She was been testifying before the state capture commission on Friday on a R1.68 billion coal purchase prepayment.

Suzanne Daniels said while Matshela Koko instructed her to draft a board resolution to prepay the Optimum Coal Mine R1.68 billion, he didn’t specifically say ‘issue a guarantee’ - yet it was eventually done.

Corruption Watch is among several civic organisations that have taken government and state-owned entities to task over their lack of accountability and rampant abuse of state resources.

The commission has heard how parties, including the African National Congress (ANC), forced or coerced their members to toe the party line, even when they did not believe in what they were voting for.

Between 400 and 600 health workers will be vaccinated at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto daily, and more at the Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Pretoria.

The first recipient of the J&J vaccination shot in Pretoria, Dr Ornica Khobo-Mpe said it is everyone’s right to ask questions about the vaccine – but trials and science will deliver the answers.

David Makhura is on a walkabout at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Johannesburg to see the process where 40 people are getting the jab on Wednesday.

Majoro said that the country needed between R70 million and R100 million to rebuild and he has called on development partners to assist.

On 4 February, Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro reshuffled his cabinet when he fired a minister of defence and appointed Lekhetho Mosito in that position.

Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo said the court should find him guilty of contempt for defying its order – and the State Capture Commission summons to testify.

Zuma junior, who is at home in Nkandla with his father, has expressed gratitude to party members and supporters who have gathered outside in defence of the former leader.

A dangerous precedent could be set if Deputy Chief Justice Zondo allowed Jacob Zuma to defy the State Capture Commission summons and the Constitutional Court order.

Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo is yet to make his decision on the way forward but he said that Zuma’s statement that he would defy the Constitutional Court and the commission were clear what his real reasons were.

Former President Jacob Zuma's lawyer Eric Mabuza said that it was not defiance of either the commission or the Constitutional Court.

Former President Jacob Zuma, though, has said that he'd rather go to jail than subject himself to the inquiry.

Terence Joubert told the state capture commission that Welcome Mhlongo was allegedly hatching the plot with advocate Nomgcobo Jiba.

Free State police said that she was taken to hospital but her husband, who is now a suspect, was still at large.

Mark Pamensky has concluded another sitting at the state capture commission where he denied that he advised the Guptas based on privileged Eskom information.