Coronavirus updates

Citing public health concerns amid the coronavirus, home-sharing company...

The former leader of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) Prince Mangosuthu B...

Average daily cases of coronavirus in Africa fell last week, a "hopeful ...

The National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union (Nehawu) says i...

Germany has recorded 1,707 new cases of the coronavirus in the past 24 h...

The Department of Health on Wednesday confirmed another 3916 new Covid-1...

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has revealed that it is probing 157...

Iran's novel coronavirus death toll has surpassed 20,000, the government...

The number of Covid-19 related deaths continue to steadily increase and ...

Australia has secured access to a "promising" potential coronavirus vacc...

Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamin...

Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis:

Two of South Africa's largest health and fitness groups will not be open...

The National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) says it...

South Africa enters lockdown level 2 while there has been a significant ...

Gauteng Premier David Makhura says all Covid-19 tenders awarded by the p...

Head of the Medical Research Council, Professor Glenda Gray, says childr...

The Gauteng Covid-19 advisory council believes the province is ready for...

The Fair-Trade Independent Tobacco Association (Fita) says it’s keenly a...

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says the number of South African healthcare...

Pharmacy chain Dis-Chem has reopened a number of its Covid-19 testing st...

The number of Covid-19 related deaths in South Africa has surpassed 11 000.

The coronavirus pandemic chalked up another horrific milestone Monday as...

The global coronavirus pandemic pushed Britain into its deepest-ever rec...

Democratic Alliance (DA) interim leader John Steenhuisen has called on P...

KwaZulu-Natal has surpassed the Western Cape to become the province with...

The World Health Organization said any WHO stamp of approval on a COVID-...

New Zealand announced its first locally transmitted coronavirus infectio...

More than 20 million coronavirus cases have been now been registered acr...

The Covid-19 recovery rate has shown a further increase in the 24 hours ...

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has denied allegations that he owns a compa...

Former Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leader and MP Mangosuthu Buthelezi is...

South Africa has recorded 6 670 new coronavirus cases over the latest 24...

Malawi on Sunday shut bars and churches in new restrictions to limit the...

The Gauteng Department of Health says there has been a significant drop ...

More than 10,000 people have died from coronavirus in South Africa since...

Former Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leader and Member of Parliament Mango...

Brazil became the second country to pass the grim milestone of 100,000 c...

Gauteng Premier David Makhura has warned that the province is not out of...

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has labelled the inter-ministerial committe...

Coronavirus has now infected more than a million people in Africa, but h...

South Africa’s Covid-19 recovery rate topped the 70% mark on Thursday.

Acting MEC for Health in Gauteng Jacob Mamabolo has vowed to root out co...

The country’s Covid-19-related fatalities are approaching the 10 000 mark. 

The Free State province has recorded an increase of 122 deaths in one day.

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni says he will be meeting with the various p...

The coronavirus pandemic has killed more than 700,000 people worldwide s...

Some 24,000 health workers in South Africa have contracted the coronavir...

Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize has cautioned that South Africa is not o...

The number of Covid-19 related deaths continues to significantly increas...

Global police body Interpol warned Monday of an "alarming" rate of cyber...

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has encouraged mothers who have tested posi...

The African National Congress (ANC) in Parliament says it's deeply embar...

Mpumalanga recorded a sudden increase of more than 50% in Covid-19 relat...

The World Health Organization warned Monday that there might never be a ...

The Department of Justice and Correctional Services has hit back at the ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has described those profiting from the Covid-1...

Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane says her office has seen a rapid sur...

Personal protective equipment (PPE), including latex gloves and face mas...

South Africa's Covid-19 recovery rate is touching the 70% mark .

President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africans will need to continue to w...

The World Health Organization on Saturday warned the coronavirus pandemi...

South Africa has now registered more than 500,000 cases of coronavirus, ...

Police in KwaZulu-Natal are investigating a case of arson after a new R6...

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says government remains hopeful that the Co...

Sergio Perez on Thursday became the first Formula One driver since the s...

A group of civil society organisations has called for the introduction o...

The scale of economic devastation from the pandemic was laid bare on Thu...

The Department of Health says more than 300 Covid-19 related deaths have...

Australia on Thursday reported a record number of new coronavirus infect...

World number one Ashleigh Barty pulled out of the US Open Thursday over ...

