As the Eastern Cape government clamoured to place pupils in classrooms this week, it has emerged that the provincial education department entered into a nearly R1.2 million contract for the construction of two prefabricated classrooms that were not actually built, News24 can reveal.

Zulu royal house insiders claim that Prince Simphiwe Zulu was promised the prime minister position by Nomzamo Myeni, the woman AmaZulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini is meant to take as his third wife.

More than 300 000 matriculants achieved a bachelor’s pass and qualified for university admission. However, as there are far fewer places than applications, the hopes and dreams of some of these young people will either be delayed or crushed.

Lopez said it was incomprehensible to her that the MKP praises De Villiers as a national hero and an asset to the party while he was currently being prosecuted.

SAPS deny the mine shaft was bombed, as claimed by the union at the end of the state-funded rescue and recovery operation on Thursday afternoon. This dashed Zinzi Tom’s hopes of finding his missing brother (19).

A forensic investigation into the finances of music industry watchdog Samro has uncovered more than R3.4 million in dubious claims, allegedly at the hands of corrupt employees.

The ANC NEC was considering three possible interventions recommended by the NWC to stabilise and rebuild the party in these key provinces.

For months on end, the public broadcaster’s employees have had to climb numerous flights of stairs every day to get to their desks or studios.

While quitting tobacco and nicotine use altogether is always the best choice, the reality is that millions of adult smokers don’t, so what are the alternatives to continued smoking?

A police officer has been arrested on charges of perjury after an investigator used his username and password to close several dockets.

Even though the State had completed its bail investigations for two men accused of attempted murder of a South African Revenue Services prosecutor, it didn’t reveal what it had uncovered despite the defence pressing for answers ahead of the men’s bail application.

Corruption accused Michael Lomas reportedly experiences severe dizziness, leading to blackouts that cause him to fall and sustain injuries in prison, the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg heard on Friday.

A container stolen from the Durban container terminal in December was found in Chatsworth, but the 37 tonnes of high-grade copper valued at more than R1 million that was inside it at the time, was missing, the investigating officer has revealed in an affidavit.

A heist at the East London Crime Intelligence office last week, in which a lone robber allegedly walked away with R1.3 million in a bag, has landed one police officer in hot water.

An increase in extortion and the killing of spaza shop owners in Delft has prompted the local police station to step in and urge all shops to close by 21:00 for their safety.

Members of a funeral business group are crying foul at the apparent “betrayal” by former president Jacob Zuma’s MK Party, which is believed to be considering venturing into the funeral parlour business.

Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge’s sexual harassment accuser told him “NO” when he propositioned her for sex on WhatsApp – but 30 minutes after that message, she testified he sent her a picture of a penis and asked for “yours please”.

The political ping-pong in the Cederberg Municipality continues as the local Cederberg Eerste (CE) party announced it is severing ties with the DA and will form a “government of local unity” with the ANC.

The Eastern Cape Department of Education has welcomed Lilian Lynette Adonis’ five-year prison sentence or R20 000 fine for embezzling R500 000 from a primary school.

The government has acknowledged funding provided to the local government sector is inadequate and adds to the mammoth infrastructure challenges seen across the country.

In what may be some of the most contested testimony in Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge’s sexual harassment inquiry, High Court secretary Andiswa Mengo said he sent her WhatsApp images of his “private part” – as well as a pornographic video.