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'Farmgate' has gripped the nation's attention and News24's investigative journalists are leaving no stone unturned in their pursuit of the truth. It's been nearly a month since the allegations against President Ramaphosa were brought into the spotlight by former spy boss Arthur Fraser. This week on The Story we'll talk to Jeff Wicks who tells us about his investigation into the prime suspect's expensive spending habits.

Nelson Mandela Bay is set to reach Day Zero in less than two weeks. The region has suffered a devastating drought for roughly six years. This week on The Story we discover just how bad things are.

President Cyril Ramaphosa was robbed of a large amount of cash, allegedly foreign currency, from his game farm in Limpopo in February 2020. Now, two years later, former spy boss Arthur Fraser opened a criminal case against him. Fraser alleged he had provided police with evidence showing Ramaphosa "concealed the crime" from them.

Abongile Mafalala, an e-hailing taxi driver from Dunoon, Cape Town, was an innocent victim of a gruesome mob justice attack on Tuesday morning in Parkwood, Grassy Park. Police have arrested 14 suspects involved in the attack, some of whom will be appearing in the Wynberg Magistrate's Court on Monday.

In early 2020, 18-year-old Ruan van Heerden attacked his adoptive parents in their home in Pretoria. He stabbed his mother 36 times while co-accused Carlson Phelps beat his father with a golf club. On Tuesday, Van Heerden was charged with murder in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court where he received a 25-year sentence. Phelps is set to appear in court on 7 June.

An allegedly racist incident that occurred at Huis Marais residence on Stellenbosch University campus over the weekend, has triggered conversations around the extent of transformation at the university. A seemingly intoxicated first year student, Theuns du Toit, urinated on the belongings of Babalo Ndwayana in the early hours of Sunday morning.

There have been three mass shootings in Khayelitsha just short of two months, resulting in the deaths of 17 people collectively. On Sunday, six people were shot and killed outside a spaza shop in Site C in the early evening.

The trial of five men accused of the murder of Bafana Bafana goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa in 2014 finally got under way in the Pretoria High Court last week. It's been nearly eight years since the football star was shot and killed at his girlfriend Kelly Khumalo's house in Vosloorus, near Johannesburg.

On Monday, president Cyril Ramaphosa declared a national state of disaster in response to catastrophic flooding in KwaZulu-Natal. Hundreds of people have died, and thousands have been displaced. R1 billion in relief funds has been made available to rebuild the province, but many South Africans fear the money will simply be looted, as happened during the Covid-19 pandemic.

On Monday, president Cyril Ramaphosa declared a national state of disaster in response to catastrophic flooding in KwaZulu-Natal-Natal. Hundreds of people have died, and thousands have been displaced. R1 billion in relief funds has been made available to rebuild the province, but many South Africans fear the money will simply be looted, as happened during the Covid-19 pandemic.

On Monday, president Cyril Ramaphosa declared a national state of disaster in response to catastrophic flooding in KwaZulu-Natal. Hundreds of people have died, and thousands have been displaced. R1 billion in relief funds has been made available to rebuild the province, but many South Africans fear the money will simply be looted, as happened during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Devastating floods caused by torrential rains have wreaked havoc in Kwazulu-Natal this week. Hundreds of people have been killed by the floods and landslides. It's been described as one of the worst floods in KZN on record. News24 journalists were dispatched to the scenes of devastation, and this week on The Story, they recount the horrors of what they saw.