Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola hosted a webinar on Friday to mark the 25th anniversary of the signing into law of the Constitution and International Human Rights Day.
The group of six suspects appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrates Court on Thursday where they were remanded in custody.
Slain Gauteng health official Babita Deokaran is among those honoured by the non-profit organisation Blueprint for Free Speech on Wednesday night.
Four teenagers were convicted of killing the 28-year-old in the Polokwane High Court on Wednesday.
Two-hundred-and-twenty ambulances have been added to Gauteng's Emergency Medical Services to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
Thoriso Themane was murdered in 2019 after a group of schoolboys and two adults beat him, resulting in his death.
It said on Wednesday that over the past three months there have been over 160 new recruits added to the province's emergency services as part of efforts to improve delivery.
The commission announced on Tuesday that government had finalised plans and will be implementing lifestyle audits for public servants from February next year.
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases has recorded 90,002 total deaths since the start of the pandemic.
The Public Service Commission said the audits are aimed at ensuring that public servants live according to their reported incomes.
Amanda du Pont responded to Macgyver Mukwevho through her lawyers saying she will not publicly apologise for the remarks she made about him following the controversial interview with Jub Jub.
Maarohanye said he has taken time to re-watch the interview he did last week with popular podcast series host MacG and has reflected on his words.
Last week, the KwaZulu-Natal government called on protesting truck drivers to refrain from using violence and disruption to voice their grievances.
It was blocked for most of Friday, allegedly by armed men who attacked several truck drivers.
The N3 Toll Concession said severe congestion and delays are being reported from both directions from KwaZulu-Natal and to the Free State.
Authorities are still investigating why the demonstration happened and motorists have been advised to delay travel on the route.
Former Gauteng Department of Health's deputy director Nonceba Sennelo was the latest official to be cross-examined on Thursday about her role in the tragedy.
Professor Salim Abdool Karim said that South Africa was not caught with its pants down and the country was prepared for a new coronavirus variant.
