The Gauteng government has hailed the continued uptake in registration forms by local and foreign spaza shop owners after the national government's recent reprieve.

As funds run dry and exhausted rescuers race to retrieve as many suspected illegal miners before Christmas, organisations and residents want the state to carry the costs for the provision of supplies and rescue operations.

The City of Joburg said it is working around the clock to ensure that all the areas affected by Rand Water's recent maintenance have sufficient supply of water before Christmas Day.

North West police have confirmed an investigation into an altercation between one of their members and a civilian outside a Rustenburg police station over the long-weekend.

The Airports Company SA (Acsa) warned on Monday of longer queues at passport control points at OR Tambo International Airport due to a border management system failure.

President Cyril Ramaphosa says the country's first national dialogue will be held next year and present an opportunity "to address the challenges we have been facing for the past 15 years".

Two suspected drug traffickers will appear in an Ekurhuleni court later this week after being caught carrying "bullets" and bags of cocaine at OR Tambo International Airport.

Fourteen people died in a crash between a minibus taxi and an SUV just outside Graaff-Reinet in the Eastern Cape on Monday.

Yusuf Mohammed was arrested earlier this week after an altercation with private banking analyst Koketso Komane on Sandton Drive last Friday.

The police have confirmed the surfacing of seven more suspected illegal miners at two shafts in Stilfontein in the North West on Friday morning.