The South African Council of Churches (SACC) says President Cyril Ramaph...

In Brazil, health care workers are on the front line of the coronavirus ...

Gauteng's recovery rate has risen to 62% Covid-19, more than four months...

Parliament has summoned Finance Minister Tito Mboweni to explain the pro...

This year’s Cape Town Sevens has been cancelled due to the ongoing Covid...

Hong Kong is on the verge of a "large-scale" outbreak that could overwhe...

The country’s Covid-19 recovery rate is showing a gradual improvement wi...

The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) has th...

The World Health Organization said Monday that a key committee would mee...

The African National Congress (ANC) in Gauteng has called a special meet...

As of Monday, Covid-19 related deaths across the country breached the 7 ...

School closures in Malawi due to the coronavirus pandemic have led to an...

The International Monetary Fund on Monday said it had approved $4.3 bill...

Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku has dismissed allegations that he infl...

President Cyril Ramaphosa says work will be done over the next couple of...

Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Gwede Mantashe has been dischar...

South Africa entered the fourth month of its Covid-19 lockdown on Monday.

The National Professional Teachers' Organisation of South Africa (Naptos...

Corruption Watch has welcomed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement t...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has promised to take a tough stance against co...

The number of Covid-19 infections in South Africa surpassed the 400 000 ...

The Department of Health has earmarked R5.5 billion in its 2020/21 budge...

Coronavirus has infected some 13,000 South African health workers and ki...

Deputy Finance Minister David Masondo will head a new unit to spearhead ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa will address South Africans at 8pm on Thursday...

The Fair-Trade Independent Tobacco Association (Fita) says it is in poss...

South Africa has recorded a jump of nearly 60 percent in overall numbers...

The African Development Bank on Wednesday approved a $288 million (249 m...

South Africa on Wednesday announced a record 24-hour increase of 572 cor...

The World Health Organization's actions during the coronavirus pandemic ...

The Covid-19 pandemic will lead to at least 9000 deaths in the Eastern C...

Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday imposed a curfew and ...

The country’s epi-centre, Gauteng, has now breached the 1 000 mark when ...

A courier truck carrying Covid-19 specimens was hijacked in Port Elizabe...

Gauteng police commissioner Elias Mawela is back at work after he tested...

The Dutch Reformed Church of Africa has warned of possible job losses at...

Government has decided to extend the Covid-19 Temporary Employee Relief ...

Minister of Employment and Labour Thulas Nxesi has been admitted to hosp...

The Restaurant Association of South Africa (RASA) has written to Preside...

The number of Covid-19 related deaths in Gauteng is nearing the 1 000-ma...

The World Health Organization voiced alarm Monday at the spread of COVID...

Minerals and Energy Resources Minister, Gwede Mantashe, has been admitte...

The United States on Saturday recorded 60,207 new coronavirus cases in t...

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has pleaded with South Africans to change t...

For Davey, a resident of the city of Huntington Beach in southern Califo...

United Nations secretary-general António Guterres says the world is in t...

A Bangladesh hospital owner accused of issuing thousands of fake negativ...

The son of the late Zindzi Mandela has confirmed that his mother tested ...

The cumulative number of Covid-19 infections in the country have spiked ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has defended government’s decision to ban the ...

The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) says it has had to delay payments ...

The Beer Association of South Africa (Basa) and the South African Liquor...

The World Health Organization warned Monday that too many countries were...

South Africa’s Covid-19 epicentre of Gauteng has reached more than 100 0...

The World Health Organization warned Monday that there could be no retur...

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says the suspension of the sale of alcohol ...

Failure to wear a mask in public is now a criminal offence, Justice and ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa says the reallocation of resources to battle C...

Minister of Cooperative Governance Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma published the ...

Democratic Alliance (DA) interim leader John Steenhuisen has labelled cl...

South Africa has now made it onto the global list of top ten countries w...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has scolded South Africans who refuse to adher...

The total number of Covid-19 infections now stands at 264 184, an increa...

President Donald Trump finally yielded to pressure and wore a face mask ...

Dis-Chem has decided to close its drive-through testing facilities due t...

Multi-award winning South African hip-hop artist Kiernan Forbes, better ...

The Ekurhuleni Metro has announced that seven of its municipal staff mem...

