It's lights out for South Africa between 5 pm and 10 pm on Sunday evening as the power utility attempts to ease the burden on its network.

A list of nearly 3,000 accredited sites will be announced on Sunday night as the country prepares to rollout phase 1 b and phase 2 of the vaccination programme.

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases reports the country is currently dealing with just over 26,000 cases of the coronavirus.

The pair was reportedly driving in the Bloekombos area when they were ambushed during the early hours of Sunday morning, and the attackers made off with their firearms.

The health department released a statement shortly after the arrival of the second batch of the J&J vaccine, saying it was ahead of its vaccination targets with more than 63,000 frontline healthcare workers receiving their jab in the past 10 days.

The plane carrying South Africa's second batch of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine has landed at the OR Tambo International Airport on Staurday morning.

Magashule is facing more than 20 charges including corruption linked to the controversial multimillion asbestos project.

Recoveries now stand at 675,593, which translates to a recovery rate of 92%.

In the last 24-hour cycle, officials confirmed another 1,761 infections and 43 more COVID-19-related deaths.

President Ramaphosa issued the formal rebuke to the minister after it emerged Mapisa-Nqakula allowed a senior ANC delegation to catch a lift on a South African National Defence force jet to the neighbouring country earlier this month.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has given Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula 48 hours to explain why she shared a flight with the ANC delegation.

President Cyril Ramaphosa announced sweeping amendments to lockdown regulations on Saturday night, including a lift on the ban on tobacco and alcohol sales.

The Western Cape remains the country's epicentre with almost 39,000 reported infections and 1,005 COVID-19 related deaths.

Chief Electoral Officer Sy Mamobolo said South Africans are going to have to start rethinking ways of going to the polls.

The total number of cases confirmed since the virus was first detected in South Africa now stands at 1170, with the country recording its first death as a result of the virus.

The struggling power utility says despite some of its units returning to service on Friday night, they have has to accommodate the shortage of capacity and replenish reserves.

The 39-year-old opened a case of armed robbery at cape town central police station this week, claiming officers had robbed him of more than R560,000 and three cellphones.

The DA said national and provincial government was sitting on invoices worth more than R7 billion all of which were older than 30 days.