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Making headlines: Parliament to meet with police top brass over alleged shooting of student, Load shedding to continue until Saturday and, South Africa records 933 new infections and 139 confirmed deaths

Parliament to meet with police top brass over alleged shooting of student

Parliament's portfolio committee on police said it wanted to meet with the leadership of the South African Police Service following reports of a student who was shot and wounded in Johannesburg during student protests this week.

The Wits SRC alleged a student was shot and wounded by officers.

Police spokesperson Vish Naidoo, however, denied claims that officers fired shots at protesters, saying they only used a smoke grenade and water cannons.

Chairperson Tina Joemat-Pettersson said the shooting of the student shows a complete disregard for the right to protest, human life and human rights as enshrined in the Bill of Rights in the Constitution.

Load shedding to continue until Saturday

Load shedding will be reduced to stage 1, however, it will continue until Saturday morning as the power system is still "severely constrained", Eskom said.

The power utility said since Monday, its teams successfully returned four generation units at Kusile, Grootvlei, Kriel and Matla, as well as the Cahora Bassa line from Mozambique.

However, this has not been sufficient to suspend load shedding at this point," Eskom said.

Some 5 850 megawatt is out on planned maintenance, while another 13 443 megawatt is unavailable due to breakdowns.

South Africa records 933 new infections and 139 confirmed deaths

South Africa recorded 933 new Covid-19 infections by Tuesday, along with 139 new Covid-19-related deaths, taking the confirmed death toll to 51 560.

As of Tuesday, the country recorded a total of 1 530 966 confirmed Covid-19 cases.

The total number of healthcare workers vaccinated under the Sisonke Protocol is 157 286.

Gauteng remains the most affected province with 26.8% of the total confirmed cases, which translates to 409 647 cases while KwaZulu-Natal has recorded 332 094 confirmed cases to date

The recovery rate is 95%.

That’s a roundup of news making headlines today

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