Vusi Mavimbela is the latest in a crew of political outcasts to be sent on ambassadorial missions abroad.

Two more women ministers have been added to a list of those who will probably be subject to President Jacob Zuma’s imminent Cabinet rethink.

The minister for women, children and persons with disabilities has called for tougher charges for people who kill to harvest body parts for muti.

Condolences poured in for 15 people, including at least eight children, who burnt to death in an orphanage outside Newcastle on Tuesday.

Jane Barrett, Chris Bonner, Nerine Kahn, Dot Keet, Neva Makgetla, Noluthando Mayende-Sibiya, Patricia Nyman-Appolis and Sahra Ryklief.