Domestic

Police in Bushbuckridge in Mpumalanga have instituted the 72-hour activation plan after an armed gang stormed the Dwarsloop Mall in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

Organised agriculture has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to make announcements on immediate government action to relieve farmers of the crippling burden of load shedding.

The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment, Barbara Creecy, says there has been a decline in poaching numbers in national parks as a result of the "relentless fight" against rhino poaching.

South Africa experienced more power supply disruptions last year, leading to a decline in mineral production across all commodities.

The Department of Health has reported two laboratory-confirmed cases of cholera, with Health Minister, Dr Joe Phaahla, calling for vigilance.

The South African National Defence Force has confirmed the death of a member who was fatally wounded when an Oryx helicopter came under fire in Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Tragedy struck on Saturday night when two elderly people believed to have been staying together died in fire that engulfed their shack at the Nomzamo informal settlement in Komani.

Members of the Democratic Alliance staged a picket outside the International Convention Centre in East London on Sunday where the ANC Provincial Executive Committee was holding a lekgotla. The problem that the DA said it had with the event was the invitation the ANC had extended to certain metro and district municipal managers.

The Free State Education Department has called for calm following violent scenes sparked by the death of a grade 9 learner from Tlotlisong Secondary in Ficksburg.