* The uMkhonto we Sizwe party's national leadership has expelled five of it's high ranking members just weeks before the country's general elections.

* South Africa commemorates Freedom Day today with people gathering in different venues across the country to mark the 30th anniversary of the country's first democratic elections and the end of the apartheid rule.

* The Free State Health department is reaffirming its support for embattled Fezi Ngubentombi hospital CEO, Kgomotso Phahladira.

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