SA among countries committed to COVID-19 vaccine trials: WHO
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday announced a second case of transmission of the new coronavirus within the United States and provided more detailed plans on how it will handle travelers returning from China as the country works to limit the outbreak.
A political analyst from the North West University, Professor Andre Duvenhage, says the repositioning of State Owned-Entities (SOEs), will not address the problems these institutions are facing.
The family of 13-year-old Enock Mpianzi says they are still waiting for answers from Parktown High School about the circumstances surrounding his death.
The Cape Winelands District Municipality says fire services continue to battle the uncontained fire in the mountains above McGregor.
International law expert Gary Eisenberg says the United Arab Emirates (UAE) must play its part in helping with the extradition of the Gupta brothers to South Africa.
The National Prosecuting Authority says more people have been implicated in the Eskom fraud case. Eskom's former senior managers, Abram Masango and France Hlakudi appeared in the Johannesburg Regional Court on Thursday.
Johannesburg's City Power says it loses roughly R 2 billion per annum due to cable theft. City Power says it has resolved never to replace the streets lights where they are continuously vandalised.
The former Nelson Mandela Bay Mayor Mongameli Bobani says he believes he will be reinstated as the mayor when the merits of his case are heard.
Mongameli Bobani’s application has been dismissed in the Port Elizabeth High Court with costs. Bobani, was applying for his removal to be overturned.
President Cyril Ramaphosa will deliver the national Reconciliation Day address in Bergville in northern KwaZulu-Natal today.
Monday is the final day of the EFF Elective Conference.
KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala says government is working towards creating jobs to help alleviate poverty and increase unity in South Africa.
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema says he is unsurprised that he was elected unopposed to be the party's president for another five years.
The Grahamstown High Court in Makhanda in the Eastern Cape has ruled in favour of the Centre for Child Law in the application to interdict the Eastern Cape Department of Education from excluding children without any documentation from public schools.
Johannesburg's City Power says its technicians are reluctant to attend to faulty electricity substations out of fear. This after a team of City Power technicians was held hostage by residents on Tuesday.
Six people have been killed in an alleged attack at Mpumalanga township west of Durban.
Eskom COO Jan Oberholzer has apologised to South Africans for the embarrassment of having to implement Stage 6 load shedding.
Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Gwede Mantashe, has denied reports that he is deliberately deepening the country's energy crisis by refusing municipalities to procure energy from Independent Power Producers.
The office of the Presidency says President Cyril Ramaphosa has cited major concerns over load shedding in the country as he prepares to be briefed by Eskom.
The Acting Mayor of Tshwane, Abel Tau, has confirmed that at least two people have died following floods in and around Pretoria. Heavy rains have lashed Gauteng in the last week, causing water to rise in various areas.
Eskom board and management will on Wednesday brief President Cyril Ramaphosa on the deepening power crisis in the country.
Eskom's Chief Operations Officer Jan Oberholzer says the outlook for this week is to maintain loadshedding due to the persistent rain because of the coal handling challenges.
Energy experts say one of the reasons of loadshedding is possibly due to Eskom deviating from regulations pertaining to the purchase of fine coal.
The Water and Sanitation Department says the current rainfall has had no impact on the dam levels and some continue to decline.
South Africa's growth outlook dimmed when utility Eskom announced unprecedented levels of blackouts. The power utility cut up to 6 000 megawatts of power from the national grid after heavy rain and flooding triggered failures at its Medupi power station.
Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula has dissolved Railway Agency Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa's board and put the Institution under administration.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has addressed the power crisis in the country in his monthly news letter to the nation. Ramaphosa says he has visited Medupi power station for the first time two weeks ago.
Eskom is implementing stage 4 loadshedding from 10:00 on Monday morning. Earlier the power utility said that its systems are still highly constrained.
Eskom says its systems are still highly constrained. The power utility says stage two load-shedding will continue until 23:00 on Monday night due to a shortage in the power generation capacity.
Miss South Africa Zozibini Tunzi who hails from the Eastern Cape has won the Miss Universe 2019 competition.
