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In your midweek edition of News24’s Unread, we bring you details on former deputy national police Shadrack Sibiya’s failed bid for bail on charges of rape, human trafficking and sexual grooming. We dig through the mid-term budget speech to give you five essential takeaways, including the government’s promise to slash the general fuel levy. In other stories, another water crisis plagues the city of Tshwane after it failed to inform Bronkhorstspruit and surrounding residents about issues at its water treatment plant, leaving more than 400 people ill. And private graveyards in Mzansi appear to be big business! Plus: a few other must-know stories, including the Patriotic Alliance’s ban on giving local media interviews, all from the week that was in 13 minutes or less. Expect fresh shows twice a week. This show has been carefully produced, presented and edited by Raubenheimer, News24 visual director Wynand Louw, and video journalists Luke Daniel, Storm Simpson and Chelsea Ogilvie. This show is then quality-checked by an editor and/or senior member of News24. #news24video #News24 For this story and more, visit News24: https://www.news24.com/multimedia/video

In your Sunday edition of News24’s Unread, Fannie Masemola will return to office this Monday morning as the country’s reinstated national police commissioner. In our feature story, the Constitutional Court’s Thursday ruling means the ANC can now compete for your vote in six municipalities, mostly in the Eastern Cape, where it nearly dipped out in the 4 November polls. To this: He wore a T-shirt with the word “WRATH” written on it, a nod to the 1999 Columbine school massacre. Now, a 16-year-old KwaZulu-Natal boy is in official custody for allegedly stabbing a little girl multiple times. Finally, Kruger Park travellers will soon have some interesting new camp restaurants to choose from, but don’t expect to see Mzansi’s familiar favourites. Plus, can you believe it, SA has a new national park opening in the Eastern Cape. Side note: The Unread team is celebrating 1 million views since May! Expect fresh shows twice a week. This show has been carefully produced, presented and edited by Raubenheimer, News24 visual director Wynand Louw, and video journalists Luke Daniel, Storm Simpson and Chelsea Ogilvie. This show is then quality-checked by an editor and/or senior member of News24.

Coming up in your midweek edition of News24’s Unread, Shadrack Sibiya dishonourably discharges himself from the SA Police Service, amid a drawn-out bid for bail on charges of alleged rape, human trafficking and sexual grooming of a minor. Meanwhile, a pair of March and March men have been granted bail following the recent chaos in Durban, Soweto and Johannesburg, but won’t be able to march again anytime soon. Detectives make a significant albeit small breakthrough in the September murder of Kempton Park runner, Elizabeth “Tsontso” Moselakgomo, by tracing her stolen smartwatch. We speak to the City of Cape Town’s JP Smith about the repercussions of the recent N1 bridge truck crash. And finally, among a few other stories making headlines this week thus far, Formula One is coming to Africa, just not South Africa just yet. Expect fresh shows twice a week. This show has been carefully produced, presented and edited by Raubenheimer, News24 visual director Wynand Louw, and video journalists Luke Daniel, Storm Simpson and Chelsea Ogilvie. This show is then quality-checked by an editor and/or senior member of News24. #news24video #News24 For this story and more, visit News24: https://www.news24.com/multimedia/video

Coming up in our longer-than-usual edition of News24’s video bulletin, Unread, Home Affairs’ decision to consider all asylum seekers’ applications following a Constitutional Court ruling sees violence spill onto the streets, but the department buckles under pressure and cancels the directive. Meanwhile, a big question mark looms large over former president Jacob Zuma’s health. In Germany, South Africa’s celebrated justice, Navi Pillay, joins an exclusive club of local Nobel Peace Prize winners and pulls a Trump joke while she’s at it. Back in the capital, the DA’s Cilliers Brink defends his raid on Mabena House. Finally, we tell you how you can now opt out of spam calls forever! Expect fresh shows twice a week. This show has been carefully produced, presented and edited by Raubenheimer, News24 visual director Wynand Louw, and video journalists Luke Daniel, Storm Simpson and Chelsea Ogilvie. This show is then quality-checked by an editor and/or senior member of News24. #news24video #News24 For this story and more, visit News24: https://www.news24.com/multimedia/video

From the politically-paralysed Knysna Municipality to Nelson Mandela Bay, three mayors, former and current, have found themselves embroiled in cases, some before the courts, just weeks ahead of the elections. In Knysna, ex-mayor Thando Matika and a pair of senior municipal officials are currently languishing in a jail cell until their next court date. The trio’s been accused of graft in a dodgy R68-million security tender. Meanwhile, allegations of bribery are mounting against ex-Ngwathe mayor Victoria de Beer-Mthombeni and her husband, Mdlayedwa Mthombeni, who have been accused of extorting R8.3 million from three businesses that secured contracts with the council. And in Nelson Mandela Bay, mayor Babalwa Lobishe could have her personal belongings auctioned off all to pay off R80-thousand in legal costs emanating from her court challenge against a local political rival. Finally, how much would you fork out for a single cow? Well, president Cyril Ramaphosa is smiling all the way to the bank for selling his prized pregnant Ankole bovine over the weekend for R6.4-million.These, plus four other stories, make Unread your premier video bulletin in 10 minutes or less. Expect fresh shows twice a week. This show has been carefully produced, presented and edited by Raubenheimer, News24 visual director Wynand Louw, and video journalists Luke Daniel, Storm Simpson and Chelsea Ogilvie. This show is then quality-checked by an editor and/or senior member of News24.

