This follows the murder of constable Mfihloyakhe Ndlovu, who was killed in the line of duty while protecting a gender-based violence victim in Welbedacht East.

Eskom has cut power from 5 am and the outages will last until 9 am.

This brings the total number of fatalities to 48,940.

The Police Minister was on Friday responding to a call by the Economic Freedom Fighters call for his removal following reports that 76% of the country's police stations have not had rape kits since July last year.

Ace Magashule and 15 others appeared in the Bloemfontein Magistrates Court in connection with an asbestos roof deal dating back to when he was premier of the Free State.

It's predicting a month-end increase of 56 cents a litre for petrol, 47 cents for diesel while illuminating paraffin is predicted to go up by 41 cents a litre.

The association said South Africans could not afford to wait any longer for its citizens to be vaccinated.

ER24 paramedics said 12 other people were also hurt in the crash on the main road earlier on Monday.

The suspicious shipment - destined for Malaysia - was noticed during searches conducted by the customs unit.

Bheki Cele said the not wearing of masks in public was non-negotiable and necessary action must be taken.

The private hospital group has come under fire after it emerged that Basson, also known as “doctor death”, is still practicing at its facilities.

Suspected drug kingpin Yaganathan Pillay - known as ‘Teddy Mafia’ - was found injured, rushed to the hospital and was declared dead upon arrival.

The health department announced that over 6.4 million tests have been conducted thus far - with 23,707 of those completed in the last 24-hour cycle.

The number of deaths continues to rise at an alarming rate as well with 411 fatalities recorded in the last day.

Businessman Shonisani Lethole was admitted to the hospital in July with breathing difficulties and died before receiving his results, which showed he had tested positive for COVID-19.

A number of COVID-19 confirmed cases from the parties have been identified and all attendees are now regarded as contacts.

Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo was due to deliver his decision at 3pm on Wednesday, but that was postponed to 10am on Thursday.

On Friday Ace Magashule was charged with 21 counts of corruption and fraud, alternatively theft and money laundering.