WATCH: #NewsBite - 12 January 2016
Take a look at the news making headlines this afternoon.
Catrine Malan takes a look at the Department Education in Gauteng's state of readiness as schools are set to reopen on Wednesday.
We also take a look at the festive season's road deaths statistics as well as the blast that rocked Istanbul in Turkey.
(Produced and edited by Suné du Toit)