Domestic

According to an official announcement by the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Mr Gwede Mantashe, petrol is set to drop by between 68 and 71 cents a litre, with diesel down by between 67.8 and 69.8 cents a litre. Illuminating paraffin will be lower by 95 cents.

A 49-year-old man is in police custody following his swift arrest after a fire broke out in Parliament on Sunday. Police spokesperson Brigadier Thandi Mbambo says the man is expected to appear in court on Tuesday where he will be charged with housebreaking and theft and arson. He will also be charged under the National Key Point Act.

An 8-year-old girl drowned in a swimming pool, while a man is missing after he was swept off rocks in Port Edward on Saturday.

The parliamentary building in Cape Town was on fire on Sunday morning and according to media reports, large flames and a huge column of smoke were seen at around 5:30 am.

The Hawks Narcotics Enforcement Bureau and other police role players in the Western Cape have arrested two suspects and seized 124 000 Mandrax tablets

The South African Medical Association says it is nonsensical that the Department of Health has retracted its earlier circular relating to contract tracing, quarantine requirements, and isolation protocols on COVID-19.

IPID says the officer struck something with his double cab bakkie and turned back to find several body parts of an unknown man scattered on the side of the road

A 52-year-old male nurse, Azwidohwi Ndou, appeared in the Malamulele Magistrate's Court on Tuesday for killing seven family members at Jimmy Jones Village in the Malamulele area on Christmas Day.

Free State police have reported at least nine drownings in the province, including the deaths of four people who perished when the driver of a car tried to pass through a flooded road.