Daily news update: Mantashe conspiracy, Thabo Bester drama and Enyobeni trial

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Daily news update: 26 April

Mantashe’s pre-election ‘apartheid party’ conspiracy

African National Congress (ANC) national chairperson Gwede Mantashe has accused Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen of organising “apartheid parties” to form a group that will remove the ANC from power.

Mantashe made the comments during the OR Tambo Memorial Lecture in Boksburg on Monday.

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Thabo Bester: Katlego Bereng’s family lays charges against G4S and health dept

The family of Katlego Bereng, the man whose body was found charred in the cell of convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester at the Mangaung Correctional Centre (MCC), has laid criminal charges against security company G4S and the health department with the help of ActionSA.

Katlego’s family and ActionSA laid the charges at Park Road Police Station in Bloemfontein on Tuesday.

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Enyobeni trial postponed due to load shedding

The trial against Enyobeni tavern owners Vuyokazi and Siyakhangela Ndevu has been postponed to 23 May 2023.

The trial began at the East London Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday morning, but proceedings were halted because the recording machines would not be functional during the rolling blackouts.

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PICS: Sithelo Shozi flaunts bikini body on dreamy Bali vacation

Despite the economic crisis in South Africa, media personality Sithelo Shozi and her sister Zekethelo are currently enjoying a peaceful and fabulous holiday.

While many South Africans could do with a break right now, these sisters are wasting no time as they busk in bikini’s on their holiday vacation in Bali, Indonesia.

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Morena strike helps Sundowns return to winning ways

After huffing and puffing in a number of DStv Premiership games and a Nedbank Cup quaterfinal, Mamelodi Sundowns finally got back to winning ways on the domestic front.

ALSO READ: Exit looming for Sundowns’ ‘expensive’ flop?

Masandawana, who have already won a sixth straight league title, were made to sweat iagainst Richards Bay yesterday afternoon at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium.

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