5news.South African news, all in one place

BREAKING

› WORLD FOOD DAY: Hundreds of protesters take on Parliament: ‘Wake up, the climate emergency is here!’› LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: Build your own coalition in Joburg, eThekwini, Tshwane and Cape Town › MOTOR CITY: Tshwane needs better freight rail to become SA’s automotive capital › Nothing concrete for developing countries post IMF/World Bank meeting › Ramaphosa campaigns in Khayelitsha as taxi operators seek help with fuel costs › Boland makes double breakthrough before rain ends first day’s play › BMA exposes car scam: Financed cars being sold abroad and reported as stolen for insurance › Romanian F-16s shoot down two drones days after Black Sea attacks › Justice says work is under way on Bill amid Ian Cameron’s campaign to name convicted sex offenders › DA’s negotiating stance for coalitions in Joburg: no EFF or MK › WORLD FOOD DAY: Hundreds of protesters take on Parliament: ‘Wake up, the climate emergency is here!’› LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: Build your own coalition in Joburg, eThekwini, Tshwane and Cape Town › MOTOR CITY: Tshwane needs better freight rail to become SA’s automotive capital › Nothing concrete for developing countries post IMF/World Bank meeting › Ramaphosa campaigns in Khayelitsha as taxi operators seek help with fuel costs › Boland makes double breakthrough before rain ends first day’s play › BMA exposes car scam: Financed cars being sold abroad and reported as stolen for insurance › Romanian F-16s shoot down two drones days after Black Sea attacks › Justice says work is under way on Bill amid Ian Cameron’s campaign to name convicted sex offenders › DA’s negotiating stance for coalitions in Joburg: no EFF or MK

Latest

Strangled with shoelace: Father sentenced to 25 years in jail for son's murder

IOL · 18 August 2026 at 06:00

Strangled with shoelace: Father sentenced to 25 years in jail for son's murder

A father has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for the horrific murder of his two-year-old son, revealing a calculated act of violence that has shocked the community.

Read the full article on IOL ›

5News aggregated this summary from the outlet’s public feed. The full article, with all the context, is on iol.co.za — the content belongs to IOL.

More from IOL

Ramaphosa campaigns in Khayelitsha as taxi operators seek help with fuel costs

IOL · 14 min ago

Justice says work is under way on Bill amid Ian Cameron’s campaign to name convicted sex offenders

IOL · 34 min ago

Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma accuses government of silencing anti-illegal immigration protesters

IOL · 49 min ago

R3m ransom demanded after Bangladeshi man kidnapped in Free State hijacking

IOL · 1 h ago

More in Latest

WORLD FOOD DAY: Hundreds of protesters take on Parliament: ‘Wake up, the climate emergency is here!’

Daily Maverick · just now

LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: Build your own coalition in Joburg, eThekwini, Tshwane and Cape Town

Daily Maverick · just now

MOTOR CITY: Tshwane needs better freight rail to become SA’s automotive capital

Daily Maverick · 6 min ago

Nothing concrete for developing countries post IMF/World Bank meeting

SABC News · 8 min ago

Ramaphosa campaigns in Khayelitsha as taxi operators seek help with fuel costs

IOL · 14 min ago

Boland makes double breakthrough before rain ends first day’s play

TimesLIVE Sport · 15 min ago