‘Moderna, Pfizer vaccines effective against SA’s coronavirus variant’


Health Ombudsman Professor Malegapuru Makgoba says he has requested a forensic audit into the Tembisa Tertiary Hospital in Ekurhuleni.

The High Court in Polokwane, Limpopo, has heard that 27-year-old Thorisho Themane who was allegedly beaten by a mob of teenagers at a recreational park in the Fauna Park suburb in 2019, died of head trauma.

The demand for burials on weekends, especially Saturdays, remains high due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Spatial analysis done on more than 5 000 communities in the Eastern Cape shows that most people have to travel over five kilometres to access a health facility.

Health Ombudsman Professor Malegapuru Makgoba has released shocking findings of an investigation into the death of businessman Shonisani Lethole.

The case of three police officers implicated in the murder of Eldorado Park teenager Nathaniel Julies has been postponed to the February 26 in the Protea Magistrates' Court in Soweto.

Head of the forensic medicine and pathology at the Tygerberg forensic laboratory in Cape Town Professor Johan Dempers, has passed away.

South Africa has recorded 6 041 new coronavirus cases bringing the total number of cases to 1 423 578.

Co-Chair of the COVID-19 Ministerial Advisory Committee, Professor Salim Abdool Karim, says the COVID-19 vaccines being procured by the government will be administered free of charge.

Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to convene a special President's Coordinating Council meeting in an effort to relax some of the Level 3 lockdown restrictions.

The Congress of South African Students (COSAS) has urged government to only re-open the schools when it is absolutely safe to do so.

About 60 families have been displaced in the Collins Chabane Municipality in Limpopo.

The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA), Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, will lead a media briefing on the current tropical storm Eloise which brought heavy rains in some parts of the country.

The trial of controversial televangelist Pastor Timothy Omotoso and two others will resume in the Port Elizabeth High Court on Tuesday morning.

South African National Editors Forum (SANEF) has hailed late Minister in the Presidency, Jackson Mthembu, as an advocate for media freedom.

Mpumalanga Premier, Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane has signed an admission of guilt at the Vosman Police Station in Emalahleni over her non-adherence to COVID-19 protocols during the funeral service of former Minister Jackson Mthembu.

A number of former members of his Evaton-based congregation have approached the CRL with numerous accusations including rape and murder.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has confirmed that the country will receive its first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines from India very soon.

Tributes continue to pour in for Director of the Anti-Drug Forum SA at Chatsworth south of Durban Sam Pillay, who passed away due to COVID-19 related complications this morning.

Residents of Extension 13 in Kanana near Klerksdorp in the North West have raised concern about a stalled housing project in the area.

Mpumalanga Premier, Refilwe Mtsweni has caused a social media uproar after images of her without a mask surfaced over the weekend during the late minister Jackson Mthembu’s funeral

Deputy President David Mabuza says ending the spread and defeating the COVID-19 pandemic will be a befitting tribute for the late Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu.

Police are investigating a case of public violence after shops were set alight in the Durban CBD.

Residents of the coastal town of Kenton-on-Sea and surrounding informal settlements in the Eastern Cape are concerned about their health following years of complaints about an inadequate sewerage system.

The man accused of shooting and killing a 50-year-old petrol station owner Kobus Fourie at Church street at Klerksdorp in the North West has been remanded in custody by the Klerksdorp Magistrate's Court.

A couple in Warrenton in the Northern Cape insists their decision to bury their baby in a shallow grave behind their home was a necessary one.

The CRL Rights Commission is holding investigative hearings into allegations of rape and financial exploitation that are said to have taken place at the Inter Heaven Fellowship Church.

Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize says South Africa is on track to receive COVID-19 vaccines on the agreed-upon date.

Police Minister Bheki Cele has called for an investigation into the conduct of Mpumalanga Premier Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane at the funeral of late Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu in Emalahleni in Mpumalanga on Sunday.

The murder trial of six teenagers and two adults accused of killing 28-year-old Thoriso Themane is expected to resume on Monday at the Polokwane High Court in Limpopo.