In the news today, the father of one of the 17 South Africans who are in Russia to fight against Ukraine says his son is enduring a lot of suffering. Meanwhile, Limpopo police are investigating the murder of a teen girl who disappeared with her father. Furthermore, Le Creuset founder Paul van Zuydam is the latest South African addition to theForbes real-time list of billionaires.
The Western and Eastern Cape will be spared from thundershowers on the last Sunday of 2025, while North West, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Free State and KwaZulu-Natal are warned of thunderstorms and possible hail.Full weather forecasthere. Stay up to date withThe Citizen– More News, Your Way. The father of a man who is among the 17 South Africans who were sent to Russia to fight in its war against Ukraine has detailed the suffering his son is enduring.
“All the time, my boy is crying,” he said, adding that his son has begged him to talk to someone to get him back to South Africa. The father, whose name is Dubandlela, revealed this in aninterview with Reuters. Dubandlela confirmed that his son was promised training as a bodyguard.
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Instead, he was sent with other South Africans to fight for Russia. He said that earlier in December, his son told him he was near the frontline in Donbas, Ukraine. Police in Hlanganani, Polokwane, have launched a murder investigation after discovering the body of a 15-year-old girl who had been reported missing alongside her father earlier this week.
Xilaveko Suke was found dead at her father’s residence in Rotterdam Village on Christmas Day, three days after she was last seen leaving home with him. Provincial police spokesperson Colonel Malesela Ledwaba confirmed that authorities are now treating her disappearance as a homicide
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