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The search for 17-year-old Siphesihle Maluleka from the North West is continuing.

Maluleka was reported missing nine days ago. Her family believe she's fallen victim to a human trafficking operation.

Pule Letshwiti filed this report.

Five men arrested for the murder of two Polokwane businesswomen, will remain behind bars until their next court appearance when they will apply for bail.

One of the men arrested, is the husband of one of the murdered women, Makoena Leshabane.

Thabo Tlomatsana visited her family and filed this report.

The family of a woman seen pleading for help in a now viral video,
filmed inside the Wentworth Hospital in Durban, is demanding answers.
The woman died the day after the footage was filmed.
Sources close to the family reached out to etv news, telling us about the family's plight
The KwaZulu-Natal health department is still investigating the situation at Wentworth Hospital,
and won't comment further until it has received a full report.
For more on this story we spoke to a spokesperson for Rowena Hawkey's family,
Mark Stirling.

A Durban father is desperate to get his son back after he was kidnapped last Monday, outside his school in Newlands West, Durban.

The kidnapping came after an altercation with a classmate over a cellphone.

That classmate was arrested but later released.

Nabeelah Shaikh has the details.

The Frank family of Newlands in KwaZulu-Natal
wants justice for their mother.
She died yesterday after the eThekwini Municipality,
cut off their power supply.
To tell us more
our reporter Nabeelah Shaikh joins me now.

The widow of a South African man who was shot and killed by US police, wants the authorities to release the full body-cam footage,
to show what happened that fateful night last week. 29-year-old former KwaZulu-Natal rugby player and mechanical engineer,
Lindani Myeni, reportedly left his Hawaii home last Wednesday, to go for a drive and clear his head. According to Honolulu police, officers were later called to a home in the area, after the owners reported an apparent “robbery in progress”.
When police arrived, it’s alleged Myeni attacked the officers, and they were apparently forced to open fire. A family representative of the Myeni family, Junior Makhoba told etv news that Myeni was not armed and that they have been left with a lot of questions.

The LGBTQI community in Ntuzuma, Durban, says they're living in fear after several homophobic attacks. In the latest incident, 34-year-old Siphamandla Khoza was murdered just last week. Khoza's friends, family and the LGBTQI community are calling for justice.
For more on this, our reporter Nabeelah Shaikh joined us for an update.

Another brutal hate crime has shaken the LGBTQI community in Durban.
The family of 34-year-old Siphamandla Khoza is demanding justice.
He was found murdered near a school in Ntuzuma last week.
He was stabbed multiple times and his throat was slit.
Khoza was apparently being tormented for being gay.
Our reporter Nabeelah Shaikh filed this report.

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An intensive search operation to find the four missing Moti brothers, who were abducted in Limpopo continues. The family’s lawyer Philip Smit says they don't know where the boys are and no one has made contact with the family
to demand a ransom. The boys were abducted along the Tzaneen bypass while on the way to school on Wednesday morning. It’s believed seven armed suspects ambushed the vehicle they were travelling in. Their cellphones were later found dumped in Flora Park.
Smit says the family is distraught and they hope Zia, Alaan, Zayyad and Zidan Moti are safe.