Lunchtime news wrap: Minister Collins Chabane remembered
Ramaphosa is leading a delegation of cabinet ministers and politicians at the Tshwane Events Centre.
Chabane died in a crash on the N1 outside Polokwane on Sunday.
Tshwane Mayor Kgosientso Ramakgopa says Chabane was a hard worker and a person of great character who served people with dignity.
The official funeral will be held on Saturday in Xikundu Village in Malamulele.
THE South African Police Services held a memorial service on Thursday morning for the bodyguards who died alongside minister Collins Chabane.
Sergeant Lesiba Sekele and Sergeant Lawrence Lentsoane were part of the protection and security services division tasked with protecting Chabane.
They were both described as dedicated hardworking individuals.
( File photo: SAPS )
MOTORISTS who received fines from the Johannesburg Metro Police Department through ordinary mail between August 2010 and the December 2012 can apply to have those fines cancelled.
However, motorists who have already paid the fines will not be refunded as a payment serves as an admission of guilt.
This is after the Public Protector Thuli Mandonsela found that fines could only be sent by registered post.
JMPD apologised on Thursday and will also publish adverts in eight newspapers next week.
Slindile Masikane reports….
THE Western Cape High Court heard on Thursday how family members of convicted murderer Thandi Maqubela have prayed for the death penalty to be reinstated before her sentencing.
Maqubela was found guilty of killing her husband acting Judge, Patrick Maqubela, in 2009.
The judge's son Duma Maqubela, who is Thandi's stepson, testified for aggravation of her sentence.
Olivia Phalaetsile reports….
OPPOSITION parties are calling for Section 11 of the Powers and Privileges Act to be declared unconstitutional.
The Act was used by Speaker Baleka Mbete to remove MPs from the National Assembly during the State of the Nation Address.
The Democratic Alliance's Mmusi Maimane says the Act refers to persons and not members of Parliament.
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