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Social media users are outraged over a comment made by a white woman on Twitter who insinuated she wished mineral resources minister Gwede Mantashe could be assassinated like the late leader of the South African Communist Party, Chris Hani.
Police in North West have launched a manhunt for two awaiting trial detainees who escaped from custody between Monday night and the early hours on Tuesday.
The ninth suspect arrested in connection with Thabo Bester's prison escape made a brief appearance in the Bloemfontein magistrate's court on Tuesday.
The police in Tshwane have launched a manhunt for a suspect who shot and injured 15 patrons at a tavern in Soshanguve on Sunday night.
DA leader John Steenhuisen confirmed Modimolle—Mookgophong local municipality mayor Marlene van Staden passed away earlier on Thursday after a long battle with breast cancer.
Two people were killed and six others wounded in a shooting at a tavern in Malamulele, Limpopo, on Thursday.
The department of home affairs says Dr Nandipha Magudumana is approaching the court with dirty hands as she failed to take it into her confidence.
The police have asked the court to strike Dr Nandipha Magudumana's case off the roll as it lacks urgency and is riddled with misrepresentation of facts.
Two cases of cholera have been confirmed in the North West.
Nandipha Magudumana's urgent application to the high court in Bloemfontein, which seeks to declare her arrest and detention wrongful and unlawful, has been postponed to June 1.
There is no epidemiological evidence to suggest cholera outbreaks in the country had spread from one area to another, says the National Institute for Communicable Diseases.
Home affairs minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi on Monday partly retracted a previous statement about Dr Pashy's passports found in the possession of Dr Nandipha Magudumana when she was arrested in Tanzania in April.
One of the people accused of helping rapist and murderer Thabo Bester to escape from Mangaung Correctional Centre has told the Bloemfontein magistrate's court he received no money and was not involved in facilitating the matter.
Twice this week, disbarred advocate Malesela Teffo interrupted proceedings when he attempted to address the court in the murder trial of Senzo Meyiwa.
Thabo Bester's identity has been confirmed after results of a DNA test carried out on his biological mother, says home affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi.