In Unread’s midweek top story, it’s a crisis consuming this country that refuses to go away. President Cyril Ramaphosa has addressed South Africans on what his national coalition is now doing to try to stem the tide of gender-based violence. Following the murders of 11 women in the Ekurhuleni region in the past two months alone.And separately, it must be said, the arrest of suspended national top cop, Shadrack Sibiya, for alleged rape and the sexual grooming of a minor, claims which he now formally denies. In other news, think of it as a formal protest or objection to another country’s actions or statements. Now, for a second time, Pretoria has formally demarched US Ambassador Leo Brent Bozell III, following his recent series of scathing press interviews. Finally, in your sport, the Springboks have until the end of October to mull their loss to the Wallabies and rally for a return against the Italians. These, plus four other stories, make Unread your premier video bulletin in 10 minutes or less. Expect fresh shows twice a week. This show has been carefully produced, presented and edited by Raubenheimer, News24 visual director Wynand Louw, and video journalists Luke Daniel, Storm Simpson and Chelsea Ogilvie. This show is then quality-checked by an editor and/or senior member of News24.

In Unread’s top story this Sunday, with nine women murdered in Ekurhuleni in the past two months alone, and suspended deputy national police commissioner, Shadrack Siboiya, in custody for alleged rape, it may be tough to concede that your statistics on gender based violence are not accurate. Yet that’s exactly what national police admitted to members of Parliament this week. In other stories, with just more than a month to go until the local government elections, one of the Western Cape’s most unstable municipalities, Knysna, is currently mayorless. Finally, it’s tough to believe, but ProNutro is retiring at the age of 64. These, plus four other stories, make Unread your premier video bulletin in 10 minutes or less. Expect fresh shows twice a week. This show has been carefully produced, presented and edited by Raubenheimer, News24 visual director Wynand Louw, and video journalists Luke Daniel, Storm Simpson and Chelsea Ogilvie. This show is then quality-checked by an editor and/or senior member of News24. #news24video #News24 For this story and more, visit News24: https://www.news24.com/multimedia/video

Coming up in this midweek edition of News24’s Unread, as South Africa grapples with the recent surge in femicide, suspended deputy national police commissioner, Shadrack Sibiya, has appeared in court for alleged rape and sexual grooming of a minor. The Madlanga Commission’s Recommendations Task Team (CRTT) cuffed the lieutenant general on Monday, just as he was allegedly frequenting an apparent Sandton strip club, according to our sources. Meanwhile, a Zimbabwean businessman is set to face the same court about a week from now, charged with intimidating and threatening a group of women in a Sandton restaurant bathroom. Lastly, it won’t be a walkover; Springbok head coach Rassie Erasmus has made a whopping 13 changes to the starting line-up for Sunday’s midday match against the Wallabies in Perth. These, plus four other stories, Unread is your premier video bulletin in 10 minutes or less. Expect fresh shows twice a week. This show has been carefully produced, presented and edited by Raubenheimer, News24 visual director Wynand Louw, and video journalists Luke Daniel, Storm Simpson and Chelsea Ogilvie. This show is then quality-checked by an editor and/or senior member of News24.

In Unread’s Sunday edition, we hone in on the deepening rift between Pretoria and Washington. Dialogue and negotiation. That’s what South Africa’s ambassador to the United States, Roelf Meyer, is calling for with the US Trump Administration, following a further souring of diplomatic ties this week. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a new visa restriction policy targeting South African policymakers, warning of further punitive measures. Meanwhile, back home, will the SA police make a breakthrough in the Ekurhuleni femicide surge? And finally, we recall 2018’s ‘sandpapergate’ and how it still haunts ex-Aussie skipper Steve Smith to this day, while former Proteas star Graeme Smith reckons we should never let them forget it. All this and more, Unread is your premier News24 video bulletin in 10 minutes or less. Expect fresh shows twice a week. This show has been carefully produced, presented and edited by Raubenheimer, News24 visual director Wynand Louw, and video journalists Luke Daniel, Storm Simpson and Chelsea Ogilvie. This show is then quality-checked by an editor and/or senior member of News24. #news24video #News24 For this story and more, visit News24: https://www.news24.com/multimedia/video

In this special midweek edition of News24’s Unread, broadcast journalist Graeme Raubenheimer sifts through this dark puzzle of women murders in Ekurhuleni with deputy politics editor, Bongekile Macupe, and they ask, what will it take to turn SA’s femicide tide? Your news in 30 minutes.In other news, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio continues the Trump Administration’s relentless tirade against Pretoria with fresh visa restrictions on SA travellers. And suspended deputy Ekurhuleni metro police chief, Julius Mkhwanazi, won’t be home anytime soon after being denied bail in one of five criminal cases opened against him in four months. You’re not going to find a more comprehensive video news bulletin; this is News24’s Unread. Expect fresh shows twice a week. This show has been carefully produced, presented and edited by Raubenheimer, News24 visual director Wynand Louw, and video journalists Luke Daniel, Storm Simpson, Chelsea Ogilvie, and Yolanda Mdzeke. This show is then quality-checked by an editor and/or senior member of News24.