Gauteng Premier David Makhura has tested positive for Covid-19, it was a...

Police Minister Bheki Cele says the country is waging a battle against t...

New coronavirus cases recorded yet another record daily high – with more...

The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) says Covid-19 health ...

Wits University Professor of Vaccinology Shabir Madhi says the results o...

Head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention John Nkeng...

The Gauteng Department of Health has moved to clarify reports that it is...

The Department of Employment and Labour says women are the hardest hit b...

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says South Africa's Covid-19 peak is expect...

South Africa’s economic hub, Gauteng, has officially overtaken the Weste...

The United States on Wednesday passed another grim coronavirus milestone...

Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has announced that he has tested positiv...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has, in his capacity as African Union (AU), ca...

The Department of Higher Education, Science, and Innovation is looking t...

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has labelled President Cyril Ramaphosa as a...

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula says the coronavirus pandemic has robb...

The City of Johannesburg's waste management company Pikitup has recorded...

The WHO said Tuesday it would study fresh evidence on airborne transmiss...

The Coronavirus pandemic has claimed the lives of 192 people in a single...

Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku says five healthcare workers have died...

Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane has warned that the province has rea...

People who refuse to wear face masks during the coronavirus pandemic sho...

Five million Melbourne residents were ordered back into lockdown after c...

The United States is still "knee-deep" in its first wave of coronavirus ...

The total number of Covid-19 infections has surpassed the 200 000 mark, ...

The Member of the Executive Committee (MEC) of Corporate Governance and ...

COVID-19 could cause an additional half a million AIDS deaths if treatme...

India's densely populated cities ordered new restrictions as the confirm...

The provincial government in Gauteng has approached its national counter...

The South African Medical Association (SAMA) says the possibility of str...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged South Africans to take care of their...

Metrorail has temporarily closed its Scheiding and Wolmerton depots foll...

Dozens of military medics were deployed on Sunday to help combat the cor...

South Africa recorded 173 new Covid-19 related deaths in one day – the h...

President Cyril Ramaphosa says he is concerned about the rise in the num...

The police station in Musina has had to temporarily shut its doors to al...

The United States posted a record 53,000 new coronavirus cases as the de...

Coronavirus conspiracy theories are hampering frantic efforts to contain...

Africa's travel and tourism industry has lost $55-billion due to the clo...

Johannesburg’s waste management entity, Pikitup, has had to temporarily ...

South Africa’s economic hub province of Gauteng has for the first time r...

The provincial government in Gauteng could ask its national counterpart ...

The Department of Basic Education has decided to only phase-in pupils in...

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has vowed to continue challenging aspects o...

New daily coronavirus cases in the United States soared past 50,000 for ...

The North West Department of Education has confirmed 64 new Covid-19 inf...

Over 8 000 new  cases of the coronavirus have been recorded in South Afr...

The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) says it is reconsiderin...

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have called on President Cyril Ramap...

The South African Medical Association (Sama) has raised the alarm over w...

The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country has incre...

The Charles Cilliers police station in Secunda in Mpumalanga has been te...

Zimbabwe’s largest nurses union on Monday called on members to boycott w...

The department of Health has recorded 73 more deaths over a larger part ...

The coronavirus pandemic is "not even close to being over", the WHO warn...

The Eastern Cape Health Department says an investigation is underway int...

Gauteng Premier David Makhura has warned the province’s residents to bra...

The Department of Education in North West has confirmed 44 additional ca...

More than half a million people have died in the coronavirus pandemic, a...

South Africa's Dylan Frittelli will miss next week's Rocket Mortgage Cla...

The Fair-Trade Independent Tobacco Association (Fita) says it is conside...

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says Gauteng is expected to overtake Wester...

The United States on Thursday battled a resurgence of coronavirus cases ...

Government published amended regulations under level 3 of the Covid-19 l...

The Department of Social Development says a date is yet to be determined...

The country has reported a record high 6579 new Covid-19 cases in the la...

The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has moved to clarify wh...

The Gauteng Department of Health has vowed to resolve the backlog in tes...

Europe has seen a surge of COVID-19 cases since countries began easing r...

The Rebels' preparations for their opening Australian domestic Super Rug...

The City of Johannesburg has closed the Sandton licensing centre after a...

