Andile Sicetsha

The South African Police Service confirmed on Friday, 5 June 2026, that nine officers linked to the controversial Medicare24 tender have been suspended pending the outcome of disciplinary and related investigations.

Three people died in and around Mossel Bay over the weekend of 30 May to 1 June 2026 after xenophobic protests in a Western Cape informal settlement triggered arson attacks that destroyed more than 50 shacks and displaced hundreds of residents. The violence began on Friday night following a community protest against undocumented foreign nationals.

Ukrainian drones struck and set fire to an oil terminal in the Russian city of St. Petersburg on Wednesday, 3 June 2026, in an overnight attack that briefly suspended flights at the city’s airport and cut mobile internet services across the port area. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the strike on social media, stating that the drones flew more than 1,000 kilometres to reach the target, as reported by NPR.