#DelftMurder A pregnant 18-year-old woman has been murdered in her Delft home, in Cape Town. LP
#DelftMurder The young woman was 8-months pregnant. Her killer entered her home last night. She was shot in the head. Her unborn baby also died. LP
#DelftMurder The gunman fled the scene, and is yet to be arrested. It’s believed the woman was a witness to her boyfriend’s recent murder. The Delft Community Policing Forum says this appears to have been a targeted attack. LP
#DelftMurder The Delft CPF has called for additional policing resources, to quell the ongoing gun violence in the crime-ridden area. LP
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#COVIDChildren Experts working with children here in South Africa have noticed an emerging picture of a generation of mentally wounded girls and boys, some of whom are showing early signs of post-traumatic stress disorder. ML
#COVIDChildren In the last year and a half - many South African households have lost relatives to COVID19 - and as children head back to school this week - many of them are battling to cope with mental illness. ML
#COVIDChildren Eyewitness News takes a look at the impact of the pandemic on children in this country.
#COVID19SA Aspen Pharmacare Group Senior Executive, Stavros Nicolaou, says it’s “a historic and landmark occasion“ as the first batch of J&J COVID-19 vaccines for local use, are released from its Gqeberha production facility today. KB
#COVID19SA The pharmaceutical company has confirmed the batch of J&J COVID-19 vaccine vials that’ve been locally “filled and finished” will be released to J&J today. KB
#COVID19SA Nicholaou says 1,45 million J&J COVID-19 vaccine shots will be distributed to vaccination sites across the country later this week. KB
#TigerBrandsRecall Bought a KOO or Hugo's canned veggie product manufactured in the first week of May 2021 and still have it? Tiger Brands is recalling 20 million cans of a wide range of veggies due to an extremely small number of defective cans supplied by a packaging supplier.
#TigerBrands The cans may have a defective side seam weld that could cause the can to leak.
#TigerBrands You can check whether your products are affected by looking at the manufacturing date code stamped on the bottom or the top of the can. If it's between 1 - 5 May 2021, it's within the period of the cans being recalled.
#ShutdownSA While government remains cagey about the identity of one of 12 alleged instigators of the unprecedented wave of violence, looting and destruction of the past 8 days, the unrest continued unabated in KwaZulu-Natal overnight.
#ShutdownSA 91 people have died in KwaZulu-Natal and 1500 have been arrested since Friday last week. Overall 117 deaths have been directly linked to the violence, and more than 2200 people have been arrested in Gauteng and KZN.
#ShutdownSA KZN: Overnight looters torched the landmark Isipingo market, set fires in Greytown, torched the Eshowe mall, and even threatened to burn down the Eston Sugar Mill.