Lions nap on road during South Africa coronavirus lockdown
Park ranger Richard Sowry was out on patrol on April 15 when he snapped a pride sleeping on a road that would normally be busy with tourists. But Kruger, like ...
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South Africa: COVID-19 Cases breach 2.500 mark, deaths up to 34
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced the latest COVID-19 numbers on Wednesday 15 March, saying that the caseload in South Africa has increased by 91 to 2 506. According to Mkhize, ...
South Africa: Gauteng reports 350 coronavirus recoveries
Gauteng has the highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases, but with also the most recoveries. South Africa’s most populated province has so far recorded 865 infections, according to the last ...
South Africa: Death toll climbs to 27 as infections reach 2.272
The number of COVID-19 cases in South Africa has risen to 2 272, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced on Monday 13 April. This is an increase of 99 cases from ...
South Africa: Ramaphosa lashes out at lockdown criminals, issues stern warning
President Cyril Ramaphosa has condemned acts of criminality committed while the nation languishes under lockdown. In his customary Monday address, From the desk of the President, Ramaphosa hit out at ...
South Africa: Ramaphosa appoints AU special envoys to mobilise economic support
African Union (AU) chairperson President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Dr Donald Kaberuka, Tidjane Thiam and Trevor Manuel as the African Union’s COVID-19 special envoys. The newly appointed ...
South Africa: One more death as cases rise to 2 028
South Africa recorded 25 new cases of COVID-19 since the last update, with the overall figure now standing at 2 028, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize confirmed on Saturday. The number ...
South Africa: Mkhize confirms death toll at 24, with 2003 cases
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize revised the death toll figures and caseload following President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Good Friday address. Mkhize confirmed that more than 2 000 South Africans had been infected ...
South Africa: Cyril Ramaphosa extends lockdown by two weeks
After days of rumours and intense mounting speculation, President Cyril Ramaphosa has confirmed that the lockdown period in South Africa will carry on for another two weeks. Lockdown extended in ...
South Africa: Cyril Ramaphosa to visit COVID-19 response centre
President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Thursday 9 April, visit the Department of Health (DoH)’s COVID-19 Information Centre — a data centre set up to monitor and track the spread of ...
