There are still only four confirmed cases of that COVID-19 variant here in South Africa with no evidence yet that it was spreading among the communities.

Ramaphosa made the remarks while delivering the closing address on Monday after the ANC’s national executive committee meeting held over the weekend.

Last week, Eyewitness News detailed the heartbreaking story of how Mdunana plunged to her death from the 13th-floor window of a flat in Hangzhou more than a week ago.

Prime Minister to the Zulu nation and monarch, Prince Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi, said that the leaders of the other family faction had now apologised.

The body representing the undertakers called the Unification Task Team on Monday said if government didn’t address their concerns, they would go on a full-blown national strike.

On Saturday, the institute confirmed that the COVID-19 variant first detected in India, B.1.617.2 arrived in the country, with four confirmed cases.

For two decades, Makate has been challenged the cellphone operating company through lengthy court battles to pay out the amount he feels is due to him for his invention of the "please call me".

Twenty-four-year-old Kgothatso Mdunana died last Friday after apparently falling out of the window of a friend's flat on the 13th floor.

ANC NEC member Naledi Pandor was responding to the suspension of Ace Magashule during an interview with CNN. She said that President Cyril Ramaphosa is trying to address the 'absence of ethics and integrity' in the country.

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said that this 'increase in detection at ports of entry is of deep concern' and he promised that government was attending to the matter with urgency.

Nine years ago, the National Consumer Commission had to step in to resolve the billing problems by issuing 45 compliance notices regarding incorrect accounts and estimations for both electricity and water usage.

While there are no direct flights from India to South Africa, there are fears that this variant could spread to the rest of the world fast.

The health crisis in India is at tipping point, with over 20 million confirmed coronavirus cases.

A 47-year-old woman from Tshefoge Primary in Vaalboschloot is now in critical condition in a hospital intensive care unit after she was attacked on Monday by a teacher from a nearby school.

Last week, the state-owned company warned that rising tension during wage talks could impact on operations and services.

However, the company said it managed to operate 75% of its fleet by redirecting buses and making multiple trips to collect stranded commuters.

Residents from Klipfontein informal settlement are burning tyres and barricading the road with stones.

It’s understood the chopper wet down in the Umgeni River earlier on Monday morning.