Opposition parties the DA and EFF held press briefings to update the public and supporters on their ongoing coalition talks, including the progress and outcomes of negotiations so far. The briefings revealed there was much tension arising between the different parties.

Sham Maharaj of the Phoenix Ubuntu Forum has told the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) that what happened in Phoenix, KwaZulu-Natal, was not a massacre but killings.

The commission is on day two of its hearing about the unrest and looting in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng in July.

The aunt of slain 17-year-old Sibahle Nguse has called for justice after he was shot dead during the civil unrest which gripped parts of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng in July.

It's day one of the South African Human Rights Commission hearings into the July unrest. The commission says it has invited communities affected, members of the business fraternity, state officials, and cabinet ministers to testify in the next three weeks.

The Acting Western Cape Director of Public Prosecutions, Advocate Nicolette Bell has declined to prosecute Emile and Eben Etzebeth as there are no prospects of a successful prosecution against the two men.

Dr Shaheda Omar once said, “rescuing child trafficking victims is nothing short of a miracle.” And with the human trafficking of small children on the rise, SA could use more miracles.

Finance minister Enoch Godongwana presented the 25th Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) on Thursday afternoon.

Economists, including Investec chief economist Annabel Bishop, paid close attention to what the minister had to say about the country's debt projections. Bishop identifies debt and credit ratings agency downgrades as elements that continue to pose a very real threat to SA's potential growth.

Finance minister Enoch Godongwana has opted to “practise tough love” regarding struggling state-owned enterprises (SOEs), saying their performance will have to drastically improve before receiving any further bailouts from the government.

The head of the Centre for Vaccines & Immunology at NICD, Dr Melinda Suchard, says there is no maximum time period to get another jab, but as time goes on your antibody levels may decline. SA is vaccinating with the Johnson & Johnson jab, a one-doser, and the Pfizer two-dose vaccine.

SA's rotational power cuts were not “blackouts”, Eskom boss Andre de Ruyter said on Wednesday.

And he was insistent that this was not just a matter of semantics.