Twenty-one-year-old Mlungisi Madonsela was shot on Tuesday during a scuffle between private security guards and protesting students.

Twenty-one-year-old Mlungisi Madonsela was shot during the commission at the Durban University of Technology on Tuesday.

DUT has also expressed sadness over the death of one of its students and has asked that the institution and the victim’s family be given the space to grieve.

The reporters were forced to vacate by a group of armed police officers who claimed they were acting on instructions from Mayor Zandile Gumede.

Students and eyewitnesses claim during a commotion between the private security and the protesters, one of the guards pulled out their weapon and opened fire.

While details remain sketchy, eyewitnesses claim a scuffle broke out with a security guard taking out his weapon and opening fire.

KZN Cogta MEC Nomusa Dube-Ncube gave a briefing about the drought that’s currently gripping the province as well as an update on disasters, including a devastating storm in Ladysmith at the weekend that left over 400 people homeless.

Classes at the University of KwaZulu-Natal were suspended until further notice after students blockaded entry points on all five campuses with management and the SRC expected to continue with their negotiations.

UKZN Central SRC President Sanele Hlongwa says they tried to facilitate a meeting with NSFAS through the university’s Vice-Chancellor but that effort proved to be futile.

EFF leader Julius Malema says that when his party leads government, ministers will not have deputies and has alluded to how this is the reason why incompetent people are being paid fat salaries for doing nothing.

Economic Freedom Fighter (EFF) leader Julius Malema says that the collapse of the public healthcare system has made going to the hospital the equivalent of sending yourself to a mortuary.

Malema said there won’t be a politician who is spared for stealing from the state especially those implicated in corruption.

Thousands of party supporters have gathered at the Giant Stadium to hear leader Julius Malema deliver the party's promises ahead of the 2019 elections.

Malema insists the red berets want to root out embedded journalism where individuals have outwardly become defenders of President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Malema said the ANC sold its soul to white racists and the allegations surrounding the Bosasa scandal have proven this.

Former President Jacob Zuma took to Twitter to voice his displeasure at the recent utterances by his successor Cyril Ramaphosa and Finance Minister Tito Mboweni.

The DA says the money injected into Cyril Ramaphosa’s presidential campaign is no different to the bribes Bosasa allegedly dished out to high ranking government officials.

Political analyst Ralph Mathekga says President Cyril Ramaphosa cannot afford to 'flip-flop' on such an important issue given Bosasa’s reputation.