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The Citizen News – The Citizen brings you breaking news, current affairs, celebrity and entertainment news, as well as sport news throughout the day. More news. Your way.

The Citizen is a Gauteng-based daily, national newspaper, distributed Monday to Friday, with its core circulation in Gauteng (82%). Saturday Citizen appears on Saturdays.

The Citizen bring our readers the most important daily happenings, both locally and internationally in a concise, easy-to-read tabloid format.

• Stage 5 load shedding from Sunday as 11 generation units remain offline
  SA must brace for daily power outages this week as Eskom starts stage 5 load shedding from 4pm on Sunday.
• Van Reenen's Pass blocked as protesters threaten to set police station alight
  Angry residents protesting at Van Reenen's Pass on the N3 Toll route brought traffic to a standstill on Sunday.
• Weather: Cold front imminent, hail and storms to batter E Cape
  Severe storms and large hail predicted for Eastern Cape with potential 'danger to life' warning while cold front sweeps in from southwest.
• Ramaphosa names panel to investigate Lady R docking incident
  President Ramaphosa initiated an independent panel inquiry into the docking of the Russian vessel, Lady R, in Simon's Town.
• Cholera outbreak: Ramaphosa to visit Hammanskraal as death toll rises
  As the cholera outbreak death toll rises to 24, Ramaphosa commits to visiting Hammanskraal.
• ‘Let me be young': Lebo Phalula still mixing it with the best
  The Phalula sisters are expected to be a force in the veterans age group next year.
• Gas power or gas problem? Eskom's new project sparks debate
  Eskom is in discussions with Treasury to fund a gas-fired power station in Richards Bay, without borrowing more money.
• Newborn babies in cardboard boxes: Mahikeng Hospital being probed
  The incident came to light after a Facebook post showed babies wrapped in purple hospital blankets, with nasogastric tubes… in cardboard boxes.
• NHI needs to be shelved until clean water can be provided
  Paying for healthcare would be less of a problem for government if it actually took care of its people, instead of pretending to.
• Daily news update: Makro protests, EFF councillor killed, Ramaphosa denies clipping Mantashe's wings
  Here's your morning news update: An easy-to-read selection of our top stories.
• Cholera deaths rise to 24; first Free State fatality and EC tap water not safe
  Gauteng, Free State and now the Eastern Cape? With cholera deaths now at 24, here's why Makana Municipality issued a boil alert for water.
• Dozens arrested at landfill site in Bloemfontein
  The joint operation led to the arrests of individuals for drug possession, illegal alcohol sales and illegal immigration.
• Senegal government websites hit by cyberattack
  The cyberattack comes amid a tense political climate in Senegal.
• Limpopo EFF councillor killed in hail of bullets
  The councillor was shot and his vehicle was taken.
• WATCH: Ramaphosa denies clipping Mantashe's wings
  Ramaphosa transferred electricity generation powers from Minerals and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe to Kgosientsho Ramokgopa.
• World Hunger Day 2023: Shedding light on a global crisis
  World Hunger Day aims to raise awareness and inspire action against global hunger. Here's what you need to know.
• Suspect connected to Odendaalsrus farm murder through DNA
  The suspect was already in custody for a business robbery.
• Energy minister Ramokgoba says new powers will help him end load shedding
  Ramokgoba made these comments while meeting officials at Baragwanath hospital to discuss whether hospitals can be made exempt from load shedding.
• WATCH: Man tries to storm stage as Ramaphosa addresses ANC branches in North West
  President Cyril Ramaphosa and the National Working Committee are visiting the North West to try resolve some of the issues faced by the ANC in the province.
• Ramaphosa in North West to try resolve ANC factional issues
  Divisions have been created between ANC branches in the North West and the newly elected provincial executive committee (PEC).