The two men who informed Justice Mudau that they had been hired by his wife Nomsa to kill him told him they knew her through convicted serial killer Rosemary Ndlovu.

A man allegedly hired by Rosemary Ndlovu's friend and colleague Nomsa Mudau to kill Mudau's husband on Monday told the Kempton Park regional court that though he agreed to carry out the killing, he was not planning to do so.

First witness says he was approached by a Norkem Park policewoman to kill her husband for her.

Leader of the Soweto Parliament Nhlanhla 'Lux' Dlamini on Monday claimed the EFF, which is spearheading the national shutdown, was behind an attack on his home.

A butchery was attacked in Dube, Soweto, on Monday morning.

The incident reportedly happened in the early hours on Monday on the N2 near  Borcherds Quarry in Nyanga.

The national joint operational and intelligence structure (Natjoints) comprising the defence force, state security agency and the police have laid down the law over what will not be tolerated during Monday's mass protests planned by the EFF.

Limpopo police believe a man employed as a social worker in the province's social  development department may have killed himself and his wife at the weekend.

Eight people have been arrested after a botched truck hijacking in Ekurhuleni on Friday, said Gauteng police.

Some of the children who died at the Enyobeni tavern last month were victims of theft as they lay dead on the tavern floor, Eastern Cape police said on Friday.