In the news today: These are the stories you may have missed

These are today's top stories:

The Mahikeng municipal manager at the centre of a R96000-a-month toilet scandal says he paid the service provider the exorbitant amount because he is streetwise.

About 380 babies and 16 mothers have died at a Limpopo hospital in less than three years, apparently as a result of traditional remedies meant to induce and hasten childbirth.

Five taxi drivers belonging to the Menlyn Taxi Association have been hospitalised following a shooting related to a long-standing dispute over routes in the Pretoria CBD.

While we're outchea wearing as many fleeces as possible‚ Pearl Thusi has left the snow behind and headed to sunnier pastures.

The Stormers will look to friends for inspiration as they aim to give a poor season a sliver of respectability by beating the Sharks at Newlands this weekend.