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The Hawks will determine the circumstances around the fire that gutted the National Assembly building after the withdrawal of firefighters who worked to contain the blaze.

The ANC is not getting prayers from the clergy in Mokopane, Limpopo, ahead of its birthday celebration but rather a strong dose of the "shame" South Africans have been subjected to under its governance.

Africa's top public health official said on Thursday that severe lockdowns were no longer the best way to contain Covid-19, praising SA for adopting that approach when responding to its latest infection wave driven by the Omicron variant.

Western Cape premier Alan Winde says the province has passed the peak of its fourth wave of Covid-19 and a consistent decline in cases can be expected in the coming weeks.

North West province will ask national government for R30m to rebuild or repair houses damaged or destroyed in flooding during heavy rain in December.

A Mitchells Plain mother who feeds homeless people in Cape Town's CBD believes the man accused of setting the National Assembly on fire is being framed.

Acting chief justice Raymond Zondo has voiced "grave concern" over the hammer attack at the country's apex court and says the security of the judiciary and court users requires urgent attention.

Hyacinth plants caused the temporary closure of some of Durban's beaches on Wednesday, says the eThekwini municipality.

Unless the proposals made in the Zondo Commission State Capture report are implemented, the document will remain useless, Cosatu said in a statement on Thursday.

The ANC national executive committee will on Thursday meet to finalise the January 8 statement expected to be delivered by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday.

“On the other hand, parliament has to do better. We must do better! Deliberate majoritarian blindness on key critical areas of oversight and accountability have landed us in this mess! Parliament cannot afford to continue operating like an extension of the executive," Hlengwa said.

The search for the elusive driver of a Range Rover who put on a show by dangerously driving through water before ending up with a partially submerged SUV is continuing.