The Constitutional Court dismissed former President Jacob Zuma's rescission application, with costs, on 17 September 2021. After being charged with contempt and sentenced to 15 months in prison, Zuma filed a rescission application, asking the court to review its decision. In the full judgment, Judge Sisi Khampepe stated, “Elected absence, like that of Zuma, constitutes more than litigious skullduggery, which does not have the effect of turning a competently granted order into one erroneously granted.” Meanwhile, Zuma has since been granted medical parole.

The Electoral Commission’s chief electoral officer Sy Mamabolo assured South Africans on 16 September 2021 that the commission was ready for the voter registration weekend, and that whether vaccinated or not, all South Africans still had the right to vote. #IEC #MunicipalElecetion #VoterRegistration

Axed ANC employee Carl Niehaus laid a criminal complaint against the ANC and its top executive on 15 September 2021. This is after Niehaus was dismissed as an ANC employee last week, a move which he claims was riddled with intimidation and was a violation of labour laws. #ANC #CarlNiehaus #CyrilRamaphosa

Health Minister Joe Phaahla held a media briefing on 3 September 2021 where he made mention that government was considering using sports and entertainment as incentives to encourage people to vaccinate. #COVID19 #HeathDepartment #COVIDVaccination

After almost 20 years of existence, the iconic Liliesleaf Farm Museum has closed indefinitely. Now, the scramble and battle is on to save the heritage site.

Eyewitness News sat down with Liliesleaf Farm Museum CEO, Nicholas Wolpe, after his announcement that the farm, once a haven for the famous Rivonia trial 12, is considering an indefinite closure.

Residents of South Hill, Linmayer, Riasana and Tulisa Park protested outside Rand Water’s head offices in Glenvista, on 1 September 2021. Residents there were frustrated as they faced their seventh day without running water. Many public services in the community, including schools and clinics, had to be halted as a result. #CityOfJoburg #RandWater #WaterShedding

Gauteng education MEC Panyaza Lesufi on Tuesday visited the family of the grade 8 teenager who was stabbed to death at Pholoshong Secondary School in Alexandra where his family said he wanted to be a police officer when he was older to end crime. #Lesufi #GautengEducation

The residents of Gazine informal settlement are still stuck in temporary tents that were erected for them after the building that they'd used to house themselves burnt down, killing nine. At the time of the fire, the residents were promised that they would only stay in the temporary structures for two months, and now almost five months later, it still remains unclear when they will be moved. #JoburgFire #CityOfJoburg #KwaMaiMai

Advocate Dali Mpofu, who’s representing suspended ANC secretary general Ace Magashule, accused High Court judges of being biased in their ruling on his suspension. Magashule’s session against his party was held virtually on 25 August 2021. #AceMagashule #CyrilRamaphosa #DaliMpofu #JesseDuarte

On 24 August 2021, National Treasury briefed Parliament’s select committee on finance on the impact that the July unrest in parts of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng had on South Africa’s economy.

Deputy Minister of Defence and Military Thabang Makwetla held a media briefing on 24 August 2021 in Pretoria, where he mentioned that all challenges faced by the SANDF troops on the ground had been escalated to President Cyril Ramaphosa, who is also the Commander-in-Chief of the SANDF. Makwetla said with due support, those challenges would be addressed. #SATroops #SANDF #CyrilRamaphosa

Steyn City, in collaboration with Ultimate Heli, launched a new helistop for the residents of the city on 21 August 2021. The new facility will allow residents to, quite literally, have a helicopter in their backyard.

Police Minister Bheki Cele delivered crime stats for the first quarter of the 2021 financial year, detailing that contact crimes such as murder, rape and assault had all registered double-digit increases. #CrimeStats #BhekiCele #Murder #Rape #Assault #GenderBasedViolence #GBV

Public Transport and Road Infrastructure MEC Jacob Mamabolo, together with the Gauteng Department of Health officials, visited the Bara Taxi Rank on 18 August 2021 for an oversight inspection of pop-vaccination sites which are aimed at encouraging citizens to get vaccinated.

Addressing the National Assembly on 18 August 2021, Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula said the Road Accident Fund had been operating on a financially unstable model. Mbalula said that RAF accumulated a deficit of R5.3 billion since March 2020 and had claims to the value of R14 billion that had been finalised but couldn’t be paid due to cashflow challenges.

Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe gave a keynote address at a memorial lecture held on 17 August 2021 by Sibanye-Stillwater in commemoration of 34 mineworkers who were killed in 2012 in Marikana. In the address, Mantashe mentioned that the current Mining Charter implored mines to give mineworkers 5% of free-carried interest so that they could continue to exploit the riches of their labour beyond wages. #MarikanaMassacre #GwedeMantashe #SibanyeStillwater

President Cyril Ramaphosa testified at the Zondo Commission on 11 and 12 August 2021, in his capacity as former President Jacob Zuma’s deputy and later as the President of the Republic of South Africa. Ramaphosa told the commission that he took full responsibility for not doing enough to try and curb state capture. #StateCapture #ZondoCommission #CyrilRamaphosa