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In our top story this Sunday; mass anti-immigrant marches may’ve died down for now but freight industry groups are mulling a possible shutdown in the trucking sector over their long-standing issue of foreigners employed in the field. In other news; it’s his fourth arrest in a row and suspended deputy Ekurhuleni metro police chief, Julius Mkhwanazi, will spend the long weekend behind bars. This time, over accusations that he and others covered up a 2022 murder. And; Nike has unveiled the Springboks’ new jersey for Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry tour against the All Blacks! These stories and four more are covered in 10 minutes or less.

Chapters:

00:00 - Intro

00:14 - Truck strike looms over foreign drivers

01:31 - Mkhwanazi's fourth arrest: body in a dam

02:57 - Judge Gamble schools Hill-Lewis on Tafelberg

04:27 - Lomas dodges prison in R1.4bn Eskom case

05:42 - Zille fills potholes, JRA not happy

06:53 - Springbok jersey revealed for All Blacks tour

08:09 - Food Lover's Market to close for housing

09:18 - Outro: Happy Women's Day

Expect fresh shows every week. This show has been carefully produced, presented and edited by Raubenheimer, News24 visual director Wynand Louw and video journalists Luke Daniel, Chelsea Ogilvie and Storm Simpson. This show is vigorously 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 midweek news catch-up with Unread host Graeme Raubenheimer, we hear from the Ministry of International Relations that the SA high commissioner to India, Anil Sooklal, won’t be sanctioned, as yet, for getting his picture taken with former president Jacob Zuma and state capture co-accused Ajay Gupta in Haridwar. In other news, a male French staffer, accused of raping a teenage boy at KwaZulu-Natal’s new Club Med resort, gets bail, and claims of racism rock school rugby in Pretoria and Cape Town. Joburg’s city dumps, we hear, are almost all completely full, and finally, Spider-Man: Brand New Day breaks an SA box office record. All these topics and more are covered 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.

With exactly 94 days to go until the municipal polls, News24’s video bulletin Unread hones in on the country’s underlying and often quiet crisis: water provision. This week, some senior government officials conceded that council corruption is undermining the supply of adequate water; 46% of our taps are now pumping out unclean water. In the meantime, the Independent Electoral Commission’s ballot paper for the 4 November polls has grown to a staggering 620 registered political parties. Host Graeme Raubenheimer also summarises the latest events at the Madlanga Commission, relays Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry schedule for the All Blacks in SA, and wraps up with a ruling speaking to the heart of paid influencer adverts in SA today. All of these stories are covered in 10 minutes or less. Expect fresh shows every week. This show has been carefully produced, presented and edited by Raubenheimer, News24 visual director Wynand Louw and video journalists Luke Daniel, Chelsea Ogilvie and Storm Simpson. This show is vigorously quality checked by an editor and/or senior member of News24.

Who will take up the fight against corruption now that advocate Andrea Johnson has thrown in the towel? And a simple veggie garden has been a three-decade-old source of hope for the people of Heidelberg – this is your ultimate midweek news catch-up with Unread host Graeme Raubenheimer. We also cover an apparent rise in luxury wine estate attacks and robberies in the Cape Winelands, controversial ex-radio jock Ngizwe Mchunu’s suspension from March and March, and Mrs Balls’ Chutney makes a sweet and spicy homecoming. All these topics and more, covered in ten 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

From Advocate Andrea Johnson’s rough ride at the Madlanga Commission this week, to outrage over R31m for the government’s FIFA World Cup jamboree, with R3m going to cash-strapped SA Hockey for their global tournament trip, Unread is the only video bulletin you need to understand the week that was. In other news, a Free State ANC mayor is suspended by the party for not toeing the line, a Gauteng lawyer takes the stand accused of buying a 13-year-old girl, and we take to the podium for Team SA at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Plus, find out how to access a nifty News24 tool to know when the Spring wildflowers bloom. Expect fresh shows every week. This show has been carefully produced, presented and edited by Raubenheimer, News24 visual director Wynand Louw and video journalists Luke Daniel, Chelsea Ogilvie and Storm Simpson. This show is vigorously 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 advocate Andrea Johnson’s Feroz Khan dilemma at the Madlanga Commission to Cape Town’s new title as one of the world’s cheapest cities for beer and cigarettes, Unread is your ultimate midweek news bulletin, with your host, broadcast journalist Graeme Raubenheimer. We also wrap the triple attempted murder trial with Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala at its centre, the long-standing Hanks Olde Irish defamation case, and beauty queen Chidimma Adetshina’s legal war with the Department of Home Affairs. All these topics and more, covered in ten 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.

From persistent problems with President Cyril Ramaphosa’s jet, to a T-rex skeleton nicknamed “Gus” worth R820m, this Sunday, Unread host Graeme Raubenheimer has you covered on some of the week’s biggest stories. But first, the Western Cape High Court is expected to hand down judgment this coming week in Ramaphosa’s application to delay Parliament from processing his possible impeachment over the much-drawn-out Phala Phala saga. In other news, a silent alarm’s been raised over three confirmed radioactive contamination events at Africa’s only nuclear power station, Koeberg, on the West Coast. And can you believe the 2026 FIFA World Cup is coming to an end? We’re mere hours away from Spain and Argentina facing off in a final for the ages in New York, New York! Expect fresh shows every week. This show has been carefully produced, presented and edited by Raubenheimer, News24 visual director Wynand Louw and video journalists Luke Daniel, Chelsea Ogilvie and Storm Simpson. This show is vigorously 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 your midweek edition of News24’s premier video bulletin, Unread, the fraud, corruption and money laundering case brought against Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala is now going to trial, unless a new plea deal can be struck soon, while his Madlanga Commission testimony is put on ice for now. In other news, diamonds may be forever, but mining giant De Beers is pressing pause on operations at its Limpopo facility; and US authorities have cornered eight suspects for plotting to attack the White House in June. With these, plus a handful of curated stories you may have missed in this busy week so far, Unread’s broadcast journalist, Graeme Raubenheimer, has you covered 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

This Sunday, the UNREAD team wraps up the news week with a smorgasbord of municipal service delivery stories, from the financially beleaguered city of Johannesburg to the mountain heaps of rubbish in Emfuleni Local Municipality in the Vaal. Plus, four past and present Ekurhuleni city officials appear in a Germiston court on corruption charges in connection with Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala. We trace back disbarred attorney Peet Viljoen’s fraud and corruption court case and his failed BackaBuddy legal fees campaign, and we top it all off with word from across the border that the controversial constitutional amendments that give Zimbabwe’s so-called “crocodile”, Emmerson Mnangagwa, more time in office, are wide open to a potential court challenge. In other news, Western Cape authorities warn against picking and eating any ’ol wild mushroom, and a Junior Springbok is caught using steroids. All of these stories are covered in 10 minutes or less, twice a week. Expect fresh shows every week. This show has been carefully produced, presented and edited by host Graeme Raubenheimer, visual director Wynand Louw, and video journalists Luke Daniel, Storm Simpson, and Chelsea Ogilvie. This show is then vigorously quality-checked by a senior member of News24. #News24Video #News24 For this story and more, visit News24: https://www.news24.com/multimedia/video

Coming up in your midweek edition of News24’s video bulletin Unread, Treasury has pulled the money plug on numerous problematic municipalities this July; traffic demerits are about to become a reality, so we explain the new AARTO traffic fine system as it’s phased in. Plus seven other stories you may’ve missed; all of this summarised by Unread’s broadcast journalist, Graeme Raubenheimer, in 10 minutes or less. #News24Video #News24 For this story and more, visit News24: https://www.news24.com/multimedia/video