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The Pietermaritzburg High Court is today hearing an urgent interdict from expelled National Freedom Party (NFP) chairperson MbaliShinga, who is seeking an urgent court interdict to halt her removal from the provincial legislature. Shinga is challenging her expulsion and wants the Pietermaritzburg High Court to prevent the Speaker from swearing in NFP president Ivan Barnes as her replacement. Bongiwe Zwane spoke to legal representative of Mbali Shinga, Sthembiso Mbhele

Disaster officials in the Garden Route region of the Western Cape says some communities in low lying areas have been evacuated as a precaution, in case of rivers bursting its banks. The region is experiencing heavy rain and wind. There have been incidents of flooding and power outages. The Western Cape Government has urged residents to prepare for severe weather conditions expected to hit parts of the province from Wednesday into Thursday. Bongiwe Zwane spoke to Garden Route District Municipality Disaster Management head Gerhard Otto

The Nelson Mandela Bay Metro authorities in the Eastern Cape say they are ready to house communities should the need arise. No evacuations or major incidents have been reported thus far following level eight warning of disruptive rains in the Nelson Mandela Bay and surroundings. However, schooling in Nelson Mandela and Sarah Baartman regions has been suspended as a precaution. Bongiwe Zwane spoke to Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality spokesperson Sithembiso Soyaya

"ELECTION WEDNESDAYS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE IEC". Call to Action, South Africa's eligible voters encouraged to use the Online Voter portal to register to vote on 4 November 2026
As voter registration weekend (June 20-21) nears, it's important that first time voters are ready vote. We unpack how being on the voters' roll empowers eligible voters. How /Why their vote count. The Commission's online voter portal enables unregistered voters to conveniently and efficiently register and be included on the voters' roll. Bongiwe Zwane spoke to the General Manager for Electoral Matters, James Aphane

South Africa is expected to begin the formal extradition process to secure the return of two suspects linked to the murder of a couple in the Kruger National Park.The suspects were arrested in Mozambique earlier this week in connection with the murders of two tourists, Dina and Ernst Marais. The couple from Mossel Bay, Western Cape, was brutally killed at the Crooks Corner viewpoint at the intersection of Limpopo and Levubu rivers in the northern side of the park. Bongiwe Zwane spoke Limpopo police spokesperson Brigadier Hlulani Mashaba