overberg fled to the beaches and the mountains over the weekend as protests against immigrants gathered momentum. In Mossel Bay, the deaths of several Mozambican nationals were reported, and dozens of homes were burned. Dozens of families were displaced. Source

News24 | ‘I believed Gayton’: Liam Jacobs apologises as he returns to DA

Party hopper Liam Jacobs says he should have never left the DA in the first place, and that he was misled by lies. Source

News24 | Four men killed in suspected taxi-related shooting at Cape Town taxi rank

Four men were shot dead, and two were critically wounded in a suspected taxi-related attack at an informal rank in Philippi, Cape Town, on Tuesday morning. Source

News24 | Barry Hilton says heart attack gave him a wake-up call: ‘Life is precious’

Comedian Barry Hilton is championing preventative care following a health scare two years ago. Source

News24 | Free State officials awarded R8m in bursaries to relatives and the deceased, SIU finds

An investigation by the Special Investigating Unit has found gross irregularities in the Free State Provincial Government Bursary Scheme amounting to more than R8 million, with officials awarding bursaries to relatives, the deceased and foreign nationals. Source

News24 | Transport, jobs and Checkers Sixty60: The 13 winners from Western Cape innovation awards

Thirteen trailblazers in innovation were honoured at the second Western Cape Economy Innovation Awards in Cape Town on Monday, including work transport provider Bluebird, recruitment technology platform Jobjack, and Checkers Sixty60. Source

News24 | Joburg Development Agency boss’ fraud case struck off roll after 5-month delay

The fraud case of Johannesburg Development Agency CEO Themba Mathibe has been struck off the roll of the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court after the presiding officer found that the State’s request for more time was unacceptable. Source

News24 | Two suspected robbers killed, one injured in shootout with KZN cops

Two suspected armed robbers have been killed in a shootout with KwaZulu-Natal police in KwaMsane, and a third has been injured. Source

News24 | Tuesday’s weather: Partly cloudy, warm in most parts; rain in Western Cape and Eastern Cape

The South African Weather Service has forecast partly cloudy, cool to warm conditions for most of the country, while isolated showers are expected in parts of the Western Cape and Eastern Cape. Source