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Residents in areas including Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni reported the odour earlier this week.

The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Public Works and Infrastructure Development is under severe financial pressure, grappling with a R1.7-billion municipal rates debt.

Suspended organised crime boss Richard Shibiri went on a shopping spree after alleged underworld kingpin Vusimuzi "Cat" Matlala bankrolled him.

Since the announcement a month ago by President Cyril Ramaphosa that he would be deploying the army to gang-infested areas to assist the SAPS, violent crime hasn't stopped in the Western Cape.

Richard Shibiri is expected to face more grilling at the Madlanga Inquiry over the loan he received from Vusimuzi "Cat" Matlala.