SowetanLive reports that the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court sitting in the Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court heard on Monday how three Rand West municipal workers stole over R3m in state funds “out of absolute greed without remorse”. Source: Latest News

News24 reports that a violent protest on Monday at the Annesley Mine in Tubatse outside Burgersfort has left three people, two of whom were mine security guards, dead. Source: Latest News

BusinessLive reports that the boss of the Directorate of Priority Crime Investigations (DPCI), Godfrey Lebeya, has painted a dire picture of its resourcing constraints, saying the unit was operating at less than 50% capacity. Source: Latest News

BL Premium reports that Gauteng High Court judge Fayeeza Kathree-Setiloane on Monday ordered the Estate Agency Affairs Board (EAAB) to provide all outstanding licences to estate agents within the next fifteen days. Source: Latest News

HeraldLive reports that the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) is set to take action against a female warder who was caught on video having sex with an inmate at a prison in KwaZulu-Natal. Source: Latest News

The Star reports that budget cuts and the shortage of specialist nurses have left some of the country’s hospitals with hundreds of unfilled critical posts. Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has blamed these two factors for the high number of vacant posts at the Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital in Ga-Rankuwa,...

News24 reports that an Eastern Cape school principal has been suspended after he allegedly used a rope to lower an 11-year-old pupil down a pit toilet to search for his missing cellphone after it accidentally fell into the latrine. Source: Latest News

Fin24 reports that Eskom CEO André de Ruyter, who is facing allegations of racism, says he won’t step aside while a probe against him is being conducted. Source: Latest News

Fin24 reports that Discovery’s life insurance business, Discovery Life, has paid out a total of R1.5 billion in Covid-19-related claims to date and has flagged that its healthcare worker clients were disproportionately affected.   Source: Latest News

Independent Media reports that labour federation Cosatu has expressed disinterest in a Twitter battle (twar) involving Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula, Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu and Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma. Source: Latest News