Food, electricity, debt and transport costs are putting millions of South Africans under pressure as household budgets struggle to keep up with rising prices.
A senior anti-corruption investigator has told the Madlanga Commission that former boss Andrea Johnson presented Parliament with a different document than the one he says he actually saw.
Three senior City of Ekurhuleni officials have been fired, months after Madlanga Commission testimony accused two of them of taking R600,000 each to protect a corrupt police chief.
Justice Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi says her department is hunting for an outsider to temporarily lead the country's anti-corruption unit, as a six-month reset gets under way.
Zanele Khoza works full time as a domestic worker, but her R2,500 monthly salary is not enough to cover food, transport and the needs of her three children.
Former Investigating Directorate Against Corruption boss Andrea Johnson will be called back to the Madlanga Commission after new allegations emerged during witness testimony.
Emergency teams are on standby as snow, heavy rain and strong winds sweep across parts of South Africa, with authorities urging people to stay off dangerous roads.