What started as a protest over service delivery issues, quickly turned into a violent rampage, after several vehicles and buildings at the Ekurhuleni Customer Care Centre were torched by angry residents in Tembisa.

Miss South Africa has officially announced the Top 30 contestants competing for this year's crown.

Suspended ANC secretary general Ace Magashule appeared at the Bloemfontein Magistrates Court on 11 August 2021. Magashule and 10 other accused are facing more than 70 charges of money laundering, theft, and corruption relating to a R250 million asbestos project in the Free State. The case was postponed to 19 October 2021.