Parliament's Section 194 committee sits for the fourth week of hearings into the impeachment proceedings against suspended Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane.

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A tip-off about a truck carrying a large amount of drugs has led to the discovery of cocaine worth more than R400 million in the Western Cape winelands.

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Tazne van Wyk was severely beaten before she was left in a storm drain by the man accused of kidnapping her from outside her house in Cape Town.

A man has appeared in the White River Magistrate's Court in Mpumalanga on charges of impersonating the police minister on Facebook accounts.

The only altercation Sergeant Taswill Flink saw after the arrest of Jeremy Sias was between the murder accused and his co-accused, the officer told the Western Cape High Court.

Advocate Malesela Teffo appeared in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on Thursday, where he sought to represent himself in an application to bar him from practicing law.

Former ANC MP Vincent Smith intends making representations to have charges against him reviewed and withdrawn.

A former police boss, who was at the scene of a protest that turned violent when Kagiso residents allegedly assaulted 19 people, claims the victims were found to be in South Africa illegally.

Dr Matthew Wilson was on duty at the Heideveld community health centre after Sias had pointed out where he had dumped Meghan Cremer's body.

The case against a 52-year-old woman, who allegedly stole approximately R700 000 from Road Accident Fund (RAF) claimants, was postponed for negotiations.

The Nelson Mandela Bay metro in the Eastern Cape is in the grip of a severe drought after seven consecutive poor rainy seasons.

It will be a fine and cool day across South Africa, according to the South African Weather Service. There will be morning fog patches in the North West, Northern Cape and Eastern Cape.

Police Minister Bheki Cele lambasted the Western Cape government over its call to devolve the powers of the police.

A spokesperson, Oupa Segwale, said the office was facing "political pressure" as well as demands to make public its evidence on the matter.

Nearly 200 cases before Western Cape courts were withdrawn between April and June 2022 as a result of inefficiencies by the police, GroundUp reports.

The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority says one person has died of a rare immune disease after receiving the Johnson & Johnson jab.

Former State Security Agency director-general Arthur Fraser once called Public Protector security manager Baldwin Neshunzhi to tell him to "pull up his socks" in supporting Busisiwe Mkhwebane, the Section 194 Committee has heard.

A protest against illegal miners in Kagiso, Krugersdorp took an unexpected turn early on Thursday when residents found suspected zama zamas near mine dumps and allegedly stripped them of their clothing before they whipped them.