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Pieter van der Westhuizen, the brother of the late Springbok legend Joost van der Westhuizen, shot and killed two armed robbers who stormed into a church service, robbing congregants of their personal belongings on Sunday morning.

A third robber managed to get away.

For more on the story, Melanie Rice spoke to Pieter’s lawyer, Ulrich Roux from Ulrich Roux and Associates.

Two South African medical institutions have joined the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine to test whether an antiparasitic drug can help treat COVID-19 patients.
The trial will start off at one site in Gauteng and another in the Western Cape.
Scientists who are leading the charge say they hope the drug will be effective as it’s cheap
and has proven to work in other parts of the world.
Rianté Padayachee reports.

This week is World Stroke Awareness Week and the Heart and Stroke Foundation is asking people to join the Movement.

According to the latest stats one in four people will likely have a stroke in their lifetime.

It’s the third most common cause of death in South Africa, after HIV/ AIDS and coronary artery disease.

We spoke to Pam Naidoo, the CEO of the Heart and Stroke Foundation.

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At least 80 000 single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccines,
are expected to arrive in South Africa from Belgium today.
The distribution process is set to begin tomorrow.
Our reporter, Riante Naidoo,
has been tracking the latest developments.
She joined us for an update.