17 JULY 2015 8AM

Five people have died in the early hours of this morning when their vehicle caught fire on the corner of Nasrec and Rand Show Road in the south of Johannesburg.** Trade union NUMSA says the sacking of the CEO of PRASA, Lucky Montana is one example of the crisis plaguing the country's state-owned enterprises. **Australia is holding a memorial service to mark the anniversary of the MH17 air disaster over Ukraine, in which 298 people, including 39 Australians, died. **Residents of the South and north-eastern parts of the country should brace themselves for extreme cold temperatures today.SUDISHA