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

05 July 2018 - 16:55
By Sowetan LIVE

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 possibleā€š 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.