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Professor Adrian Puren said the country was not out of danger yet with around just under 2,000 daily new infections. FILE: A Doctors Without Border (MSF) nurse (C) performs a COVID-19 coronavirus test during a Ministry of Health screening and testing drive in the Wolhuter men’s hostel in Jeppestown district of Johannesburg, on 14 May […]

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula conducted a COVID-19 regulations compliance inspection at the airport on Thursday. FILE: A general view of Cape Town International Airport. Picture: @WesternCapeGov/Twitter CAPE TOWN – Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has given Cape Town International Airport (CTIA) the green light to resume with operations for travel outside the country from next week. […]

Thousands of businesses, especially those in the tourism sector, have suffered during the COVID-19 lockdown. FILE: Western Cape Premier Alan Winde. Picture: Twitter. CAPE TOWN – Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has urged locals to use what’s left of Heritage Month to support local businesses. Thousands of businesses, especially those in the tourism sector, have […]

WATCH LIVE: Mosebenzi Zwane grilled on R1bn FS housing project at Zondo Inquiry Former Cabinet minister Mosebenzi Zwane is appearing at the state capture inquiry where he is expected to face questions on the R1 billion housing project that he helmed during his time as Free State Housing MEC. A screengrab of former Cabinet minister […]

Tracking COVID-19 deaths by world region AFP | Chart with the number of deaths as a result of COVID-19 in the world by region, nearing the one million death mark as 24 September.

Zane Killian was arrested this week in Gauteng and brought to Cape Town where he’s been charged. The Bishop Lavis Magistrates Court in Cape Town. Picture: Shamiela Fisher/EWN CAPE TOWN – The case against a man implicated in the murder of a top detective has been postponed until 5 October. Zane Killian was arrested this […]

Police seize drugs worth R340,000 on bus in Beaufort West They found a bag in the trailer containing more than 6,780 mandrax tablets. Police seized mandrax worth R340,000 during an operation in Beaufort West on 24 September 2020. Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter CAPE TOWN – Police have confiscated drugs worth R340,000 found on a bus in Beaufort […]

This means that he will once again be released from prison pending the outcome of his application for leave to appeal to the Constitutional Court. FILE: Nelson Mandela Bay councillor Andile Lungisa. Picture: GCIS JOHANNESBURG – Convicted criminal and African National Congress (ANC) councillor Andile Lungisa has been granted R10,000 bail in the High Court […]

Zwane was appearing at the state capture commission on Friday morning. A screenshot of Mosebenzi Zwane appearing before the state capture commission on Friday, 25 September 2020. Picture: SABCNews/Youtube JOHANNESBURG – Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo has declined Mosebenzi Zwane’s request for the commission to ask him about all the cases in which he is […]

Mantashe confirms govt to buy 6,800MW of solar, wind power Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe said that electricity from independent power producers (IPPs) must be purchased by Eskom and programmes will target connection to the grid as soon as reasonably possible. Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe addresses a media briefing in Pretoria on level […]