Former President Jacob Zuma missed his last scheduled appearance in February, which led to an arrest warrant being issued against him.

Brandon Naidoo (27) faces a charge of extortion after he allegedly tried to defraud the families of Miguel Louw and Sandra Munsamy following their disappearances.

Close to 3,000 smallholding farmers in the province have benefited from government's COVID-19 relief programme in efforts to ensure food security amid the pandemic.

Thube Zondi - a young cattle breeder who has received a voucher valued at R50,000 - said this would go a long way.

Sipho Ntuli - who faces eight counts of culpable homicide and driving under the influence of alcohol - appeared in the Ubombo Magistrates Court on Friday.

Sipho Ntuli was driving a sugar cane truck, which ploughed into several vehicles and pedestrians in Jozini last week, leading to the deaths of eight people and leaving 32 others injured.

The intervention forms part of the Agriculture Department's support programme to farmers in a bid to sustain food security while the country battles the scourge of COVID-19.

IFP president Velenkosini Hlabisa told EWN he believed that the further relaxation of lockdown regulations announced on Wednesday night by President Cyril Ramaphosa could result in an accelerated spread of the virus.

The two sergeants and a constable from the Sydenham police station were handcuffed after a woman they accused of selling liquor during the hard lockdown opened charges against them.

Over 3,00 izinduna said that they were last paid in 2016 after they threatened to disrupt the 2016 local government elections.

Over 1,000 people became homeless in recent weeks after several unrelated blazes.

Fungai Nyamadzawo faces charges of premeditated murder, kidnapping defeating the ends of justice and perjury.

They claim their lives are being put at risk by being forced to report for duty by the facility manager while they wait for their COVID-19 test results.

A fire, which broke out earlier on Monday, gutted over 100 dwellings in the area.

One hundred informal dwellings have been destroyed in KwaMashu township, north of Durban.

Police have so far arrested a 23-year-old man in connection with the murders that happened three weeks ago.

He said an increasing number of illegal gatherings are taking place since the ban on the sale of alcohol was lifted last week.

The police minister said there had been a dramatic spike in the murder rate since the country moved to alert level 3 of the national lockdown, the level at which the sale of alcohol resumed.