President Cyril Ramaphosa confirmed Edna Molewa's passing, saying she died in a Pretoria hospital after a short illness.

The president says the ANC and country has lost a really talented and knowledgeable person in government.

It’s understood Molewa's passing comes after she had fallen ill while on a state visit to China.

The ANC says Molewa leaves behind her legacy as an environmentalist.

The president is due to visit the Molewa family sometime on Saturday.

Authorities says they've arrested a 45-year-old man who is known to the family and will be appearing in court on Tuesday.

Environment Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has died at the age of 61.

He claims that is willing to appear before the Zondo commission of inquiry if called to do so. As it would give him an opportunity to relate many other stories to the commission.

Cedrick Nkabinde resigned from Ipid on Friday after agreeing to drop complaints accusing his former boss Robert McBride of unethical conduct.

Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu made damning findings against the office of the Public Protector, saying that it lacks proper mechanisms to prevent non-compliance with the legislation.

Nkabinde says he’s stepping down after reaching a settlement agreement.

These include the payments that were made to lawyers that represented the Public Protector in court cases when Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s reports were taken on review.

In a report to Parliament, it's been revealed that the Public Protector's office has not followed due process when procuring goods and services

A white man accused of assaulting a black man at Wonderboom Airport in Pretoria is expected to appear in court on Friday.

The Labour Court ruled on Thursday that the media company owned by businessman Mzwanele Manyi violated the labour law when it got rid of some 300 staff without following a retrenchment consultation process.

Last month, Jonas testified at the state capture commission that he was offered substantial amounts of money by the Guptas to be the next Finance Minister, and when he turned them down, he said Ajay Gupta threatened to kill him.

Brown’s lawyer, advocate Simmy Lebala, has told the commission that she wants to cross-examine Mcebisi Jonas despite Brown admitting she had a relationship with the Gupta family.

Gupta says he can prove that he was at Oakbay's Sandton office at the time that Jonas claims to have met him at his Saxonwold compound.