The funeral service for the Minister in the Presidency, Jackson Mthembu is being held at the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in Ackerville, Mpumalanga.

The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases has increased to 1 404 839, with 12 271 new infections recorded in the past 24 hours.

Northern Cape police are searching for an 18-year-old girl who is believed to have drowned while tubing with friends on the Orange River.

Scores of frustrated R350 Covid-19 grant beneficiaries have queued outside post offices in Nelson Mandela Bay, often to no avail.

A 31-year-old and a 29-year-old have been arrested in Somerset East for the possession of drugs worth R7 000, Eastern Cape police say.

A man has ben arrested after R10 000 worth of copper cables were fond in his backyard, Northern Cape police say.

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Disaster Management Centres in the provinces expected to be hit by tropical storm Eloise have activated their contingency plans and are preparing response measures.

The two doctors, a nurse, a paramedic and pilot were en route to pick up a critically ill patient in KwaZulu-Natal when the helicopter crashed in Bergville.

Kgalema Motlanthe will take over the day-to-day running of the Nelson Mandela Foundation, along with two trustees, amid allegations of misconduct among senior management.

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They were arrested after the Transnet control room detected a fuel pressure drop on the pipeline.

A 38-year-old man has allegedly been found in possession of suspected stolen copper plates valued at R4.8 million. The plates had been hidden in Vanderbijlpark and De Deur.

A Mpumalanga man, his girlfriend and six others have appeared in the Mbombela Magistrate's Court for allegedly defrauding SARS of R2.5 million.

Members of the medical health fraternity in Johannesburg have gathered to mourn the death of four Netcare health workers and a pilot who died in a helicopter crash in KwaZulu-Natal.

The national health department says it has been given the green light by Sahpra and has been recognised as the supplier of the Serum Institute of India vaccine.

An alleged drug dealer who was on the run has been rearrested at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg.

Government is clamping down on drunk driving and corruption by introducing several measures.

Western Cape Community Safety MEC Albert Fritz says only 45.65% have applied and received the necessary permits to operate during curfew hours.

Separate fires on Friday destroyed 300 shacks and an appliance warehouse in Booysens, south of Johannesburg, and Wynberg respectively.