The Department of Education in North West has confirmed 30 new Covid-19 ...

South Africa has – for a second consecutive day - recorded more than 100...

President Cyril Ramaphosa says Covid-19 pandemic is not the last tragedy...

A traffic weighbridge in Polokwane has had to be temporarily closed afte...

Coronavirus infections are surging across large parts of the United Stat...

Over 100 patients and staff working in Gauteng mental Institutions have ...

A total of 111 deaths were reported in South Africa in the 24 hours lead...

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has warned South Africans to prepare for a ...

Kaizer Chiefs confirmed on Tuesday that two of the club’s players have t...

Tennis world number one Novak Djokovic said Tuesday he has tested positi...

South Africa’s first vaccine trial, aimed at combating the infection tha...

Global coronavirus infections topped nine million on Monday as the World...

Western Cape Premier Alan Winde says they are estimating that the provin...

A staff member at the Limpopo Department of Transport and Community Safe...

South Africa on Monday said it had over 100,000 coronavirus cases, the h...

A total of 132 schools in the Eastern Cape have had to temporarily shut ...

The World Health Organization called Monday for a rapid increase in prod...

Cricket South Africa (CSA) revealed on Monday that seven people within t...

The novel coronavirus pandemic is still accelerating and its effects wil...

Croatia's Borna Coric announced on Monday he has tested positive for cor...

Debt Rescue, one of the largest debt counselling companies in the countr...

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has secured a preservation orde...

The number of people who have lost their lives to the Covid-19 pandemic ...

The Minerals Council South Africa, the body responsible for representing...

A tiny beach restaurant in South Africa shot to fame last year when it w...

The government has set aside R1.1 billion to help the taxi industry as i...

Three clinics in the Tshwane Metro have been temporarily closed after th...

The department of Health has confirmed that 57 people in the Western Cap...

Democratic Alliance (DA) interim leader John Steenhuisen has told Presid...

Sapu spokesperson Oscar Skommere says police management took too long in...

Health workers across South Africa's two southernmost provinces have bee...

Early optimism that South Asia might have dodged the worst ravages of th...

The number of new confirmed cases of Covid-19 in South Africa has jumped...

More industries will now be allowed to reopen under level 3 of the Covid...

The Emfuleni Local Municipality says it has had to temporarily close two...

Beijing's airports cancelled more than 1,200 flights and schools in the ...

Health Minister, Zweli Mkhize, says his department is excited about the ...

New Zealand reported two cases of COVID-19 Tuesday, ending a three-and-a...

South Africa’s Covid-19 infections has increased by 3 495.

A raft of EU nations reopened their borders to fellow Europeans on Monda...

The City of Tshwane has closed three of its buildings after a number of ...

All indoor sports and entertainment venues were shut down in China's cap...

The Department of Correctional Services now has a total of 1 519 confirm...

China reported dozens of new coronavirus cases for the second consecutiv...

The Department of Health says 70 038 cases of Covid-19 have been confirm...

Health MEC Bandile Masuku says the body of the grade 7 was tested and wa...

The Police Ministry says the statistics clearly shows that the number of...

The Democratic Alliance (DA) is set to head to the Western Cape High Cou...

The speed the new coronavirus jumped from 100,000 to 200,000 confirmed c...

The Gauteng Department of Health has confirmed that 15 staff members at ...

Health Minister, Zweli Mkhize, says the total number of confirmed infect...

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has confirmed that South Africa has managed...

The Department of Education in Eastern Cape says there are 24 confirmed ...

Brussels set out plans to reopen the EU's internal borders on Thursday, ...

Johannesburg Mayor Geoff Makhubo has tested negative for coronavirus.

Two workers in the Gauteng Department of Health have tested positive for...

The Covid-19 pandemic has claimed the lives of 1 210 people in the country.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has again moved to sound the alarm on the rapi...

Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane has written to President Cyril Ramap...

The Minerals Council South Africa has come out all guns blazing against ...

The coronavirus pandemic inflicted a "swift and massive shock" that has ...

Critics are accusing President Jair Bolsonaro of manipulating the figure...

South Africa's coronavirus deaths passed 1,000 on Monday and infections ...

The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs has dis...

Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo (JCPZ) has cautioned residents against v...

Two support staff members at Gauteng’s Covid-19 Command Centre have test...

