In its probe into PPE corruption, the SIU found some of the PPE delivered was substandard, and Denisa Cassim Lekhoathi said that posed some health risks to its members.

Bandile Masuku and Khusela Diko were hauled before the disciplinary committee after allegations of impropriety in the awarding of a PPE tender. The hearing was delayed due to requests for new documents and records.

The union was reacting to the Special Investigating Unit report into COVID-19 PPE procurement.

On Friday the SIU revealed that more than R30 billion was spent by the state between April and November 2020, and over R13 billion has been deemed irregular.

In 2019 the High Court ordered that the process be finalised. However, this was yet to happen. Mashaba said the party is now in talks with one of the bidders for the mine to take legal steps to hold the BRPs in contempt of court.

On the 5th of February in 2016, 90 miners who were trapped underground at the mine were rescued but Yvonne Mnisi, Pretty Nkambule and Solomon Nyirenda were not so lucky.

The decision came after the 2019/2010 audit findings by the auditor general (AG) on allegations of serious maladministration by the registrar and other officials.

The party has confirmed Mokgoro’s suspension, along with four other members of the legislature, after they voted with the opposition.

The ANC confirmed that Mokgoro and four other members were temporarily suspended from the party.

Kodwa also said the evidence before the State Capture Commission was factual but it presented him as a corrupt individual.

Most parts of the country have in the last few days witnessed heavy rains with more predicted in the coming days.

The first batch of a million vaccines for frontline workers are expected to arrive in the country on Monday.

This is a far cry from the more than 122,000 cases of the day before.

Gwangwa has been laid to rest and his funeral service was held at the Worship the Christ Anglican Church in Sophiatown, Johannesburg.

The national Health Department has announced that the first COVID-19 vaccines will arrive in the country next week.

This comes after threats of broadcast interruptions.

There have been concerns over shortage of nurses in Limpopo, with the unions saying the province was failing to fill vacant positions.

Mthembu succumbed to COVID-19 a few days later after he was admitted to hospital.