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• News24 | City of Tshwane probing fraud allegations implicating staff in R10m 'ghost account'

  An employee from the City of Tshwane's Finance Department was suspended on Tuesday after internal investigations found that he and two of his colleagues may have been involved in fraud involving more than R10 million.

• News24 | 'I have PROOF': 'Cheating' poster makes local alternative band's song go viral

  This grungy tune became local alternative group Indie Dog Band's most-streamed hit within days and all it took was cheating, a QR code and a little creativity.

• News24 | Missing Joshlin Smith: Key State witness says Kelly Smith accused her of affair with her partner

  The Joshlin Smith kidnapping trial took another dramatic turn on Tuesday as State witness Lourentia "Renz" Lombaard told the court about her friendship with the missing girl's mother, Racquel "Kelly" Smith, and how Smith accused her of having an affair with her partner and now co-accused Jacquen "Boeta" Appollis.

• News24 | Motsoaledi to withdraw ban on cannabis, hemp food products after backlash

  Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi will withdraw the gazetted regulations prohibiting the sale, importation, and manufacture of food products containing cannabis and hemp.

• News24 | Eastern Cape government not bankrupt but struggling to collect revenue, says finance MEC

  The Eastern Cape government is not bankrupt, but it is battling to collect enough revenue which is crucial for funding its programmes, Finance MEC Mlungisi Mvoko said on Tuesday.

• News24 | Wednesday's weather: Scattered showers, thunderstorms in 3 regions; partly cloudy, warm across SA

  Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected in parts of the Northern Cape, North West and Free State, according to the South African Weather Service.

• News24 | OR Tambo district trying to claw back R11m paid in error, but staff are hanging onto money

  The wheels of the OR Tambo District Municipality have fallen off, with the municipality fighting its employees to claw back R11 million incorrectly paid as danger pay.

• News24 | UPDATE | Trump nominates Brent Bozell III as ambassador to South Africa

  US President Donald Trump has nominated Brent Bozell III to replace Reuben Brigety as ambassador to Pretoria, South Africa.

• News24 | AfriForum slams 'Kill the Boer' ruling; SAFA's salary woes: Today's top 7 stories in 7 minutes

  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.

• News24 | East London taxi operators protest over arrest of taxi boss Gabs Mtshala for extortion, murder

  Hundreds of taxi operators in East London took to the streets on Monday morning to protest the arrest of their leader, Gabs Mtshala, who they claim was being targeted by police.

• News24 | Gqeberha father sentenced to 10 years for sexually exploiting his twins, distributing child porn

  A Gqeberha father who exploited his twin daughters when they were eight years old by taking and distributing nude pictures of them online will spend 10 years behind bars, the Gqeberha Regional Court ruled on Tuesday.

• News24 | Gauteng High Court Judge President Mlambo proposes mandatory mediation for civil cases

  More stringent requirements could be on the cards for litigants wanting to have their civil cases heard in the Gauteng High Court.

• News24 | Man raped eight-day-old daughter who later died 'to give her something to cry about'

  Hugo Ferreira severely beat his eight-day-old daughter, who later died from her injuries, because she was crying and then decided to rape her "to give her something to cry about".

• News24 | Life sentence for man captured on CCTV stabbing to death the mother of his son

  Gruesome and brutal - this is how a KwaZulu-Natal High Court judge in Durban described the murder of a woman by the father of her 5-year-old son in full view of shoppers at the Gateway Theatre of Shopping.

• News24 | 'We are living in fear': Bereaved families of Gauteng community patrollers flee area

  The families of six dead Soshanguve community patrollers - who were shot, stoned and set alight - say they are living in fear of the attackers.

• News24 | On your marks, get set, get Reddy for the powers and privileges committee

  He shouted "Pemmy must go!" But now MK Party MP Visvin Reddy must go to Parliament's powers and privileges committee, which has the power to sanction MPs for their conduct.

• News24 | KZN's 'good news' budget: Service delivery, recovery plan not hamstrung by Treasury cuts

  KwaZulu-Natal Finance MEC Francois Rodgers says the province will finally have some leeway in ensuring the budget improves service delivery and ensures financial stability, as it won't be hamstrung by any budget cuts - a reprieve guaranteed for the next three years.

• News24 | Schreiber announces crackdown on corrupt Home Affairs, Border Management Authority officials

  Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber is taking on corrupt officials who abuse the department's systems.

• News24 | Woman arrested for drug possession after alleged hit on 'her partner' in Cape Town

  A 25-year-old woman is set to appear in the Cape Town Magistrate's Court on Tuesday afternoon after being found in possession of ecstasy soon after a man believed to be her partner was gunned down in a suspected hit in Table View.

• News24 | Ramaphosa says there's no need to consult GNU partners on Ebrahim Rasool's replacement

  President Cyril Ramaphosa has asserted his authority, stating he doesn't need input from his government or national unity partners to select a replacement for Ebrahim Rasool, the ousted ambassador to the US.