The latest stats show that 8,561 tests have come back positive. It's almost a 100% increase compared with the 4,373 cases confirmed the previous day.

It's understood that upon searching the container, it was discovered that between the boards, there were large black sports bags, each with bricks of cocaine.

It now says that petrol has actually gone up 75 cents a liter and not the 81 cents it announced on Monday.

Sadly, another 21 fatalities were also recorded over the same time frame, with the country's national death toll now at 89,843.

The country's death toll since the start of the pandemic now stands at 89,822.

SABC management believes that SABC News covered the polls in line with its editorial policies and Icasa's election regulations.

Joseph Mathunjwa's 2019 election as president of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu)) has been declared unlawful and has been set aside by the Labour Court in Johannesburg.

The latest deaths take the country's known death toll to 89,635.

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) caused a political stir on Monday when they put their weight behind Democratic Alliance (DA) candidates Mpho Phalatse in Johannesburg and Tania Campbell in Ekurhuleni.

The African National Congress in Johannesburg congratulated the new Speaker, Vasco da Gama, Mayor Mpho Phalatse and the chief whip of council on their election victories.

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) said that it had noted with concern messages circulating on social media which claimed that the possible contamination of noodles was the result of tampering with the products by foreign nationals.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has used his weekly newsletter to highlight the shameful increase in child murders, rapes and domestic violence abuse in South Africa.

On the vaccine front, over 24.6 million jabs have been administered in the country so far.

City Power said the pair gained access to a property in Fairlands near Cresta, claiming they were there to check meters.

Taxpayers have been expressing their shock on social media - with many saying a basic grasp of computer skills should be the bare minimum when it comes to a councillor's skill set.

Eskom CEO André De Ruyter said some lines that fed electricity to the power station's coal conveyer-belt were cut.

These latest fatalities have pushed the country’s death toll to a grim 89,555.

To date, 24 .3 million vaccines have been administered in the country but many people still need to go and get their second Pfizer jabs.