SAPS recruitment drive receives over 500 000 applications
Messages of condolence are pouring in for the world-renowned scientist, Professor Gita Ramjee. Professor Ramjee was the Chief Scientific Officer for HIV Prevention at the Aurum Institute.
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has expressed concern over the increase in local transmission of the coronavirus. The number of cases in South Africa has increased by 27 to 1 380 - with Gauteng still registering the most cases at 645.
The World Bank has approved a $500 million education loan to Tanzania after years of delays because of concerns about the country’s policy of banning pregnant students from public schools.
African finance ministers want International Monetary Fund, World Bank and EU support for bilateral, multilateral and commercial debt relief amid the coronavirus crisis, the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) said.
The European Commision proposed a short-time work scheme on Wednesday modelled on Germany's Kurzarbeit programme to help people keep their jobs as the coronavirus pandemic hits economies across the 27-nationbloc.
Eskom says it has an excess in electricity supply due to lack of demand due to the nationwide lockdown.
Many South Africans who are addicted to cigarettes and alcohol are being negatively affected by the national lockdown - both physically and mentally.
Wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler has said he will auction the shirt he wore in England’s 2019 World Cup final victory to raise funds for efforts to fight the coronavirus.
Freedom Front Plus Leader (FF Plus), Pieter Groenewald says he will test for coronavirus on Wednesday.
Having coached in Central, West and now in North Africa, Zamalek head coach Patrice Carteron has his sights on coaching in the Southern African region with Premier Soccer League (PSL) being his preferred destination.
In responding to COVID-19 pandemic which has brought the whole world to a standstill, resulting in almost all the football leagues around the world being suspended, the world’s football mother body FIFA has established a task force.
The National Union of Metal Workers has blamed the government for the complete financial breakdown of SA Express. The interim CEO of SA Express Siza Mzimela has also resigned from the airline after 18 months of service.
Alexandra residents defiant on day four of 21-day lockdown. The Gauteng Health Department has warned that the coronavirus will be difficult to fight if it spreads to the country’s townships. The department’s warning comes after five people were placed under quarantine in the densely-populated Alexandra township north of Johannesburg after being in close contact with […]
The North West government says it is implementing several interventions to assist those most affected by the 21-day nationwide lockdown.
The US government has cut deals with Johnson & Johnson and Moderna Inc and said it is in talks with at least two other companies to expand manufacturing capacity within the United States for vaccines to prevent the new coronavirus even before safe and effective ones become available.
President Cyril Ramaphosa is addressing the nation on the measures currently being undertaken to contain the coronavirus pandemic.
Political Analyst, Professor Somadoda Fikeni says President Cyril Ramaphosa will have to address the nation again, especially after the country’s economic downgrade by Moody’s. He says as much as the world economy is sluggish, Ramaphosa will have to explain what he intends to do in paving the way forward for South Africa during this difficult […]
Countries affected by the novel coronavirus entered another week of strict quarantine measures and several nations introduced new economic stimulus to aid citizens and companies hit by the pandemic.
The postponed Olympic Games will now begin on July 23 next year and run until August 8, the head of the Tokyo 2020 organising committee said on Monday, as the coronavirus pandemic made it impossible to plan for them properly this year.
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) has arrested a Ekurhuleni Metro Police officer in connection with the fatal shooting of a man at Vosloorus township, in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng.
Gauteng Police Commissioner Elias Mawela says so far 148 people have been arrested and another 25 people issued with warnings for flouting the lockdown regulations in the province.
Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku says six healthcare workers have tested positive for the coronavirus and are being monitored while in self-isolation.
Nurses at the King Edward Hospital in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, have accused the department of health of endangering their lives.
New York Knicks owner James Dolan has tested positive for the coronavirus.
Five people have been arrested in Langa on the Cape Flats for possession of alcohol to the value of R100 000.
The Health Department in the Free State says it has managed to trace 973 COVID-19 contacts in the province.
Over 100 people have been left homeless after a fire ripped through Palmiet Road informal settlement at Clare Estate in Durban.
The SABC Board has rejected claims that management put workers at risk of exposure to the coronavirus by concealing information about a staff member who had been exposed to coronavirus.
People in eThekwini and surrounding areas are still ignoring the call by President Ramaphosa to stay at home for 21 days to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
Close to 500 homeless people have been taken to various shelters in Mpumalanga since the beginning of the national lockdown.
