Mthembu died earlier today, due to COVID-19 related complications.

Minister in the Presidency, Jackson Mthembu has passed away at the age of 62. Mthembu succumbed to COVID-19 related complications earlier on Thursday.

Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu is trending on Twitter after the news that he succumbed to COVID-19 complications earlier today.

Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Naledi Pandor says she is devastated by the death of Minister in the Presidency, Jackson Mthembu.

Minister in Presidency Jackson Mthembu passed on earlier today from COVID-related complications.

The DA in the Western Cape has called for a differentiated approach that allows schools that are ready to reopen. The reopening of schools has been delayed until next month as the country battles a second wave of the coronavirus.

Jackson Mthembu was a father figure who was eager to see people grow, said justice and correctional services minister Ronald Lamola.

The funeral for KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Transport Bheki Ntuli is currently under way at eSikhaleni township outside Mpangeni. 63-year-old Ntuli died last week from COVID-19 complications.

Social development minister Lindiwe Zulu said she instructed the police to stop spraying Sassa grant applicants with water in Bellville on Friday last week.

Western Cape Premier Alan Winde says he is studying the contents of the Public Protector report regarding the adverse findings against Provincial Minister for Local Government, Anton Bredell.

Former security branch police officer, Martin Naudé, has conceded that it’s possible that anti-apartheid activist, Neil Aggett may have been assaulted a month before he died at the then John Vorster Square police station in Johannesburg, in the early 1980s.

Some disgruntled residents of Taung village in the North West, have expressed concern at the process of recruitment for the Extended Public Works Programme.

Former Gauteng health MEC Bandile Masuku will on Thursday attempt to convince the high court in Pretoria to declare the Special Investigating Unit’s findings against him unlawful, unconstitutional and invalid.

Nelson Mandela Bay Mayor Nqaba Bhanga says he is confident that he will remain in his office even after the election of a Mayor.

The Democratic Alliance has rejected the appointment of Deputy President David Mabuza as head of the inter-ministerial committee to oversee the country’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout programme.  

Speaking during a webinar organised by the ANC’s Progressive Business Forum, President Cyril Ramaphosa said the committee would assist government in ensuring that the distribution of the vaccines are well managed.

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has called on National Treasury to disclose the details of how each of the country’s municipalities spent its share of the R500 billion-rand COVID-19 relief package.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed his deputy, David Mabuza, to lead the inter-ministerial committee that will oversee everything related to the Covid-19 vaccine.

The African National Congress (ANC) says it will not divulge details of a letter informing uMkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans (MKMVA) spokesperson, Carl Niehaus of his notice of suspension.

The MKMVA spokesperson has been asked to give reasons why he should not be fired from his position at Luthuli House after attacking Jesse Duarte last week

Whether former President Jacob Zuma will ever appear before the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture remains uncertain.