The utility implemented rolling blackouts on Wednesday and Thursday night to build up reserves after failing to bring some units back online following maintenance.

This week alone, three telecommunications network infrastructure towers belonging to Vodacom and MTN were burnt and destroyed in KwaZulu-Natal.

The acquisition of the AstraZeneca vaccine from the Serum Institute of India was announced by Health Minister Zweli Mkhize on Thursday.

Police responded to a tip-off of a planned attack on a cash van in the Bram Fischerville area.

The total number of confirmed infections reported in the country since March has now reached nearly 1,150,000.

A staggering 844 more people have lost their lives due to COVID-19 related complications - more than half of them died in the Eastern Cape.

Investigators are now calling on the public around the Soweto area to be on the lookout for a white single cab Ford Ranger and a silver BMW used during the robbery.

The Garden Route was one of the Western Cape's first hotspot areas to be placed under lockdown restrictions during the second wave of the pandemic.

Sumeeth Sheoraj, chair of Denosa's student movement in Gauteng, said they were hoping to get a verbal proposal from government on paper on Monday.

Students are likely to have both on-campus and off-site classes this year due to coronavirus, but there are problems to fix before continuing off-site learning.

Collins Khosa is hoping that the State will come to the table this R60 million in compensation for the loss of their only breadwinner.

Next week will mark a year since the 14-year-old drowned at the Nyati Bush and Riverbreak Lodge, in Brits, during an orientation camp arranged by his school - Parktown Boys High.

The private medical health scheme announced last month that it will fund a COVID-19 vaccine for two million of its members.

Many hospitals are battling to cope under the strain of the second surge in coronavirus infections, which is largely driven by a second variant.

The families of Enock Mpianzi, Collins Khosa and Nathaniel Julies lost their loved ones in 2020, allegedly at the hands of the state.

Ministerial advisory committee professor Barry Schoub said if South Africa managed to start with its vaccination program in April, it was unlikely to achieve the goal of jabbing more than 40 million people before the end of the year.

Just last week in Ocean View, a man was killed and another wounded while vehicles were torched, and a home was damaged in running battles for turf.

Basic Education Department director general Mathanzima Mweli said they must make a decision on how children will return to school closer to the time.