The DA has written to the Public Service Commission about the allegations that Muthambi has expanded her private office to 40 people and wastes money on food and drivers.

Prasa is reportedly investing R1 billion with the bank that lent President Jacob Zuma millions to pay back the money in the Nkandla scandal.

The report says that the motion to recall Zuma was raised by newly elected NEC member David Masondo and Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Bheki Cele.

The NEC is meeting for its first official lekgotla post the ANC’s 54th national conference, which saw Ramaphosa elected as the new party president

An induction programme is underway to familiarise all NEC members with one another ahead of this weekend's meeting in Irene, Pretoria.

The two-year-old disappeared this week while playing outside his family's Kagiso home with his sibling.

The Gauteng Education Department says it’s working on a model to rank schools after repeated complaints by parents refusing second options of certain schools perceived as being troubled.

H&M stores were forced to shut their doors at the weekend when a group of EFF supporters in their red regalia stormed and vandalized the outlets in parts of Gauteng.

Spokesperson Steve Mabona says the department supplies food to 1.4 million school children from poor backgrounds.

Department officials have had their hands full this weekend as they helped parents wanting to register their children. There are thousands of learners who have not yet been placed.

H&M says it closed stores in Johannesburg and Cape Town on Saturday out of safety for staff and customers following protests by members of the EFF.

EFF leader Julius Malema said the party makes no apology about the protests adding the party’s priority will be to fight racism and white monopoly capital.

Protestors went on the rampage inside the store earlier on Saturday and police responded with rubber bullets.

The retailer had used a black child to model a sweatshirt with the slogan "coolest monkey in the jungle". H&M later removed the advert and apologised for any offence caused.

Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane says she wants to ensure that the inquiry is not limited to the issues identified in the initial report by her predecessor Thuli Madonsela.

President Zuma appointed deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo to head the commission as per the Public Protector’s remedial action, following a long court battle.

The regulator says that it is concerned about the recent train accidents and has ordered a stop to manual authorisation to avoid human error, which it says was the reason behind the Germiston crash.

The regulator says preliminary investigations into the crash show that all safety requirements were adhered to including traveling within the speed limit.