Former transport MEC Weziwe Tikana-Gxothiwe is the first casualty of the ANC Eastern Cape provincial conference after finding herself on the sidelines after a cabinet reshuffle.
At least 20 people have been confirmed dead, while two others are in critical conditions in hospital, in the wake of a tragedy at Enyobeni Tavern in East London.
Curious coincidences in investigations relating to questionable police service providers led the National Prosecuting Authority to believe that a family racket based in Pretoria uses Sassa pensioners, friends and family as a front to obscure their crooked dealings with the state.