The Gauteng Department of Health has assured residents living next to co...

Collapsing revenues, rising layoffs: the coronavirus crisis is battering...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for calm amid the surge in the numb...

White plastic chairs are sprayed down with sanitiser and a smartly dress...

The number of new Covid-19 infections in South Africa has increased by 2...

President Cyril Ramaphosa said Friday that military medical personnel we...

Africa needs to triple its coronavirus testing in the coming months "to ...

Brazil's death toll from the novel coronavirus has surged past 34,000 to...

The Fair Trade Independent Tobacco Association (Fita) has welcomed the d...

South Africa said Thursday it had recorded 3,267 novel coronavirus cases...

Government will appeal the high court ruling which declared the level 3 ...

The national police headquarters in Pretoria closed its doors on Thursda...

Johannesburg Mayor Geoff Makhubo has lauded the progress made by the tax...

The Nelson Mandela Foundation has labelled as inconsistent the implement...

The Broadcasting, Electronic, Media and Allied Workers Union (Bemawu) sa...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson called for a "new era of global hea...

Brazil reported a record 1,349 coronavirus deaths in a 24-hour period We...

The Department of Health is set to focus on the Eastern Cape as the numb...

The High Court in Pretoria has ruled that government may not force Covid...

South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) says it will continue to m...

Cabinet said it was still studying a judgment in the High Court in Preto...

Over three years, Isaac Mbatha grew accustomed to the suffocating summer...

Zimbabwean security forces on Tuesday cleared Harare's city centre and t...

The High Court in Pretoria has declared levels 4 and 3 of the lockdown r...

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says the government is in discussion with t...

Limpopo Health MEC Phophi Ramathuba believes it is safe for pupils to re...

Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku says the unbanning of alcohol sales co...

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has described the ban on the personal servi...

The first day of school since the lockdown went off without a hitch for ...

The global death toll from the coronavirus topped 375,000 on Tuesday as ...

A Wuhan doctor who worked with coronavirus whistleblower Li Wenliang die...

In his weekly letter, President Cyril Ramaphosa has reassured parents an...

“The best thing the president has done is, if you like, given the power ...

The SA Liquor Traders Association has pleaded with the elderly to avoid ...

South Africa has reported a record high of 1 716 new confirmed Covid-19 ...

Admired by some but berated by others for imposing a tight lockdown, Pre...

South Africans are observing a National Day of Prayer as the country rem...

Public game parks and private game farms will be allowed to open from Mo...

South Africa reported more than 1 700 new cases, bringing the total up t...

Professional sport in South Africa was on Saturday given a provisional g...

South Africa has recorded close to 2 000 new infections, bringing the to...

"The world needs answers from China on the virus. We must have transpare...

Labour and Employment Minister Thulas Nxesi Minister says domestic worke...

Mining companies are set to work their way up to full production when th...

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has written to the Min...

The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA)...

A worker from the National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS) has died af...

Police Minister Bheki Cele says officers have the right to question anyo...

Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamin...

Western Cape Premier Alan Winde claims there is a nationwide backlog of ...

Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamin...

Gauteng Premier David Makhura says testing at mining houses should be ma...

Senegal will continue treating COVID-19 patients with hydroxychloroquine...

South Africa's confirmed Covid-19 cases have seen another massive spike ...

Gauteng Premier David Makhura has confirmed that Johannesburg’s West Ran...

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused surging unemployment worldwide, but has...

Economists and financial experts have warned South Africans to prepare f...

The South African Council of Churches (SACC) will set up a Covid-19 task...

No screaming on the rollercoaster, socially distant spooks in the haunte...

The Health Ministry on Tuesday evening announced another 43 deaths from ...

Brazil reported the highest daily COVID-19 death toll in the world Tuesd...

The government has given the green light for places of worship to resume...

The Democratic Alliance (SA) has urged the coronavirus command council t...

Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe believes the suggestion that m...

Renowned Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli said Tuesday he had caught the nov...

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is adamant that all mining opera...

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has told the National Council of Provinces ...

Some of French rugby's leading agents have warned the big spending power...

A petition calling for the lifting of the ban on cigarette sales was sta...

The World Health Organization said Monday it had "temporarily" suspended...

South Africa has seen 52 new Covid-19 deaths reported in a day, the high...

