While results are still being tallied, with the final outcome expected to be announced at midday, the DA appears to have lost at least eight seats in Gauteng, the North West, Northern Cape and the Western Cape.
The NPA told the Durban Commercial Crimes Court on Wednesday that it still needed to meet with the National Director of Public Prosecutions, Advocate Shamila Batohi, to add racketeering on the charge sheet.
More than 400 candidates are contesting the elections in 55 municipalities across all nine provinces.
Ngobeni and Panday are charged together with former police captain Ashwin Narianpersad and Navin Madhoe.
At least 14 people were killed on the N3 Highway in the Estcourt area on Monday night after two trucks and a minibus collided.
Some members of the uMkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans (MKMVA) in KwaZulu-Natal accompanied by homeless people are believed to have been among those who ransacked and shut down shops owned by foreign nationals.
Several shops owned by foreign nationals and South Africans who have relations with foreign nationals, have been closed since last week after they were ransacked and forced to shut down.
Several townships within the municipality were seen as national crime hotspots, with Inanda township being dubbed as the nation’s rape capital.
Director of events company Quicket, James Tagg, said the upcoming event season would be a bit different from what people are used to.
In a ruling this week, the Supreme Court of Appeal declared that the preferential procurement regulations of 2017 were invalid and set them aside.
Going back on its previous which prohibited pupils with COVID-19 from entering exam venues, DBE now says candidates who test positive and are deemed fit, will be allowed to write at a different venue and under secure conditions.
The UNHCR’s Kate Pond says they're deeply concerned about the protests, saying hardships as a result of COVID-19 have affected foreign-nationals as much as South Africans.
Following an MKMVA protest in the province, Provincial Legislature Speaker Nontembeko Boyce said a high unemployment level has resulted in some citizens using foreign nationals as scapegoats for their economic woes.
Mbali Ntuli said that her focus was now on campaigning for the party to boost its voter base ahead of next year's local government elections.
During an emotional address, Steenhuisen has paid homage to the city of his birth where he started his political career as a councillor in the eThekwini Municipality.
John Steenhuisen was speaking on Sunday during his outgoing address on day two of the DA’s virtual elective conference.
This comes after Gibson told Eyewitness News this week Mbali Ntuli contested too early for the organisation's top job and the party should elect John Steenhuisen who he views as matured and experienced.
Steenhuisen said he’s already planning to lead the party into next year’s local government elections.
