JOHANNESBURG - US President Donald President threatened that every bridge and other critical infrastructure would be destroyed in Iran if it did not open the Strait of Hormuz.
Although a temporary truce is in place, the Strait remains closed as Israel continues to bomb Lebanon.
READ: Iran defiant as deadline looms for Trump threat to infrastructure
This, according to the US and Iran, is a violation of their ceasefire deal.
In South African news, a mystery surrounds a bus carrying undocumented migrants intercepted in the Free State.
It was processed at the Beitbridge Border Post with 43 properly documented passengers on board.
However, when it was stopped in Bloemfontein, there were an additional 32 undocumented migrants on the bus.
READ: Mystery as 32 undocumented migrants found on bus after border processing
The Border Management Authority (BMA) processed over 80,000 travellers at the Beitbridge crossing and nabbed over 400 illegal crossers. By 4 April, over 400 people were intercepted as they tried crossing into South Africa illegally.
Suspended police sergeant Fannie Nkosi appeared at the Pretoria Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.
He faces charges of theft, defeating the ends of justice, possession of unlicensed ammunition, and stun grenades.
Nkosi was arrested after a raid on his Pretoria home, during which police also seized case dockets and other items.
Meanwhile, a police captain arrested for allegedly defrauding the Protection Security Services unit was granted R50,000 bail.
Johannes van Rensburg made a brief appearance in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court on Tuesday. He has been charged with fraud and theft.
The 53-year-old was taken in by the SAPS anti-corruption unit following an internal investigation into suspicious transactions.
He allegedly manipulated the financial system by booking out cash under the guise of travel expenses for officers attached to presidential protection services.
Police said the officers did not receive those funds and the captain withdrew it in lump sums himself.
In a weird turn of events, a helicopter carrying four officers, one of them the pilot, went missing in the Kruger National Park.
The helicopter was carrying two SAPS investigators and an environmental crime officer when it lost contact on Monday morning.
The four were later found unharmed. It is not yet clear what condition the aircraft is in or what happened to their routine flight.
Tshwane Metropolitan Police Department Chief Yolande Faro appeared before the Madlanga Commission this week.
She said the metro police must take responsibility for gaps in the vetting process.
Faro concedes that some deputy officers have not been subjected to proper security clearance.
She told the Madlanga Commission that the failure to vet officials reflects an oversight the department can no longer ignore.
She has denied any ties to suspended police sergeant Fannie Nkosi.
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She said she does not know Nkosi, adding that he had no authority to interfere in procurement processes.
Nkosi has been implicated in facilitating tender discussions and allegedly receiving sensitive documents from suspended official Kholofelo Morodi.
Riverlea Secondary School has once again been burnt.
A section of the school was burnt last year. It was burnt down once again on the eve of schools resuming after the Easter break.
This is a baptism of fire for the new Gauteng Education MEC Lebogang Maile.
He will visit the Riverlea Secondary School to assess damage caused by a fire.
READ: R45m needed to refurbish Riverlea Secondary School after fire
Parents are now worried if their children will be able to return to class.
The department says it needs about R45 million to refurbish the school.
South Africa has received a major boost in the fight against HIV.
The first batch of a groundbreaking, twice-yearly prevention injection has arrived.
The 37, 920 doses of the first batch of Lenacapavir landed at OR Tambo International Airport from Dublin.
Health officials say this marks a significant step forward in expanding HIV prevention options.
Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi said the injection, which has already been used in countries like the United States, will ensure high compliance and reshape the country's HIV response.
Motsoaledi said the first rollout will prioritise the most vulnerable groups, including adolescent girls and young women, pregnant and lactating women, sex workers, and men having sex with men, among others.
Alleviating fears, Motsoaledi said the injection was safe and guaranteed 100 percent safety for young girls in the targeted age groups.
South Africa's history curriculum is set to undergo an overhaul.
The changes aim to make the subject more African-centred in classrooms.
Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube has gazetted a draft curriculum for Grades 4 to 12, opening it up for public comment.
The proposed curriculum, which would be compulsory, includes teaching South African history from before 1652.
READ: Should SA rewrite its history curriculum? Government opens debate
It also proposes replacing a focus on American civil rights movements with Africa’s liberation movements.
These changes have been a long time coming.
The decolonisation of the history curriculum was first introduced by the late Kader Asmal, former Education Minister, in 2001 through the South African History Project.
The Eastern Cape Health Department said it is dealing with an unprotected and unlawful strike currently underway at Dora Nginza Hospital in Gqeberha.
The strike is being blamed for shocking videos circulating on social media, showing patients seen unattended, some lying on the floor.
READ: Workload pressures blamed for Dora Nginza Hospital horrors
There are even claims of a dead body in a ward.
The footage was taken on Thursday by a man visiting his loved one at the health facility.
Eastern Cape Health Department spokesperson Siyanda Manana said the workers are overwhelmed.