The news comes as the embattled broadcaster and the Communications Department craft a plan to get more South Africans to contribute to TV licence fees.

Daniel Witz said that his client was in a serious condition, saying that doctors worked all night to stabilise him at the health facility after he was moved on Monday.

From Wednesday afternoon, Cabinet will be holding a virtual lekgotla, with economic recovery top of the agenda.

Over 1,000 protesters on Tuesday stormed the Senekal Magistrates Court over the murder of farm manager Brendin Horner whose body was found tied to a pole in Senekal last week.

Officials were conducting what they called “surprise cut-offs" for defaulters and illegala connections at houses in Dainfern, near Fourways, on Wednesday afternoon.

The funeral service will take place at the Greek Orthodox Church in Johannesburg on Thursday from 11 am.

Areas affected by the load reduction on Tuesday include Ekangala, Ga-Rankuwa, Mabopane, Soshanguve, Swartdam and Winterveld.

Local twitter users who searched for terms associated with suicide or self-harm ill receive a large notification encouraging them to contact the South African Depression And Anxiety Group

The utility has managed to stave off rolling blackout for two days now but said any deterioration in generation performance could lead to the implementation of load shedding at short notice.

The announcements come after public outrage over a racist ad for the product which referred to black women's hair as "dry, damaged and frizzy" while labelling white hair as "normal".

Zimbabwean journalist Hopewell Chin’ono was released last week after being in custody for 45 days on charges of inciting violence on social media.

This comes after a petition, with more than 10,000 signatures, asked for a statue of Boseman in South Carolina where he grew up.

John Moodey announced on Wednesday that he was resigning from the party after 22 years, saying that the DA was no longer the organisation that shared the same values as when he joined back in 1998.

According to OIL, the project took the number one spot in 33 countries, including Australia, Belgium, Brazil and France leaving behind Project Power at number two.

The AA predicted a petrol drop of about four cents per litre, and a diesel decline of 19 cents, while projecting that illuminating paraffin will go down by 24 cents. However, the department announced that both grades of petrol will increase by one cent per litre

The department is citing the rand's depreciation against the US dollar as a reason for the adjustment.

The association said that due to the retreat in oil prices, 95 octane petrol was expected to drop by around four cents a litre, with diesel down by 19 cents and illuminating paraffin by 24 cents.