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News today: Meyiwa trial, Shivambu’s VBS funds, JHB water outages, tricks hijackers use
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News today includes the Senzo Meyiwa trial resuming in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria this week, and the EFF’s Floyd Shivambu failing to disclose VBS payments.
Meanwhile, Joburg Water warns of outages happening today, and new hijacking trends are on the rise.
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Senzo Meyiwa trial
A state witness is adamant his testimony before the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial was not littered with lies, after the defence grilled him i on Monday.
The trial resumed after a two-week recess with the continuation of Constable Sizwe Skhumbuzo Zungu’s cross-examination.
CONTINUE: ‘Why would I come and lie?’- Cop and lawyer clash over ‘hogwash’ in Senzo Meyiwa trial
Meanwhile, a police officer has denied being friends with the five men accused of murdering former Bafana Bafana goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa.
Constable Sizwe Skhumbuzo Zungu returned to the witness stand in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on Monday.
CONTINUE: ‘I can’t be friends with criminals’, cop tells court in Senzo Meyiwa trial
Shivambu failed to disclose VBS payments
Parliament’s acting Registrar of Members’ Interests, advocate Anthea Gordon, revealed Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) deputy president Floyd Shivambu failed to disclose three payments from VBS Bank.
The details were shared in a letter by Gordon to former Democratic Alliance (DA) MP Phumzile Karlsen on Monday.
“I write on behalf of the Joint Committee on Ethics and Members’ Interests (‘the committee’) who at its meeting on 28 September 2023 finalised its deliberations on your complaint dated 18 October 2019 against Hon. Shivambu, MP.”
CONTINUE: Lawmakers find EFF’s Shivambu failed to disclose VBS bank payments
Joburg Water outages on Tuesday
As Joburg grapples with a myriad of service delivery issues from water crisis to fires and load shedding, Joburg Water has warned there will be a water shutdown in parts of the city on Tuesday.
It will run from 7am to 10pm to enable the water authority to repair a leaking valve.
Meanwhile, residents have been warned to brace for “water shifting” as the province struggles with the shortage of water.
AFFECTED AREAS HERE: Joburg Water warns of water outages on Tuesday
Tricks hijackers use
Just days after The Citizen reported on Grocery trucks being ‘under attack’ by hijackers, The Road Freight Association has warned of several hijacking trends for motorists to watch out for.
The association noted an increase in hijackings and said the industry was under threat.
Road Freight Association CEO Gavin Kelly told The Citizen hijackers use different techniques when stealing vehicles, making them harder to prevent.
CONTINUE: Here are some of the tricks hijackers are using to get you to stop
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- Bird flu cracks supply of eggs in some of parts of SA
- Man sentenced to life for raping 12-year-old girl
- Study sheds light on consumer’s financial habits
