Covid-19

SA Breweries (SAB) said on Sunday it had put forward several proposals to government on the regulated sale of alcohol under level 3 lockdown...

The total number of Covid-19 deaths stood at 2,413 on Saturday, with 131,800 confirmed cases. This is a 7,210 jump in the number of confirmed...

A rural couple taking their sick infant to a family doctor turned to the Matatiele mayor in desperation for help after they were refused...

The Eastern Cape will need to send Covid-19 patients to neighbouring provinces. This was the admission from project management unit team leader Dr Sibongile Zungu,...

As of today, the cumulative number of detected COVID-19 cases is 754 256 with 1 987 new cases identified since the last report. Province Total cases for 17...

REUTERS The AU has secured a provisional 270 million Covid-19 vaccine doses from manufacturers for member states to supplement the COVAX programme, President Cyril Ramaphosa...

Because of traditional and religious beliefs, some Eastern Cape families are defying Covid-19 regulations by exhuming the corpses of those who died of the...

Eastern Cape Covid-19 cases have risen to 104, health minister Zweli Mkhize announced on Monday evening. The province had 88 confirmed cases on Sunday evening. “We...

eNCA has confirmed that news anchor Shahan Ramkissoon has tested positive for Covid-19. “Shahan started feeling ill last week and was advised to go for...

Formula One will not cancel a race even if a driver tests positive for Covid-19, CEO Chase Carey said on Tuesday. The American was speaking...

Lockdown Level 3 is here to stay, at least for the time being. This is according to President Cyril Ramaphosa, who addressed the nation...

IAVAN PIJOOS The SA Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra) said it would evaluate data received for Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine. Sahpra CEO Boitumelo Semete said...

Health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize announced on Wednesday that there were 6,079 new Covid-19 cases reported over the past 24 hours Health minister Dr Zweli...

A female official working at the East London Correctional Centre, in Westbank,  has tested positive for Covid-19, the department of correctional services said late...

The time for caution is now, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday night as he warned the country about a Covid-19 resurgence during the...

An increase in Covid-19 infections in the past two days has raised a red flag over Buffalo City Metro. East London, Bhisho, King William’s Town...

There is a clamour of people calling for rates relief from municipalities — from online petitions to an opinion piece in the Financial Mail — as consumers...

Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Gwede Mantashe has been discharged from hospital, according to cabinet spokesperson Phumla Williams. The minister tested positive for Covid-19...

The department of basic education has extended the marking of grade 12 exam papers due to a shortage of markers after some withdrew or...

Four people in the military community have tested positive for the coronavirus, the surgeon-general of the SA National Defence Force said on Wednesday. The SANDF...

Desperate scenes played out at some Eastern Cape day hospitals and clinics on Monday as people were either turned away by the hundreds, apparently...

Minister in the presidency Jackson Mthembu has ruled out any possibility of talks with the cigarette industry, saying the cabinet will not back down...

South Africans wanting to buy alcohol can do so between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Thursday. This was one of the level 3 regulations announced...

ZBF hands out meals to those in need in Zwelitsha The Zwelitsha Business Forum is providing food to homes in need during the ongoing Covid-19...

Transport minister Fikile Mbalula has amended regulations governing public transport during the lockdown to extend taxi operating hours and allow them to carry up...

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...

The 2020 Ironman SA has been cancelled, along with other major sports events, due to the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic. The event was set to...

Three more residents of a Durban old-age home have tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total to five. Dudley Fortune of the Bill Buchanan Association...

The SA Medical Association (Sama) has criticised the Eastern Cape health department for its “severe” lack of leadership as coronavirus cases in the province...

Co-operative governance and traditional affairs (Cogta) minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma on Thursday announced amended lockdown rules which will apply until the end of April. Industries which...

The government has resolved to ease the curfew by an hour to enable restaurants to maximise their peak customer-serving time. Tourism minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane said...

The Minister of Health, Dr Zwelini Mkhize released the cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Africa is 177 124   Case Data Province Total cases for 3...

Police minister Bheki Cele has ordered an investigation into the circumstances around Mpumalanga premier Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane not wearing a mask at the funeral of...

Former public protector Thuli Madonsela says government should not put all its hopes on a Covid-19 cure‚ and instead emphasis prevention to fight the...

The South African Medical Association (Sama) says the arrival of over 200 medical specialists from Cuba is a “little bit premature”. “We always need expertise...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has condemned the surge in murders of women and children in SA, saying it has been “a dark and shameful week...

The UIF's Covid-19 temporary employer/employee relief scheme has paid out R1.6bn Economists have welcomed the socio-economic relief measures worth R500bn announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa...

  Newly established East London- based campaign #iCanHelp is working hard to help community members during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Campaign organiser Lisa Van Wyk said...

The SA Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) has remembered the late Mluleki George as a “distinguished and decorated anti-apartheid icon”. George‚ who held numerous...

The Eastern Cape department of education (DoE) made a sudden about-face after announcing that, despite it's earlier statements, it will be funding procurement of...

Thousands of jobs and billions of rand are haemorrhaging from the Western Cape’s economy, premier Alan Winde said on Tuesday as he called for...

President Cyril Ramaphosa will tell the nation on Wednesday night that he is moving the country to Level 1 of the national lockdown and...

Frontier Hospital staff in Komani (Queenstown) fear for their lives and are demanding that the hospital be closed to the public after 56 employees,...

'Tragically some 429 people have lost their lives' President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday evening that there were 22,583 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the...

SA recorded more than 8,100 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, along with 173 fatalities. “We wish to reiterate our plea to South...

President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the nation on Monday, December 14, 2020 about the government's response to the second wave of Covid-19 infections in...

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize on Sunday evening answered questions from the public related to Covid-19 in a live broadcast by Newzroom Afrika. Below are some...

The Eastern Cape health department is considering converting Makaula Senior Secondary School into an isolation facility after 204 people at the school tested positive...

As a result, health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize confirmed that the vaccination rollout would be halted It’s “largely disappointing news”: the AstraZeneca vaccine that arrived...