The battle between two Springbok flyhalves could decide the war between the Bulls and Stormers in a campaign-shaping United Rugby Championship derby at Lotfus Versfeld on Saturday.

Bellarmine Mugabe and co-accused Tobias Matonhodze will remain behind bars for the duration of their attempted murder trial after their legal team abandoned bail applications because of charges related to their legal status in South Africa.

An estimated 2 400 jobs could be eliminated across Samancor’s smelting operations and corporate offices, the National Union of Mineworkers said.

Some white South Africans living abroad are choosing to return home, citing lower living costs, family ties and political turmoil in countries like the US and parts of Europe. The trend challenges claims that whites face widespread persecution in South Africa, even as crime and unemployment remain major concerns.

Former deputy national police commissioner Francinah Vuma is appearing before parliament’s ad hoc committee on Wednesday.

At least six people died and three were injured in a bus fire in western Switzerland in what police said may have been a deliberate act with one media outlet reporting that a person set fire to themselves.

Israel’s intelligence assessment is that Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, was lightly wounded in the Israeli-U.S. joint air war against Iran and that is why he has not been seen in public, a senior Israeli official told Reuters.

Three vessels have been hit by unknown projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz, maritime security agencies and sources said on Wednesday, as one of the strikes led to a fire onboard a ship and forced most of its crew to evacuate it.

Britain’s parliament has approved legislation to remove the remaining hereditary peers from the House of Lords, ending a centuries-old system of aristocratic seats in the upper chamber that the government says should not be secured by birth.