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Arson is suspected to be the cause of the fire that gutted the Phoenix Secondary School in Durban on Tuesday night - just before schools reopened for the 2024 academic year.

Mitchell’s Plain pupils are ready for the 2024 academic year. Many of them attended orientation programmes on Tuesday January 16, the day before schools open.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang said Tuesday the country's economy was expected to have grown by around 5.2% in 2023, as he addressed an annual meeting of global elites in Davos.

Solo singers and choral groups took the stage at this week’s KKKA competition as section 1 competed in singing categories. On Saturday January 13, section one troupes, West London All Stars, Philadelphians, Fabulous Seawind Entertainers, Posh Vibrant, Fabulous Woodstock Starlites, Exquisite Golden Gates, Cape Town Hawkers, and Carnival Boys, went head to head in the Juvenile Sentimental, Adult/Snr Sentimental, English Combined Chorus, Female Sentimental and Afrikaans Moppie Song categories.

Mokonyane pleads with Cele to open the gates

TikTok video which has gone viral in recent weeks, the man alleged that there were no opportunities within the youth league in the province, and that the only way to get ahead within the organisation was to allow older party members to violate their "aMatanyula" or anal.

Residents are urged to avoid Tshelimnyama Bridge in Mariannhill because it is flooded. The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs has warned motorists and pedestrians to avoid crossing swollen rivers and streams as it poses a serious threat to life.

Douglas rape

Douglas rape

Picket for Mandy Bailey

Playwright and musician Dr Mbongeni Ngema, 68, was laid to rest following a funeral service in Durban over the weekend.

The Hollywoodbets KKKA Kaapse Klopse Competition kicked off on Saturday 6 January at Athlone Stadium. 18 KKKA-affiliated troupes competed in items such as Klopse Jol, Best Dressed Troupe, Grand March Pass, Junior and Senior Drum Major. The competition will run over 5 weekends and at the end, the winners of section 1 and 2 will be crowned. www.acm.co.za

The Hollywoodbets KKKA Kaapse Klopse Competition kicked off on Saturday 6 January at Athlone Stadium. 18 KKKA-affiliated troupes competed in items such as Klopse Jol, Best Dressed Troupe, Grand March Pass, Junior and Senior Drum Major. The competition will run over 5 weekends and at the end, the winners of section 1 and 2 will be crowned. www.acm.co.za

A packed hall awaited former President Jacob Zuma in Newcastle where he was expected to give and address.

Former President Jacob Zuma arriving in Newcastle where he is expected to give an address.

Classrooms in Chatsworth Secondary School in Durban after it was vandalised by criminals this week.

#TweedeNuweJaar celebrations kicked off on Tuesday January 2, at the Cape Town Street Parade. Troupes filled the streets with satin and sequence, dancing and singing as they made their way through the procession route. Despite the heat, troupe supporters and visitors lined the streets of Cape Town, to get a glimpse of one of the Cape’s biggest cultural events

Before the two-headed snake, a southern brown egg-eater died, the Daily News learned about its eating habits and anatomy when the team visited Dangerous Creatures earlier this year.

A family of geese received a police escort as they travelled through gang-riddled Scottsdene in Kraaifontein.

It’s a double celebration for the Minstrel fraternity as the Hollywoodbets Cape Town Street Parade 2024 event coincides with the 20th anniversary of the Kaapse Klopse Karnival Association (KKKA).

DJ Tira and former Ukhozi FM presenter Ngizwe Mchunu have made peace after they both insulted each other publicly.