As funds run dry and exhausted rescuers race to retrieve as many suspected illegal miners before Christmas, organisations and residents want the state to carry the costs for the provision of supplies and rescue operations.

North West police have confirmed an investigation into an altercation between one of their members and a civilian outside a Rustenburg police station over the long-weekend.

The Airports Company SA (Acsa) warned on Monday of longer queues at passport control points at OR Tambo International Airport due to a border management system failure.

Two suspected drug traffickers will appear in an Ekurhuleni court later this week after being caught carrying "bullets" and bags of cocaine at OR Tambo International Airport.

Yusuf Mohammed was arrested earlier this week after an altercation with private banking analyst Koketso Komane on Sandton Drive last Friday.

The police have confirmed the surfacing of seven more suspected illegal miners at two shafts in Stilfontein in the North West on Friday morning.

Eskom prepaid customers who've connected to the grid illegally will not be granted another extension and have until the end of Friday to have their meters regularised and make an admission of guilt.

Another suspected illegal miner has surfaced at a shaft in Stilfontein, North West, bringing a letter requesting more food supplies and tobacco.

Gauteng director of public prosecutions Sibongile Mzinyathi on Thursday provided an update on the Gauteng division's overall performance in 2023/24, strengthening its capacity as well as ongoing and completed court cases.

Eskom has been told to get its house in order before burdening the public with its proposed tariff hikes and consider cheaper alternatives for electricity generation.