The DA says the first major concern about SAA's new majority shareholders is the fact that the board of Harith General Partners was chaired by Jabu Moloketi.

Deputy President David Mabuza said following the second wave, an incident management team and the WHO reviewed successes and failures and that this had helped in planning for the third wave facing South Africa.

National Council of Provinces members are expected to grill the deputy president about the amendment of legislation to increase private electricity generation with the red tape being cut significantly.

The announcement of the newly-configured airline and strategic partner received a mixed reaction on Friday.

Fifty-one percent of SAA will be sold to a consortium, while the Department of Public Enterprises will own the other 49%.

President Cyril Ramaphosa said that South Africa’s security agencies were monitoring the situation in the neighbouring nation and the possible spilling over of violence into South Africa.

The group of the world's wealthiest nations is meeting in the UK this week.

Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's legal representative Dali Mpofu on Wednesday questioned Parliament’s appointment of an independent panel, including a judge, to decide on her impeachment.

Lawyers for the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution and Corruption Watch have opposed Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s application to have Parliament’s impeachment rules declared unconstitutional.

These are some of the responses from National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise and President Cyril Ramaphosa to Mkhwebane in her court battle to have Parliament's rules to remove her declared invalid.

Ramaphosa’s legal counsel has told the Western Cape High Court the president is also not involved in the pending parliamentary process.

That’s the view of National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise, who’s made submissions in the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday.

Part B of Pupblic Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s fight to stop an inquiry into her fitness to hold office started on Monday in the Western Cape Hight Court and was expected to continue until Friday.

In a legal fight against Parliament and attempts to remove her, Mkhwebane argues Modise’s conduct in the impeachment process should be set aside.

It relates to a decision in Parliament to allow a motion for an impeachment inquiry into Mkhwebane to proceed.

Mkhize was a no-show this morning citing legal opinion which recommended that he not attend the meeting to discuss the irregular Digital Vibes contract.

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize was supposed to lead a delegation on Friday to discuss the Digital Vibes scandal with MPs but he wrote to the chairperson on Thursday night informing him that he had received legal advice not to appear.

President Cyril Ramaphosa said the investigation into allegations against his minister of health would not hamper the country's COVID vaccine rollout.