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0:00Uh. Johannes Bergen, Pulaquani 24, Pretoria 25. There's been a cash and transit heist in the capital. Pretoria Road, west of the Solomon Matlongu Drive Junction, is closed. There's police action avoided all costs. President Saurar Palsas called for an immediate ceasefire in the Middle East, warning that the continued violence is costing unnecessary lives. As tensions intensify, and military strikes continue. Roman Palsas says South Africa has formally called for an end to hostilities. We have issued a clear statement that we want a ceasefire. We want this madness to come to an end. And dialogue is always the best way of ending conflict and then ending war. And we want this war to come to an end immediately. We're losing too many lives and unnecessarily so. The presidents were speaking on the sidelines of the Africa energy in Darber. Whenever there's 10 while around the world,

1:01we always find that we in the South become a safe passage. And we will give safe passage for boots and for ships that can come to our shores. The chairperson of the Medlunga Commission, where Selim Adlunga, says the commission has been confronted with a number of sick notes that falsed to postpone testimonies at the last minutes. The commission resumed today with North West businessman Brown Horsi, who is to present his and year the decision regarding his failure to appear, where his scheduled testimony on Monday due to alleged ill health. And Asasim Hobu has more. Madlunga was unhappy that the sick knows the commission received to not detail the medical condition of the absent witness. He says the commission is now seriously considering calling doctors who issue such certificates to explain them under oath. We are not going to sit here and continue receiving useless medical certificates. He says that the medical certificates will also be referred to the health

2:03professions Council of South Africa for evaluation. And Asasim Hobu, for Jacaranda News, watch in Pretoria. Now for today's big news, the passing of co-pleter, Murt Sieterra Lakota, tribute supporting and far and wide. The South African Federation of Trade Union says he belonged to a generation that carried the enormous burden of confronting a partets at a great personal cost. He has served to Secretary General Swelen Simavarvi. The country reflects on his life. We hope that this moment will also encourage renewed appreciation for the collective generation of leaders who helped bring democracy to South Africa and will pay the heavy personal price for that freedom. The 77-year-old died in Johannesburg Hospital this morning after battling a long illness. Turghuzulunatalna and police are searching for eight suspects believed to be involved in a shooting of security guards and the bombing of a cash in transit vehicle. Traffic was brought to a standstill on the end to southbound near the NPC

3:06cement factory this morning. A video of the incident was also widely shared on social media. Ineasable rushes accuse Ukraine of using naval drones to attack a liquefied natural gas carrier off the Libyan coast. It led to its sinking. And we end off in South Korea with a rather bizarre story. A quarter's jailed two doctors for the murder of a baby born at 36 weeks and left in a freezer to die. The baby's mother posted a video on YouTube back in 2024 claiming that she had an abortion at 36 weeks. The video was quickly removed, but later continued to circulate online. Lots of big stories. A lunchtime. One user to sick world, okay. Crash just in. It's on the N1 south for one south. For the first time that is on the line, there are two big stories. A lunchtime, one user to sick world. Okay. Crash just in. It's on the N1 South for one sound for one. Crash just in. It's on the N1 South for one. Crash just in. It's on the N1 South for one.