South African President and African Union (AU) chairperson, Cyril Ramaph...

The Fair-trade Independent Tobacco Association (Fita) has expressed disa...

The Gauteng Department of Health has confirmed 164 positive Covid-19  ca...

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has rejected what it describes as "e...

Ramaphosa addressed the nation from the Union Buildings.

AngloGold Ashanti says the number of confirmed coronavirus cases at its ...

South Africans who work or study abroad will be allowed to travel intern...

South Africa has recorded 1 208 new coronavirus infections, bringing the...

President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to address South Africa at 19:00 o...

A total of 611 Police officers have tested positive for Covid-19 country...

The High Court has given the National Covid-19 Command Council (NCCC) un...

Police Minister, Bheki Cele has confirmed that 230 000 people have been ...

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula says he is happy with the changes made...

US tech giants Apple and Google said Wednesday they were offering health...

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has rubbished claims by the head of the Med...

The Health Ministry has confirmed the death of a two-day-old infant due ...

The World Health Organization said Wednesday it had registered a new dai...

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has called on the Department of ...

Landlords evict people from their homes, nurses are abandoned by their h...

The number of prisoners with Covid-19 increased by 36 from to 455 on Tue...

The Department of Basic Education has moved to allay fears that schools ...

The Northern Cape has recorded its first Covid-19 death, leaving Mpumala...

Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga says the department remains ...

The Department of Justice and Correctional Services wants over 6000 awai...

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has upped the ante by filing Constitutional...

Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has called for calm as the province's Co...

Gauteng Premier David Makhura has warned that millions of the province’s...

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has expressed his support for calls to ...

Britain added a loss of taste and smell to its list of coronavirus sympt...

The Department of Correctional Services says the number of inmates with ...

President Donald Trump on Monday made the surprise announcement that he ...

South Africa has 16 433 confirmed Covid-19 cases, 918 of those were repo...

President Cyril Ramaphosa says the government accepts that it’s response...

The World Health Organization will on Monday kick off its first ever vir...

Madagascar on Sunday announced the first death of a patient suffering fr...

South Africa on Sunday reported 1,160 new coronavirus infections, the hi...

Witbank Police Station has been forced to temporarily close its doors af...

Pikitup has closed its Norwood depot after two employees displayed Covid...

The High Court in Pretoria has ruled in favour of the family of the late...

Acting Gauteng Social Development MEC Panyaza Lesufi believes the new Co...

Seydou Sall sprays antiseptic on bags of food freshly deposited by an e-...

President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Friday start the consultation process ...

The coronavirus has claimed the life of a correctional services official...

The latest figures released by the Ministry of Health show that 19 peopl...

The coronavirus may never go away and populations will have to learn to ...

The coronavirus outbreak risks sparking a major global mental health cri...

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has welcomed the ann...

The Democratic Alliance (DA) is accusing President Cyril Ramaphosa of at...

Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has entered a week of self-quarantine.

World powers including Russia and India pushed on with easing coronaviru...

The chairperson of the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) Dr Clarence Min...

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced on Tuesday that the number of con...

The government has agreed to provide reasons for its decision to ban on ...

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize will commemorate International Nurses Day o...

If lockdowns and stay-at-home orders are succeeding in slowing the sprea...

In Brazil, exercising at the gym and getting a haircut are essential act...

The Department of Correctional Services has appointed a medical advisory...

North West has recorded its first Covid-19 death as the country continue...

The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has opened the applicat...

Minister of Cooperative Governance Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma says the gover...

The various Gauteng taxi associations - in partnership with the provinci...

Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu has pleaded with social grant r...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has warned South Africans to be prepared to co...

The Department of Correctional Services says there has been an additiona...

Would you put your slippers on display? The global coronavirus pandemic ...

The number of COVID-19 cases continues to increase in South Africa, surp...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has given the green light for the placement on...

As more and more South Africans head back to work under Level 4 of the l...

The Gauteng Department of Health has confirmed that 66 people are receiv...

South Africans, who previously could not move house as a result of the l...

Orlando Pirates confirmed on Thursday that midfielder Ben Motshwari has ...

The Department of Basic Education has warned independent schools that th...

The Department of International Relations and Cooperation has dismissed ...

Around 13 million litres of alcohol has been confiscated in Limpopo sinc...

