Acting national police commissioner, Lieutenant General Tebello Mosikili, has conveyed her condolences to the families of five people who died when a fixed-wing police aircraft crashed at Rand Airport in Germiston.

KwaZulu-Natal police are investigating a ring of scammers after almost 70 small businesses were targeted by fraudsters claiming to be awarding government tenders.

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The first test of the DA's coalition partnership played out in the Johannesburg council as Vasco da Gama was voted out as speaker with the help of parties who were in a coalition arrangement with the DA.

The convener of the Progressive Health Forum, Dr Aslam Dasoo, said when a politician or a public figure publicly proposes physically attacking hospital patients, they expressly violate the laws of the country.

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President Cyril Ramaphosa's Phala Phala farm robbery continues to dominate the discourse in Parliament.

Imtiaz Ahmed Fazel is currently the deputy director general in the public works department. If successful, he will succeed the former head of IGI, Setlhomamaru Isaac Dintwe, whose term ended on 15 March.

Rajesh and Atul Gupta are safely behind lock and key in the United Arab Emirates, but it is not clear how soon they will be in South Africa to face justice for state capture.

There were no human attacks or death reports, but cow carcasses had been found.

The National Prosecuting Authority has moved to "clear up misconceptions" regarding the transferal of a much-talked-about second docket in the Senzo Meyiwa murder case.

A backlog in addressing the impact of four previous disasters dating as far back as 2013 is now contributing to the slow provision of relief efforts that have failed to meet the needs of flood-affected areas in KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape.

According to National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Luxolo Tyali, Dywili lured women under the pretenses of being a healer.

Defence Minister Thandi Modise has defended her attendance at an international security conference in Russia.

The South African Weather Service has issued a warning for damaging winds between Plettenberg Bay and Kei River Mouth. Fire danger warnings were issued for Dr Beyers Naude Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape.

Members and supporters of commuter activist group #UniteBehind has laid a complaint at Parliament against six MPs, including Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula.

Blankets of white snow covered parts of the Eastern Cape, turning it into a winter wonderland on Monday and Tuesday.

Condolences poured in on Wednesday from across the Western Cape political spectrum following the sudden death of DA chief whip Lorraine Botha.

The DA in the Knysna Municipality has been booted out of power after the Patriotic Alliance managed to oust the current leadership on Wednesday.

A media briefing by suspended Cope president Mosiuoa Lekota to explain factional battles plaguing his party, descended into chaos after disgruntled members stormed the Birchwood Hotel in Boksburg.