Not time to put EC health department under administration: Zweli Mkhize
Though the question of whether the Eastern Cape health department should be placed under administration has come up in parliament‚ health minister Zweli Mkhize...
Umlazi magistrate who was soft on child rapists suspended
Controversial Umlazi magistrate Kholeka Bodlani‚ who is accused of being soft on child rapists‚ has finally been suspended‚ a year after the Magistrates' Commission...
Cigarette smuggler faces R600,000 fine or five years in jail
A 33-year-old man caught smuggling illicit cigarettes worth over R200,000 in May was found guilty on Tuesday.
Desta Andualem was convicted by the Musina regional...
‘I didn’t know that I had died’: Imtiaz Sooliman
Founder of humanitarian aid group Gift of the Givers Imtiaz Sooliman told TimesLIVE on Tuesday that he was surprised to learn that he had...
Unions ‘confident’ schools will be closed after cabinet meets on Covid-19...
The National Teachers Union (Natu) is confident that the cabinet will agree to close schools when it meets soon.
Natu and four other teacher unions...
Shock R400m to loan tablet devices for EC Grade 12 pupils
The Eastern Cape education department will fork out more than R400m on leasing 55,000 tablet devices for Grade 12 pupils which will be returned...
SA latest Covid-19 statistics – 20 July 2020
SA Minister of Health, Dr. Zwelini Mkhize released the latest Covid-19 statistics last night.
A cumulative total of 373 628 confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Africa...
‘Breakthrough’ treatment slashes virus death risk: study
An aerosol-based drug treatment could drastically reduce the number of new coronavirus patients dying from the disease or requiring intensive care, according to preliminary...
Wits has no record of ‘high school dropout’ claiming to be...
Wits University has no record of a Nokwanda Ndlovu ever being a registered student at the institution, registrar Carol Crosley told TimesLIVE on Monday.
“The...
No work, no pay likely should schools close
Teacher unions are pushing back against a move to dock their pay should schools be closed again due to the upsurge of coronavirus cases.
This...
Princess Beatrice sticks it to fashion police with stunning wedding dress
Never one to shy away from an outlandish hat or loud print‚ Britain's Princess Beatrice often stumbles her way onto the world's worst-dressed lists....
Man hangs himself ‘after positive Covid-19 test’
A 58-year-old man allegedly committed suicide a few days after he received results showing that he had Covid-19.
The man reportedly went to a local...
You’ll be able to return a 2-litre Coca-Cola bottle & get...
South Africans buying Coca-Cola beverages will now get a R9 deposit when they return the new PET (polyethylene terephthalate) plastic bottles. The company piloted...
Gwede Mantashe tests positive for Covid-19
Mineral resources and energy minister Gwede Mantashe has tested positive for Covid-19.
His positive test was confirmed in a statement on behalf of cabinet on...
SA Latest Covid-19 statistics – 15 July 2020
Dr. Zwelini Mkhize, SA Minister of Health released the latest Covid-19 statistics last night.
A cumulative total of 298 292 confirmed COVID-19 cases in South...
It takes only 20 minutes to risk infection in a fully...
An expert has warned that commuters spending more than 20 minutes in a fully loaded taxi‚ without proper ventilation‚ are at risk of being...
Zweli Mkhize: Just one week of alcohol ban will see 3‚400...
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday announced that a nationwide ban on the sale and distribution of alcohol would take effect immediately.
The decision has been...
Load-shedding to ease but will remain an ‘unwelcome part of life’...
Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter says the current round of rolling blackouts will ease this week - but the power utility has conceded that...
Union calls on teachers‚ pupils to picket until Ramaphosa ‘listens’ and...
The Educators Union of SA (Eusa) has called on teachers and pupils to picket from Tuesday to pressure President Cyril Ramaphosa to close schools...
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma defends Cyril Ramaphosa and amended lockdown regulations
Co-operative governance and traditional affairs minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma came to the defence of President Cyril Ramaphosa and the amended lockdown regulations amid criticism after...
Bay resident, 88, beats virus with prayer and determination
“When they first told me that I was positive for Covid-19 and I was admitted to hospital I was shaken, but I told myself...
Eastern Cape woman catches her rapist and hands him over to...
An alleged rapist from Ngqeleni‚ in the Eastern Cape‚ was nabbed by his own victim‚ who then turned him over to the police.
In a...
1‚500 people admitted with Covid-19 in Gauteng hospitals in just one...
An extra 1‚516 people were admitted in Gauteng hospitals in just 24 hours‚ the provincial government confirmed on Monday.
In the same period‚ from Saturday...
WATCH | Cape storm hits homeless hard, closes high school and...
Solomon dragged his broken wet tent behind him after a brutal storm hit Cape Town in the early hours of Monday morning.
"My bed is...