A war of words has broken out among rival South African football organis...

The number of South Africans who have lost their lives to Covid-19 has i...

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says there has been a steady increase in th...

Two prisoners at the East London Correctional Centre have died of Covid-...

British American Tobacco South Africa (BATSA) has decided to withdraw it...

The global lockdown caused by COVID-19 risks a "devastating" surge in tu...

The Ministry of Health has confirmed that South Africa’s coronavirus dea...

The City of Johannesburg says plans are underway to move residents of th...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has lauded as “futuristic” the plans by the Kw...

A rapid outbreak of Covid-19 has led to the closure of General Justice G...

President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to visit Covid-19 facilities in Kw...

Global deaths from the coronavirus pandemic topped a quarter-million on ...

The Westen Cape and KwaZulu-Natal show the most deaths due to the Covid-...

The World Health Organization said  Monday that Washington had provided ...

South Africa has seen its first increase of coronavirus cases by more th...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday said "enormous evidence" sho...

Many more businesses set to open their doors on Monday as the country st...

Labour and Employment Minister Thulas Nxesi has issued a stern warning t...

The Department of Health has found that hypertension, diabetes and cardi...

Europe on Sunday prepared for a further cautious easing of coronavirus r...

The total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in South Africa has reached...

Buses and taxis will be allowed to transport people during the once-off ...

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula says anyone using public transport wit...

South Africans who were not at home or at work when the national lockdow...

Britain's food banks, providing donated essential items to the country's...

The High Court in Pretoria has dismissed an application to reopen mosque...

The Western Cape government says the high number of tests being conducte...

Gauteng Premier David Makhura has expressed deep concern over government...

Under the golden, late afternoon South African sun, an elephant emerges ...

The Fair Trade Independent Tobacco Association (Fita) says it will head ...

The Democratic Alliance (DA) says the government's approach to gradually...

Exercise outside of the home will be now be permitted as the country dow...

S&P Global Ratings on Wednesday lowered the credit rating for South ...

Government has made an unexpected turnabout on the sale of cigarettes, s...

Mhlaule was responding to questions by members of the education committe...

Education expert Mary Metcalfe says the Department of Basic Education mu...

The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng says unnecessary red tape has th...

Struggling retail giant Edcon has confirmed that it will file for volunt...

The City of Tshwane has announced that it will in future be compulsory f...

Governments and organizations around the world are mulling the use of ho...

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has moved to allay fears that Cuban medics ...

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize estimates that 135 health workers have been...

The Covid-19 death toll in South Africa increased by another three over ...

British energy giant BP on Tuesday said it slumped into a $4.4-billion n...

The South African Medical Association (SAMA) has described the deploymen...

Britain's health minister said Tuesday he was "very worried" at signs of...

Madagascar police forced citizens caught outside without a coronavirus f...

US President Donald Trump suggested he may seek damages from China over ...

The South African Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) has called on govern...

Prisons in the Western Cape have recorded a sharp increase in the number...

Nigeria will start easing a coronavirus lockdown covering its largest ci...

The Covid-19 death toll in South Africa has reached 90.

President Cyril Ramaphosa believes South Africa must use the opportunity...

Gauteng stood on 1331 confirmed Covid-19 cases on Monday with 868 recove...

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) will financially support artists wh...

The African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Communist Part...

Children in China's two most important cities went back to school Monday...

The Department of Health in Limpopo says more than 2.7 million people ha...

 President Cyril Ramaphosa has jokingly said that he plans to launch a t...

The Fair Trade Independent Tobacco Association (FITA) has welcomed the l...

The Restaurant Association of South Africa says some of its members have...

The Adcock Ingram employee at the company’s Critical Care manufacturing ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa says domestic and international travel remain ...

South Africans took to Twitter on Thursday evening with a flush of memes...

The sale of cigarettes will be permitted again when South Africa lowers ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africans can expect for lockdown re...

President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the nation on Thursday evening on...

South Africa has seen a record increase in the number of Covid-19 cases ...

Pharmacy group Dis-Chem has been charged for inflating prices of some es...

Can dogs detect COVID-19? A British charity believes so, and has begun t...

Two cats in New York have become the first pets in the United States to ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has congratulated South Africa for t...

Covid-19 has claimed 7 more lives in South Africa, bringing the death to...

