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The South African Police Service says a business rivalry could have been the possible motive behind a mass shooting in Lwandle, in Cape Town.Ten people were shot and killed and eleven others wounded at a shisanyama in the early hours of this morning (Sunday 27 September). It's one of several deadly shootings reported across the Mother City in the past 24 hours. Four people were killed in Khayelitsha, while two men were gunned down in a separate attack in Joe Slovo in Milnerton. Shamiela Fisher reports…

The South African Communist Party (SACP) has taken its local government election campaign to Knysna in the Garden Route region of the Western Cape. The SACP is contesting the elections independently for the first time since 1994. It outlined its manifesto and priorities ahead of the November polls to its supporters and conducted door-to-door campaigns in Concordia, encouraging the community to vote. Sagree Chetty reports...

ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa says despite the many challenges and concerns raised by different communities, his party's election campaign message is gaining traction. He was speaking to the SABC News after a door-to-door campaign and stakeholders' engagement in Soweto on Sunday. This is the third time the ANC leader is leading his organization's campaign in some parts of Johannesburg including Soweto and Orange Farm in less than a month. Our Politics Reporter Ntebo Mokobo followed the ANC president on his campaign trail and filed this report.

Some organisations in the Free State are strengthening the call against Gender-Based-Violence and Femicide. Organisations have joined forces to bring together more than 200 men, including bikers, to stand against gender-based violence and femicide. The initiative calls on men to take responsibility and stand together against GBVF in their communities, even when perpetrators are their own friends or family members. The organisations have also mobilised donations of food parcels, sanitary products and blankets for families in the Freee State and Gauteng who recently lost loved ones to GBVF. Ishmael.Modiba reports....

Gauteng police are investigating a murder and robbery after a 23-year-old woman was shot and killed in Thembisa this morning. The woman was reportedly walking to work in Temong, Mapungubwe Street, at around 5:45 when she was attacked and her belongings stolen. Police say her family has yet to be formally notified. Preliminary investigations have found no link between the murder and recent cases involving women whose bodies were found in Ekurhuleni. No arrests have been made, and police are following up on leads. Gauteng Saps Brigadier Brenda Muridili explains 

Activists have called for a collective response from communities and government, to combat gender-based violence and femicide in the country. Young men and women from Non Governmental Organization -- Love Life -- in Ekurhuleni, east of Johannesburg, became part of a nationwide silent demonstration against Gender Based Violence in Kempton Park. Thabiso Radebe reports....

Four years after mudslides during the 2022 floods claimed the lives of three children and an elderly woman in Ntuzuma, north of Durban, residents living beneath an embankment say they are still living in fear. They say water from Bhekisisa High School's drainage system is flowing towards their homes, weakening the soil around an already unstable wall. Gcinokuhle Malinga reports….

Scores of rural women from various villages of Cacadu and Indwe in the Eastern Cape participated in a Rural Women's Dialogue session at Hala 2 in the Western Tembuland area.  The engagement is a collaboration between the National Development Agency, Department of Social Development and Imbumba Yamakhosikazi Akomkhulu.  It was held under the theme "Rooted in Heritage, Advancing Economic Inclusion for Rural Women." Fundiswa Mhlekude reports….. 

As South Africa celebrates Heritage Day, we turn the spotlight to a language deeply woven into the history and identity of Cape Town."Afrikaaps" or "Kaaps", whose roots can be traced to the linguistic legacies of slavery at the Cape, has been shaped by the languages and experiences of millions of people in the Mother City. Its history has formally been documented, with one of the first-ever trilingual dictionaries for Kaaps, Afrikaans and English recently launched at the Castle of Good Hope. Spoken predominantly by people who live and grew up in the Mother City, Kaaps remains a living part of Cape Town's heritage. Lerato Dlalisa reports...

The United Nations General Assembly has opened its annual debate with sharply contrasting visions of a world under growing strain. Secretary-General António Guterres warned that global power is escaping the restraints of international law, while the presidents of Brazil and the United States used the world stage to set out competing approaches to conflict, climate change, artificial intelligence and the future of multilateral cooperation. Sherwin Bryce-Pease send us this report.