Domestic

The Parliamentary Committee considering the fitness of the Public Protector, Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane, to hold office says it will stick to the deadline for the consideration of its draft report, in spite of her missing several key deadlines.

Several high-ranking government officials have condemned the torching of trucks on SA roads in recent weeks.

Telecommunications giant Vodacom says it will invest more than half a billion rand in its Eastern Cape operations. This significant investment into the network is for expanded connectivity in deep rural areas and township that had no connectivity before, thus enabling hundreds of thousands of people to participate in the digital economy for the first time.

The SA Post Office (SAPO) has been saved from liquidation after an application to the high court by the minister of communications and digital technologies to halt liquidation proceedings and rather put the ailing enterprise into business rescue was granted.

The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) is warning consumers to be on their guard against fraudsters requesting access to their bank accounts to funnel the proceeds of crime in exchange for either a reward or payment. It says this illegal activity – the “money mule” scam – has seen a significant rise recently and cash-strapped consumers are commonly targeted.

The South African Police Service has announced the suspension of all eight officers who were seen on a viral video brutally assaulting the occupants of a car a Gauteng freeway.

The Department of Social Development said budget constraints spanning several years were effectively preventing it from filling 1 279 vacant posts, even though there are 9000 unemployed social workers in the country

Two people, a man and a woman, are due to appear in court in Klerksdorp on Monday for being in the illegal possession of suspected stolen goods.

The N3 Toll Route in the area of Van Reenen's Pass is closed for traffic after, six trucks were set alight on Saturday night.