The decision to release former president Jacob Zuma on medical parole will come under scrutiny in the Pretoria high court on Tuesday.

The questions are to come from the DA, AfriForum and the Helen Suzman Foundation.

Zuma’s spokesperson Mzwanele Manyi, provided comment on the matter.

The SA Human Rights Commission is in its second week investigating the July unrest that affected parts of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng. Before the commission today were national police commissioner Gen Khehla Sitole, Gauteng provincial commissioner  Lt-Gen Elias Mawela and former defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula. 

Mapisa-Nqakusa said she was not happy with the SAHRC insisting she appear before the panel on Monday despite attending an emergency.

A small coffee shop in Fourways is quietly establishing itself as a community hub, uniting people, paying it forward and increasingly making good things happen for growing numbers of people.

The DC Coffee Company in Pineslopes is the brainchild of Neil and Samantha Golding, who have not only built the business from the ground up, but see it as “living the dream that makes us happier than we ever thought possible”. 

The couple's coffee shop runs as an NPO, which allows people to donate and redeem coffee and food vouchers from strangers. Neil explains how the idea works and how it came about.

This week the SAHRC heard from victims, community forums and representatives of businesses affected by the July riots.

An 18-year-old matric pupil survived an alleged kidnapping attempt in Johannesburg on Friday, the Gauteng education department said.

Department spokesperson Steve Mabona said the Sandringham High School pupil was on her way to school when a white Chevrolet sedan with four male occupants reportedly drove towards her and one of them allegedly attempted to pull her into the vehicle.

Eskom group CEO André de Ruyter says clear evidence has emerged of sabotage at the Lethabo Power Station in the Free State.

This comes after the collapse of a power pylon which “fell uphill” on Wednesday onto a second distribution line, knocking out both lines.

De Ruyter said there was evidence that the pylon supports had been cut. There was no erosion observed on the structure.

Melanie Veness, CEO of the Pietermaritzburg & Midlands Chamber of Business, says the July riots were part of a plan to overthrow the government. She says they were well planned.

In this first Afrikaans interview on Eusebius on TimesLIVE, McKenzie dodged bullets from Eusebius McKaiser who engaged him on his decision to form coalitions with the ANC in municipalities.

McKenzie criticises both the DA and the ANC, but attempts to offer justification for why the ANC is preferable to work with despite its shoddy governance record.

Refugee Mkhize, one of the July unrest victims, has told the SAHRC that no-one helped them during the Phoenix killings, which have been labelled by many as a “massacre”. He hopes for justice and to regain trust in the police and courts.

The embattled power utility said the electricity system was “severely constrained” after the failure of five generating units.

Five generation units at various power stations had failed throughout yesterday.

Load-shedding would be required to be implemented at very short notice, Eskom spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha said.