It’s unclear what was on the agenda but Magashule has previously said he would consult the party's former leaders before carving a way forward on the organisation's step-aside resolution.

The pair worked at the Ncome Correctional Facility in KwaZulu-Natal and were embroiled in a scandal after a video emerged of one of them having sex with an inmate.

With SAA struggling to realise profits, and a constant change of leadership over the past decade, the new acting CEO's first challenge will be to keep the airline afloat.

Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng made the disturbing revelation to the Judicial Services Commission, which has been interviewing candidates for the Constitutional Court on Tuesday.

In 2008, justices reported to the JSC that Judge Hlophe had approached Justice Bess Nkabinde and Justice Chris Jafta and attempted to improperly influence them in a pending case regarding Jacob Zuma and the company Thint.

This comes as the country battles record unemployment of around 32.5%.

This comes after a large number of students invaded the sports centre on the Steve Biko campus in Durban, flouting COVID-19 regulations.

The Reserve Bank has set it's inflation target of between 3% and 6% and there were concerns that a double blow of electricity and fuel price increases would affect this.

Fuel prices shot up at midnight - with 93 octane petrol increasing by 95 cents a litre, while 95 octane increased by one rand.

The IMF said this was due to accelerated vaccinations and a flood of government spending on ways to beat COVID-19.

'The short answer is that yes, people can transport their own alcohol even between provinces,' said Cogta spokesperson Lungi Mtshali late on Thursday.

The Sarb said it found weaknesses in the bank’s money laundering control measures following an inspection conducted in 2019 in terms of the Financial Intelligence Centre Act.

The commission said that it had managed to account for a total of 43 South Africans affected by the recent attacks by insurgents.

The commission said some of these nationals were already back home while others had been moved to safe areas within Mozambique.

Ramaphosa was speaking on the side-lines of an inspection of the institution in Gqeberha on Monday afternoon.

Minerals and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe said that the successful bidders had a deadline to obtain finance and begin.

The parastatal has extended stage two load shedding until Wednesday morning.

Mogoeng is set to appeal the decision made by a member of the committee to retract and apologise for his comments made on the Israeli and Palestinian conflict.