DA leader John Steenhuisen says regardless of whatever independent criteria used, the party always comes up on top.

Two students from UFS were attacked and killed by unknown attackers who demanded cash, laptops and cellphones at their private accommodation.

It's alleged that the suspect sold the fake COVID-19 test certificates to people who wished to travel to other countries without conducting actual tests and taking blood samples.

Sonto Kudjoe, who now works as the country's secretary for defense, faces claims that she and a handful of people who worked in her office created what appears to have been phantom operations that required large sums of cash.

A presenter at the station had just finished doing his show and was playing music when five armed men forced their way into the station's premises, stealing all of the computers.

KwaZulu-Natal remains the epicentre of the virus, accounting for 29% of the known cases, followed by the Western Cape and the Eastern Cape.

The power failure affected the water supply to the Eikenhof pump station and reservoir, leaving areas such as Hursthill, Brixton, and Crosby reservoirs without water.

In the latest update, 289 more people have passed away from COVID-19 related complications, with 14, 312 new COVID-19 cases recorded in the past 24-hour reporting cycle

This comes after the Department of Correctional Services announced that Zuma underwent a surgical procedure on Saturday and is scheduled to go through others soon.

On Friday, Zuma was admitted to a hospital outside the Estcourt Correctional Centre, in KwaZulu-Natal, where he's been serving his 15-month jail term.

The national department announced last week that the social development sector would be prioritised for vaccinations due to the essential nature of the services rendered by the sector.

On Friday, Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan announced Takatso Consortium as a new strategic equity partner for the state-owned airline, SAA.

While no load shedding is anticipated, for now, the embattled state-owned entity said its power system was under severe strain as the shortage of generation capacity persists.

A statement by the NC education department said 180 pupils, 62 teachers, and 22 support staff at schools tested positive for the virus this past week.

According to the 'Business Times', some of the country's largest employers were looking to ramp up the numbers by opening an initial 89 workplace sites that could vaccinate 24,300 people in a day.

At the same time, 123 COVID-related fatalities have been reported in the last 24-hour cycle, bringing our death toll to 56,293.

Zozi – as she is affectionately known – became the third South African to win the title and this year, Miss Universe South Africa Natasha Joubert is hoping to become the fourth.

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.