The South African National Defence Union (SANDU) says the deployment of ...

Close to 100 police officers will face the full might of the law for con...

The Democratic Nursing Union of South Africa (Denosa) has expressed disa...

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has joined other opposition parties ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorised the deployment of over 73 000 S...

The Democratic Alliance (DA) says it is supports the massive economic st...

President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a R500 billion relief package as par...

President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to announce additional economic an...

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in South Africa rose to 3465 o...

More than 40 percent of South African companies fear they may not surviv...

Democratic Alliance (DA) interim leader John Steenhuisen says the party ...

The subject of an emergency budget could be broached when President Cyri...

Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku has confirmed that there are 103 beds ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to outline the government’s plans to al...

A newborn baby, who tested positive for Covid-19 at a Durban hospital, i...

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has slammed the decision to formally ban th...

President Donald Trump said Monday that he would temporarily suspend imm...

The World Health Organization insisted Monday that it sounded the alarm ...

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has released the...

The government on Monday moved to formally ban the sale of cooked food i...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has admitted that the coronavirus pandemic and...

Gauteng has 1148 confirmed cases of Covid-19, with 551 recoveries in the...

The Pick n Pay at Alex Mall in Alexandra, north of Johannesburg has temp...

Ekurhuleni MMC for Community Safety Frans Mmoko visited the Dis-Chem bra...

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Sunday extended by two weeks ...

International financial institutions and African leaders warned on Frida...

The Health ministry says 54 South Africans have so far died from the cor...

South Africa recorded 28 deaths compared to 162 during the same period l...

China's coronavirus ground-zero city of Wuhan on Friday abruptly raised ...

Companies which are registered through the Companies and Intellectual Pr...

The health ministry has announced that the first coronavirus deaths have...

Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu says children will under certai...

The World Health Organization (WHO) Africa has bemoaned the decision by ...

Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Nkosazana Dla...

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says the government is aware that its testi...

The Gauteng legislature will resume its work in the coming weeks.

The number of confirmed Covid-19 at the Department of Correctional Servi...

A COVID-19 vaccine may be the only thing that can bring back "normalcy,"...

The government has expressed alarm at the decision by US President Donal...

Soweto giants Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs have joined the fight ag...

Four cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the military community,...

Mediclinic has confirmed nineteen cases of Covid-19 at its Morningside h...

Gauteng remains the province with the most confirmed cases of coronavirus.

Media personality Somizi Mhlongo is expected to appear in court again in...

The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) has warned ...

A one-time lockdown won't halt the novel coronavirus and repeated period...

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday cut off funding to the World Health...

The Gauteng provincial government is expected to make 500 beds available...

Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku has confirmed a Covid-19 related death...

The British government warned Monday it would not be lifting a nationwid...

Prominent epidemiologist Professor Salim Abdool Karim has warned that it...

Battered by grim headlines, horrifying statistics and deep uncertainty o...

The novel coronavirus is 10 times more deadly than swine flu, which caus...

The Tour de France is not only a French monument, but also the economic ...

Coronavirus experts in South Africa have identified Johannesburg, Cape T...

Prominent epidemiologist Professor Salim Abdool Karim says South Africa ...

Two British nationals are set to appear in a Durban court after they ill...

Nine private security officers have been deployed to a homeless shelter ...

The Beer Association of South Africa (BASA) is the latest to join the ca...

Dedicated staff at an animal shelter in Bronkhorstspruit have gone into ...

Police Minister Bheki Cele has given a tongue-lashing to South Africans ...

Pope Francis will break with centuries of tradition and livestream Easte...

The number of people who have lost their lives to COVID-19 in the countr...

The Gauteng Department of Health says there are currently ten patients i...

Desperately needed aid for millions of people across sub-Saharan Africa ...

The Department of Basic Education is looking at various options that w...

The first person to officially die from the novel coronavirus was a 61-y...

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize believes it is possible that South Africa w...

A Yanomami indigenous boy has died after contracting the coronavirus, au...

The number of people who lost their lives to COVID-19 in the country now...

Uber said Thursday it planned to give out "tens of millions" of masks to...

The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) has received over 27 000 applicati...

Civil and community-based organisations have launched a campaign to moni...

Gauteng Premier David Makhura has warned Gauteng residents against compl...