Tag: South Africa

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced on Saturday 28 March, that there are now 1 187 confirmed coronavirus cases in the country. The number stood at 1 170 on Friday 27 ...

Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation Lindiwe Sisulu said government is working hard to ensure that drought-stricken areas and informal settlements have water as South Africa fights the COVID-19 ...

Mining magnate Patrice Motsepe has become the latest South African billionaire to donate towards the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. South Africa is currently the hardest-hit country in the continent, ...

Speaking among government ministers at the National Command Centre briefing about portfolio progress in the fight against coronavirus, Minister of Police Bheki Cele announced that in the early hours of ...

In a short statement nine hours into the official 21-day lockdown, health minister Zweli Mkhize said two people had died as a result of Covid-19. “This morning, we wake South ...

SABC staff in Kimberley will be placed under quarantine after a reporter tested positive for the coronavirus. The office in the Northern Cape will also be closed. SABC staff member ...

First they prohibited alcohol sales, and now, they’ve come for our tobacco enthusiasts. South Africa looks like it is using the upcoming lockdown period to put us all into rehab. ...

As of Thursday 26 March, President Cyril Ramaphosa has tested negative for the coronavirus (COVID-19). According to the president’s spokesperson Khusela Diko, the president submitted for testing as a precautionary ...

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has revealed that there have been a further 155 coronavirus cases reported in South Africa over the past 24 hours, taking the total number of infections ...

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) released a statement on Tuesday 24 March, stating that the defiance of a lockdown is unacceptable. It said it had been made aware of greedy ...