In a video that has gone viral on social media, the suspects can allegedly be seen kicking and manhandling Xolisile Nongodlwana.

The family doesn't know what led to the atrocious act.

In response to growing complaints, the OR Tambo district municipality clarified the fee is a vehicle access permit for Port St John’s Second Beach and was introduced as a safety measure, not a tax on residents or visitors.

Department will not comment further on specific security considerations underpinning transfer due to sensitive nature of security-related decisions

The families of the stranded workers have called for the department of international relations and co-operation (Dirco) to intervene and assist in securing their safe return to South Africa.

Footage which quickly spread across Facebook showed a driver throwing trash out of his car at a busy Cape Town CBD intersection. The driver handed himself over to authorities and paid a fine.

The Eastern Cape department of social development is investigating the incident, in which children believed to be between the ages of six and 12 can be seen freely drinking alcohol while elderly people look on.

The most recent victim is 16-year-old Linomtha Skeyi, whose body was discovered in an open field in Joza on Christmas Day.

The court heard Majola and a co-accused were arrested at the Morafe Hostel in Soweto on Monday.

According to the SIU, the property was allegedly purchased using about R889,000 syphoned from a R15m NLC grant earmarked for youth arts programmes.