400 MPs Take Oath for New Parliament
SABC News reports that four hundred politicians will be sworn in as Members of the National Assembly within a week. Of the 18 parties in the seventh Parliament, 11 have previously served in Parliament, while the remaining seven are new additions. These new parties are Build One South Africa (Bosa), uMkhonto weSizwe (MK), the National Coloured Congress (NCC), the Patriotic Alliance (PA), Rise Mzansi, Action SA, and United Africans Transformation (UAT). They are the fresh faces in the seventh Parliament.
Shooting at Khayelitsha Barbershop Leaves Four Dead
Three children and a 30-year-old man have been killed, while two other minors sustained injuries following a deadly shooting at a barbershop in Khayelitsha, Cape Town reports News24. Western Cape police said the victims were killed shortly after unknown gunmen entered a barbershop in Gqrwarha Street in Khayelitsha and opened fire at occupants at the premises at around 16:00. The suspects fled the scene and are yet to be arrested.
Manhunt Launched After Mutilated Body Found in Limpopo
Police are searching for the perpetrator of the "gruesome murder" of a man whose naked and mutilated body was found along the R37 road near a petrol station in Burgersfort, Limpopo, on Saturday afternoon, reports News24. P olice spokesperson Colonel Malesela Ledwaba said that " the police were alerted to the incident and upon arrival with the Emergency Medical Services personnel, they found a male victim lying naked on the ground with multiple injuries on the face and lower body. Some of his body parts were missing." The man lived with his nephew. The last time his nephew saw him was on Friday afternoon when he mentioned that he was going to visit his girlfriend.
