In a series of tweets on Sunday, Van Damme said that for three years, a blatant lie had been repeatedly perpetuated that she beat up a child at the V&A Waterfront.

Fifteen-year-old Avethandwa Nokhangela got caught in a rip current while swimming at a beach near East London last Thursday and her body was discovered on the beach the following morning.

Earlier this week two people died after becoming trapped in their overturned vehicle in Bonnievale.

Briefing MPs on Thursday, Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula said that the effects of the pandemic would continue to be experienced by operators in the transport and logistics industries in the short to medium term.

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula on Thursday briefed MPs on mitigating the impact of the pandemic.

Avethandwa Nokhangela (15) got swept out to sea while swimming at a beach near East London on Thursday and her body was discovered washed up the following morning.

Community Safety MEC Albert Fritz is now calling for an urgent investigation by the Western Cape Police Ombudsman. It's understood the woman went to police the day after she was allegedly sexually assaulted.

The department said that one of the biggest challenges it faced during the hard lockdown was the fact that no construction could take place.

Uzayr Lee (18) is a member of the Ubuntu Football Academy and has been afforded the opportunity to attend the Patrick Henry Community College in Virginia in the USA.

Linda Soboyce was last seen on Wednesday afternoon when she left to attend a party in Valhalla Park. The teen never made it back home.

Section27 said that the provincial and national education departments had indicated all Limpopo schools would only have safe toilets between 2028 and 2030.

The Department of Basic Education said that it was investigating the possibility of returning all pupils at primary school level due to the learning losses suffered as a direct result of the coronavirus pandemic.

With COVID-19 protocols still in place, lessons are still being split to ensure adequate social distancing.

Lobby group AfriForum privately prosecuted National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise on behalf of the NSPCA - after carcasses of sheep, ducks and 50 pigs were found on her Modderfontein farm in the North West in 2014.

In addition to three life terms, Augustine Obono was also sentenced to three years' imprisonment for kidnapping and seven years for keeping a brothel.

Augustine Obono, aged 44, has also been handed a three-year sentence for kidnapping and seven years for keeping a brothel.

When they appeared in the dock on Wednesday, the court heard the 42-year-old man and one of his co-accused have been linked to the murder of a second activist from the same community, Hleliphi Thotshe.

In 2014, carcasses were found on Modise's farm where it appeared animals were left unattended without food or water for about two weeks.