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0:00the Akam Hushwa, the deceased, include a taxi driver and three passengers of which one was a small child. While an investigation is underway, the MEC for Community Safety Jackie may see, once again appealed, to murderous to be vigilant on the road. Back in Houting, the DA's mayoral candidate for Johannesburg and then Zilla shared her plans for the city yesterday. Saving Joe Boog will require partnerships with business, with investors and especially with a hard working residence who believe in this city's future and the government that helps them not hinders. We don't need a government that gets in the way of solving problems. She says if the DA wins, the party will solve the water crisis in the city and other priorities include fixing portals and intersections, reclaiming hijacked buildings and attracting over 200,000 jams. Among others, the story is online if you're curious about that. Meanwhile,

1:00the federal democracy is calling on the National Prosecuting Authority to prioritize more arrests of the people who were implicated in state capture. The advocacy group was responding to the prosecution of a former member of Parliament Vincent Smith. It was sentenced to seven years direct imprisonment this week for his role in the Bussasar Corruption scandal that is linked to state capture. Spokesperson Issa Andrei Sibanyoni. We want to see all those involved in the state capture corruption, prosecuted, sentenced and wearing prisoners' orange overalls. Only then can South Africa begin to restore integrity and governance and defend the democracy. In other news, President Siddharom Abaza says the late American Reverend J. C. Jackson was an African and South Africa can lay him to rest and claim him because of this. In his tribute on the memorial service for the late civil rights leader in Chicago, Ramaphosa said Jackson stood with the people of South Africa during the darkest hour. When Jesse Jackson reminded the United States that its strength as a nation lies not in exclusion

2:06but in the beautiful diversity of its people. Black and white, rich and poor, we were usually inspired by his message. The presidency confirmed that Ramaphosa is heading to Brazil now where he is undertaking a state visit at the invitation of President Lula da Silva. Moving abroad, then, here's a wrap of the latest developments in the Middle East war. Gulf states, as well as Israel reported missile and drone attacks from Iran early this morning. The Israeli military also said it launched a wave of strikes across Iran targeting military infrastructure. The country also struck Lebanon. The health ministry there says an Israeli strike on a hotel in central Beirut killed at least four people after sights across southern Lebanon were also targeted. The Israeli military says it's carrying out a precise strike targeting commanders from Iran's revolutionary god. And that revolutionary god says it can fight an intense war against the United States and Israel for at least six months. And finally, PlayStation users don't play,

3:13especially in the UK. The Japanese entertainment giant Sony will face a two billion pound class action lawsuit starting on Tuesday that's 44 billion Rand. The company is being accused of allegedly breaching competition law by overcharging millions of UK PlayStation users. View these and other stories at jackranda.com and for full bulletins, click on jackpot.