#SABCNews Headlines @15H00 | 03 June 2022

* First quarter crime statistics paint a bleak picture – murder is up 22.2 percent, rape and contact crimes also show a sharp increase.

* The common assault case of EFF leader Julius Malema and party MP Mbuyiseni Ndlozi is going ahead in the Randburg Magistrates Court, after their application for a discharge was dismissed this morning.

* And the Senzo Meyiwa trial has been postponed to Monday after the state’s witness fell ill

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