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Renowned musician and former member of Sankomota, Tsepo Tshola, has died

Zimbabwe says the ANC has the capacity to deal with SA’s current turmoil and that for now there’s no need for Sadc intervention.

Families of the victims of the Life Esidimeni tragedy that left 144 mental health patients dead are ready for the inquest that is set to kick off on Monday and hope it will bring them closure.

A week of violence that has engulfed SA slowly began to ebb on Thursday, and people counted the cost of an orgy of arson and looting that has destroyed hundreds of businesses and killed at least 70 people.

Business Unity South Africa on Thursday called on government to institute a 24-hour curfew in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng areas which have been ravaged by looting and protest action

Domestic airline Safair said on Thursday it would be sending bread and other essential food to KwaZulu-Natal while laying on extra flights to cater for residents fleeing the province, which has been brought to its knees by violence and thousands of looters.

   The National Professional Teachers' Organisation (Naptosa) has expressed concerns about 32 schools that have been vandalised and looted in KwaZulu-Natal as a result of the ongoing unrest.  According to a list from the provincial department of education, there were three schools that were burnt.

"It often happens in difficult situations that our emotions can go from very high to quite low," says Massmart boss Mitch Slape.

Acting minister in the presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said 208 incidents had been reported overnight: 52 in Gauteng and 156 in KwaZulu-Natal.

Debate is raging on social media about whether community checkpoints that have been set up in various Durban suburbs have fuelled racial tension and advocated racial profiling.

The Automobile Association (AA) has called on South Africans to limit all non-essential travel as road transport comes under pressure from unrest and the spectre of fuel shortages. The association also warned that unaudited mid-month fuel price data from the Central Energy Fund reflected a risk of substantial fuel price hikes at month-end.

Correctional services minister Ronald Lamola says the number of arrests related to the rioting and looting in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal is starting to put pressure on holding facilities.