Domestic

Six officials from the Department of Home Affairs have been arrested at the Lebombo port of entry in Komatipoort on charges of fraud, corruption, and the contravention of the Migration Act.

Two men who pleaded guilty to the possession of illegal abalone were fined R100 000 each on Friday but escaped a jail sentence.

Public hearings into the unrest that swept the country in July, particularly in Gauteng and Kwazulu Natal, will commence on Monday.

Former South African president FW de Klerk, who died on Thursday, has apologised for “the damage apartheid had done”. His message is contained in a video released by the FW de Klerk Foundation on Thursday, following the death of the 85-year-old late State President.

The death of former State President FW de Klerk has robbed the families of the Cradock Four of the truth about the murders of their husbands and fathers.

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana and National Treasury firmly committed to fiscal consolidation and reducing South Africa’s budget deficit back to single digits, with the tabling of the 2021 Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) on Thursday.

Police in Gauteng are investigating a case of murder after a gym instructor from Pretoria was gunned down during a live zoom session on Wednesday night. Fourty-year-old Lawrence Masinge was a passionate group exercise instructor who was also part of the Department of Sports Arts and Culture's fitness initiative called #Choose2Bactive.

Eskom CEO André de Ruyter is going nowhere. The board has not discussed his resignation with him and he will not hand it in of his own accord. De Ruyter’s response comes after calls for his resignation from among others the Black Business Council (BBC) and the National Union of Metalworkers (Numsa) in light of Eskom’s continued inability to provide a stable power supply to the country.

The Human rights organisation Africa4Palestine has accused the Miss SA organisation of being divided in their stance over their participation in the upcoming Miss Universe Pageant to be held in Israel in December.