Domestic

In September, the bus company sought relief from the Eastern Cape High Court in Makhanda to force the government to provide safety in dangerous areas of the province. However, Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has opposed and appealed the court’s decision. In a replying affidavit filed on Friday, Intercape CEO Johann Ferreira pointed to what he said was the Minister's “ongoing disregard for the seriousness of the issues at hand which concern life-threatening and endemic acts of violence and intimidation”.

Authorities continued the search on Sunday for at least 18 people who may have been swept away in flash floods in the Jukskei River in the vicinity of Sandton in Johannesburg.

The teachers’ union Sadtu has called for an investigation into the conduct of the two members of the Independent Panel established to probe the Phala Phala saga swirling around President Cyril Ramaphosa.

The Eastern Cape Transport Department says two people were killed and three others injured in a collision on the N6 between Komani and Jamestown involving three vehicles.

The South African Prisoners Organisation for Human Rights says the prisoner who stabbed Janusz Walus earlier this week has gone on a hunger strike. The spokesperson for the non-profit organisation Golden Miles Bhudu says they were reliably informed that inmate Mandla Madonsela has gone on a hunger strike, demanding to meet with Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, Ronald Lamola.

A multi-disciplinary task force operating within the OR Tambo International Airport arrested 11 suspects who allegedly planned a robbery at the Cargo Section.

Four women are in custody in Boksburg after being arrested for being in the possession of three lion cubs that they were allegedly trying to sell.

President Cyril Ramaphosa says the independent panel report into the Phala Phala saga requires “careful reading and appropriate consideration in the interest of the stability of the government and that of the country.”

The Department of Correctional Services has confirmed that recently paroled Janusz Walus was receiving treatment after being stabbed.