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ANC treasurer-general Paul Mashatile has described deceased City of Johannesburg mayor Geoff Makhubo as a selfless public servant who embodied intelligence, enthusiasm and hard work.

Motorists should not panic as there is no official confirmation that there is a fuel shortage, the Automobile Association said on Tuesday.

Protests and looting which saw store shelves stripped bare in Gauteng have been the worst encountered by law enforcement, a private security firm said on Wednesday.

As traumatised South Africans hunker down during the third wave of Covid-19 while looting and destruction continue, one person who has chosen not to be overwhelmed is Emelda Masango.

Aerial footage showed mobs ransacking and setting ablaze shopping malls and buildings in cities across SA on Tuesday.

Crowds looted shops and businesses on Wednesday, defying government calls to end a week of violence that has killed more than 70 people, wrecked hundreds of businesses and disrupted hospital operations.

One of the Haitian American men arrested on suspicion of taking part in the assassination of Haiti's president last week had a prior relationship with a US law enforcement agency, a US government source said on Monday.

Zimbabwe is aiming to vaccinate 1 million people against Covid-19 in the next two weeks, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Tuesday as he extended tough lockdown measures by another 14 days.

“We cannot afford to decline into lawlessness and violence or to be divided on lines of race or tribe. This will take us nowhere and simply flame more violence and division,” says former DA leader Mmusi Maimane.

"We never thought we would one day need to work with soldiers guarding us. These are things we would see happening in other African countries but it has become a need," a Soweto nurse said.

On Tuesday morning, business owners at Soweto’s Diepkloof Mall awoke to their offices and workplaces ransacked and severely damaged.

Staff and pharmaceutical shortages, temporary closures and treating patients for protest-related injuries are further pressures on an already constrained healthcare system in SA.