Severe storms in Margate, KwaZulu-Natal claim five lives, with three drowning, one struck by lightning, and another falling from a roof. Extensive damage to homes and infrastructure reported, leading to closed roads and beaches. In nearby eThekwini, over 35 households affected. Transnet terminates security contract due to concerns over contractor’s performance along critical coal line. AKA’s parents criticize upcoming book on rapper’s relationship as “distasteful.”