SA Covid-19 Statistics – 12 July 2020
As announced by His Excellency President MC Ramaphosa, a cumulative total of 276 242 confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Africa have been reported with 12 058 new cases...
SA Covid-19 Statistics – 250 687 positive cases
South Africa's Minister of Health, Dr. Zwelini Mkhize released the latest Covid-19 statistics late last night.
A cumulative total of 250 687 confirmed COVID-19 cases in...
No field hospitals built yet, as Eastern Cape runs out of...
With the rapid increase of Covid-19 cases in the Eastern Cape, it was unthinkable that the province had yet to build field hospitals across...
East London man, 90, recovers from Covid-19, thanks nurses for their...
A 90-year-old East London man has recovered from Covid-19 — and gives full credit to the nurses who cared for him during his ordeal.
Kenneth...
Eastern Cape Covid-19 statistics – 9 July 2020
As of last night, a cumulative total of 238 339 confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Africa have been reported with 13 674 new cases identified
Case...
Official slams report into R76m struggle veteran funeral irregularities
A top government official has suggested that a report implicating him in alleged financial irregularities around how the department of public works spent about...
SA Latest Covid-19 statistics – 9 July 2020
SA Minister of Health Dr. Zwelini Mkhize released the latest statistics on Covid-19.
A cumulative total of 224 665 confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Africa have...
Smokers gather to protest against ongoing ban
Smokers gathered in their numbers on Wednesday morning, under the banner of #smokersunitesa, to protest against the ban on tobacco.
About 50 smokers participated in...
EC health department puts brakes on medical motorbikes
The use of 100 motorbikes to transport patients in Covid-hit Eastern Cape has been put on hold because the provincial health committee has raised...
SA latest Covid-19 Statistics – 08 July 2020
SA Minister of Health, Dr. Zwelini Mkhize released the latest statistics last night. A cumulative total of 215 855 confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Africa...
‘Discontinue 2020 academic year’: survey of parents and pupils
Having lost a significant portion of the school year to the lockdown, many parents and pupils believe the school year should be repeated in...
Over 270,000 arrested for breaking lockdown rules: Bheki Cele
More than 270,000 people were arrested for contravening the lockdown regulations in the past three months, police minister Bheki Cele revealed in parliament.
BusinessLIVE reported that...
Agricultural sector hit by 26 farm murders, 2020 midyear data shows
The agricultural sector has been hit by 26 farm murders since the start of the year, TLU SA said on Tuesday.
In one of the...
Lindiwe Sisulu calls on police and army to protect land before...
Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has called on the army and police to enforce lockdown regulations by protecting land before it becomes a target for land...
SA Covid-19 statistics – 6 July 2020
South Africa's Minister of Health, Dr Zwelini Mkhize last night released the latest Covid-19 statistics.
We have breached the 200 000 mark, recording a cumulative...
Dis-Chem ordered to pay R1.2m fine for ‘reprehensible’ mask price hikes
The Competition Tribunal has fined Dis-Chem Pharmacies R1.2m after finding the company guilty of charging excessive prices for surgical face masks during the Covid-19...
Thief jumps into homeowner’s bed in bid to evade arrest
A thief's “dream escape” was foiled when metro police pursued him into the home he had escaped into.
Officers gave chase after the suspect robbed...
‘Do it your way’: Gordhan to unions declining SAA retrenchments
The public enterprises department says it is unable to accommodate the demands of several unions linked to the South African Airways (SAA) business rescue...
Stellenbosch medical student suspended after female assaulted
Stellenbosch University has temporarily suspended a final-year male student after he allegedly assaulted a female student at the weekend.
The medical student allegedly committed the...
MEC urges unprepared EC schools not to reopen to other grades
The Eastern Cape department of education issued a statement on Sunday evening stating special instructions were sent to unprepared schools across the province not...
Former VBS Bank CFO Phillip Truter says he’ll plead guilty
The former CFO of VBS Mutual Bank, Phillip Truter, on Monday morning indicated he intended to plead guilty to the charges he faces.
National Prosecuting...
Obvs! Sedgwick’s Old Brown Sherry is not a cure for Covid-19‚...
Old Brown Sherry is not a cure for Covid-19‚ as claimed in viral social media posts.
Rumours have been circulating on social media in which...
From the desk of the President
Dear Fellow South African,
For those fortunate enough to have an elderly parent or grandparent still alive, not being able to spend time with them...
Covid-19 has infected 2,740 teachers since return to school: Motshekga
Basic education minister Angie Motshekga said on Sunday that less than one percent of the country's teachers had been infected by the coronavirus since...
SA consumers say food, goods and services are getting pricier under...
The majority of people polled across 26 countries, including SA, have reported an increase in the cost of food, goods and services since the...
SA hits 3,026 Covid-19 deaths just 99 days after first fatality
SA recorded its 3,026th Covid-19 fatality on Saturday, just 99 days after the first death was reported in the country on March 27.
In a...
