WATCH: Drugs, deaths, pregnancy and resignations - the week that was in 60 seconds

This week Mzansi was shocked by the following news: the resignations of prominent figures, nyaope blood transfer, the deaths of 94 mentally ill patients at illegal NGOs and Beyoncé's pregnancy announcement.

Here are all the stories that grabbed South Africans' attention this week:

1. Patricia de Lille resigns as DA's Western Cape leader:

De Lille's move is effective from February but she will stay on as Cape Town mayor. She said she wanted to focus on her goals as Cape Town mayor and implement a transformation plan to "modernise and reform the government to improve service delivery".

• Patricia de Lille resigns as DA Western Cape leaderPatricia de Lille has resigned as the Democratic Alliance's Western Cape leader‚ a move effective from February 1. She will stay on as Cape Town mayor.
• ANC says Zille clique 'pushed out' De LilleThe African National Congress in the Western Cape believes Patricia de Lille's resignation as provincial DA leader shows the hold which a white clique around premier Helen Zille has on true power within the party. 

2. Top prosecutor Gerrie Nel resigns from National Prosecuting Authority (NPA):

Nel cited "other interests" when he gave notice to the NPA. He has joined AfriForum as head of its newly formed prosecuting unit. Black Twitter was furious about his move, stating how black South Africans had lost faith in him as he would no longer be contributing to justice but rather to white monopoly capitalism. Nel worked as a junior prosecutor in the cases of former apartheid-era MP Clive Derby-Lewis and Polish migrant Janusz Walus‚ who were jailed for the assassination of Chris Hani.

• Twitter furious with Gerrie Nel's move to AfriForum twitter has reacted with shock at the news that Advocate Gerrie Nel‚ who has resigned from the National Prosecuting Authority on Monday, is joining Afriforum.
• Gerrie Nel to lead war on the 'Untouchables'Advocate Gerrie Nel will head a private prosecutions team intended to bring justice to South Africa's political and economic untouchables.

3. Health ombud lashes government over unlawful deaths of 94 mentally ill patients:

A total of 94 mentally ill patients died when they were moved from licensed Life Esidimeni private homes to 27 unlicensed facilities. The health ombudsman‚ Professor Malegapuru Makgoba‚ on Wednesday found that the Department of Health was negligent when it moved 1‚900 patients from Life healthcare.

• Family only found out about mental patient's death 5 months laterIt took the government and the Cullinan Centre‚ caring for mentally ill patients‚ five months to inform the family of Charity Ratsotso that she had died.
• EFF lay murder charges against former health MECEconomic Freedom Fighters members in the Gauteng legislature have laid murder charges against former Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu and the entire Gauteng cabinet after it was revealed in a damning report that 94 mental patients died due to the provincial health department’s negligence.

4.  Gauteng health MEC Qedani Mahlangu​​​ resigns:

She resigned on Wednesday, saying she had a 20-year unblemished record in public service and adding it was because of her actions that an inquiry was initiated into the deaths of the 94 mentally ill patients in state care.

• 'MEC Mahlangu cannot simply resign and walk away from this' - Medical fraternity on mental patients' deathsQedani Mahlangu must still be held accountable for the "disgraceful‚ unprofessional‚ and inhumane way" she handled the treatment of state psychiatric patients‚ despite her resignation as Gauteng Health MEC on Wednesday‚ doctors say. 

• Mental patients still at NGOs are at risk‚ says ombudsmanThe patients who were released from Life Esidimeni psychiatric homes and are still alive and at NGOs are at risk‚ according to ombudsman Malegapura Makgoba. 

5.  'Bluetooth' shock: Nyaope drug addicts share blood to get high:

Nyaope addicts are drawing blood from their drugged friends and then injecting themselves. "When I do not have anything and my friend has a hit‚ he injects himself and then I draw his blood and inject it in myself to get my high," one addict told TimesLIVE.

• 'Bluetooth' shock: Nyaope drug addicts share blood to get highNyaope addict Lucas‚ 27‚ reaches for a syringe‚ draws blood from a friend who's on a high, and then injects himself. "When I do not have anything and my friend has a hit‚ he injects himself and then I draw his blood and inject it in myself to get my high." 
• WATCH: The shock moment nyaope addicts demonstrate a blood swap to get highNyaope addict Lucas, 27, reaches for a syringe, draws blood from a friend and injects himself. Warning: video contains graphic content not for sensitive viewers.

6.  Beyoncé and hubby Jay Z are expecting twins:

The star hinted on Instagram at carrying twins, sharing that she and Jay Z had been "blessed two times over" and that their family would be "growing by two".

• SURPRISE: Beyoncé is expecting twins!Pop the champers. US singer Beyoncé and hubby Jay Z are expecting twins.
• IN PICTURES: Beyoncé poses nude and shows off her sexy baby bumpAfter shutting down the internet with her pregnancy announcement on Wednesday evening, Beyoncé returned to give fans a more intimate look at her growing baby bump. 

7.  Lily Mine tragedy:

The bodies of three miners at Lily Mine near Barberton remain missing a year after they were trapped underground. TimesLIVE previously spoke to Shadrack Given Mdluli, who was mourning his late wife Yvonne Mnisi, one of the three people who died at the Vantage Goldfields mine on February 5 last year.

• WATCH: 'Why can they bring up illegal miners' bodies but not my wife's' - Heartbroken husband one year after Lily Mine tragedyShadrack Given Mdluli sits‚ desolate‚ inside his modest two bedroom home‚ holding a picture of his wife and their young son‚ Junior‚ aged seven.
• Salaries and food parcels for families of lost Lily mineworkersWhile government and the Lily Mine are yet to deliver on a promise to pay R200‚000 in compensation to the families of three mine workers who were killed in a sinkhole tragedy a year ago‚ the mine continues to take care of their families.