Covid-19 in numbers: Get the latest figures

Health minister Zweli Mkhize hailed this as a significant milestone not only for the country's vaccination campaign but ...

Phase 2 of the vaccine rollout is expected to begin on May 17.

Health minister Zweli Mkhize said the number of people who will receive the Pfizer vaccine in SA increased from 10 ...

The national department of health is urgently calling for the public to comment on draft regulations for the ...

The South African Social Security Agency says there will be a delay in the R350 Covid-19 grant payment in March and ...

A Tembisa-based charity caring for orphans and the poor will receive donations of essential goods worth more than ...

South Africa's youth are being called on to pursue healthcare skills and professions as the country is projected to ...

There were 1,372 new Covid-19 cases and 73 deaths recorded across SA in the past 24 hours, health minister Dr Zweli ...

The province’s head of health says attitudes towards vaccines have changed after just two weeks

SA recorded 1,599 new Covid-19 cases and 75 deaths in the past 24 hours, health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said on ...

Former public protector Thuli Madonsela has joined many calling for President Cyril Ramaphosa, finance minister Tito ...

A multivalent Covid-19 jab developed by US vaccine manufacturer Moderna has shown promising results against the ...

The SA Health Products Regulatory Authority says no major safety concerns have been identified in the country so far ...

The temporary suspension of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine rollout in SA is a precautionary measure until the causal ...

The Johnson & Johnson vaccine rollout has been “provisionally” suspended in SA following an investigation of a possible ...

About two hours after announcing that SA had halted its rollout of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine, health ...

They say procurement must be left to the state, adding that bankrolling jabs for those without medical aids is illegal

As SA faces curveballs in the vaccine rollout, the difficulty is to find the balance between risk and rationality

SA will suspend the rollout of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine over blood clot fears, health minister Dr Zweli ...

US regulators have recommended pausing the use of Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine as they investigate rare blood ...

Unable to get a bank loan when she moved from Nigeria to the United States, Abbey Wemimo's mother was forced to borrow ...

Amid fears of the possibility of the country experiencing a third wave of Covid-19 infections, models show there is a ...

Police minister Bheki Cele and an entourage of officers walked 4km through a new Cape Town informal settlement called ...

Relax when outdoors, say experts, with Irish analysis revealing that only one in 1,000 infections is acquired outside

Universities are forced to change tack as Covid-19 infections surge among students and staff

South Africa has extended by a further three months the deadline of a loan scheme that is central to efforts to counter ...

The KwaZulu-Natal department of education has concluded an investigation into why dozens of matric pupils were crammed ...

It would also be a mistake to “divert precious resources, such as human vaccinator resources” and fuel the “global ...

In a short time, SA has propelled itself from a relatively unknown destination for offshore customer service delivery ...

Amid fears of the possibility of the country experiencing a third wave of Covid-19 infections, models show there is a ...

The coronavirus variant discovered in SA may evade the protection provided by Pfizer/BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine to ...

With help from Diageo SA, Sindile Kama and many others in the hospitality industry are turning things around

The task is mammoth and to get it done requires a decisive, fast, coordinated effort and wide support

Mkhize said 288,368 health workers had received their Covid-19 vaccinations by 6.30pm on Friday, which means that 4,739 ...

Norwegian police said on Friday they have fined Prime Minister Erna Solberg for breaking Covid-19 social distancing ...

SA is considering a "no-fault compensation fund" and the introduction of Covid-19 vaccine passports, health minister Dr ...

SA recorded 756 more Covid-19 infections on Wednesday, as well as 79 deaths.

Brazil has recorded its first confirmed case of the highly contagious coronavirus variant discovered in South Africa, a ...

Many South Africans in a global study say they want to work from home after the pandemic, but this could be tricky

One of the glaring lessons highlighted by the Covid-19 pandemic is the urgent need for universal health coverage to ...

If you have a script from a doctor, you should be able to get ivermectin that same day, or the next day at the latest, ...

Millions of malnourished South Africans may suffer severe illness if a third wave of Covid-19 infections hits SA ...

Health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize announced on Tuesday that the deal to bring in 20 million Pfizer vaccines had been ...

Each time the virus replicates, there is an opportunity for a mutation to occur — and as we are already seeing around ...

SA has signed an agreement with Pfizer Inc for 20 million dual-shot Covid-19 vaccine doses, a government official told ...

Nelson Mandela Bay municipality's public health department has warned of a possible Covid-19 flare-up in KwaNobuhle ...

SA's one million AstraZeneca doses have already been redistributed to 16 African countries, who received them eagerly ...

A graphic in The Times in London this past week painted an unhappy picture, writes Peter Bruce.

More pharmacists should be trained to administer Covid-19 vaccines and volunteers should be brought on board to help ...

As a devout Christian, Ester le Grange used to recite the verse from Psalm 23 that says, "even if I walk through the ...

Popular Johannesburg doctor and DJ Sindi van Zyl was "in between" medical aids when she was admitted to hospital in ...

SA is engaging foreign governments to allay fears about the country's slow Covid-19 vaccine rollout, in a new drive to ...

Criticism of the snail’s pace at which SA is rolling out Covid-19 vaccinations compared with its economic peers is ...

Two weeks before the national lockdown was announced a year ago, choreographer and producer-director Owen Lonzar saw ...

Health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said the sale of the Astra Zeneca vaccine ensured that SA would "not incur fruitless ...

Moderna is the latest company to test whether its Covid-19 vaccine is weakened by what’s become known as the SA variant ...

“I remember seeing people coming in alive and then you see a body leaving the Covid-19 ward,” said health-care worker ...

The husband of popular Johannesburg physician and radio DJ Dr Sindisiwe van Zyl, who is on a ventilator with Covid-19, ...

The Netherlands on Friday temporarily suspended use of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine for people under 60 following ...

“I remember seeing people coming in alive and then you see a body leaving the Covid-19 ward,” said health-care worker ...

SA recorded 1,294 new Covid-19 infections and 51 fatalities in the past 24 hours, health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said ...

Cogta minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma had it wrong when she said on Thursday that the transporting of alcohol this ...

The million doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccines will arrive in SA in April, health minister Zweli Mkhize said on ...

Several restaurants in KwaZulu-Natal obtained Green Flag status on Wednesday when their existing Covid-19 protocols ...

Eight CEOs of Gauteng health facilities have faced disciplinary charges for not complying with or overseeing health and ...

Tuesday's “family meeting” with President Cyril Ramaphosa has been met with mixed reactions following the announcement ...

Visiting hours in Gauteng’s government hospitals have been eased to allow one visitor per patient for 15 minutes.

Department of health technical adviser Dr Aquina Thulare has told parliament that 362 diplomats stationed in Africa ...

Health minister Zweli Mkhize has told parliament’s health portfolio committee that changes made in the make-ups of the ...

The ANC’s highest decision-making body between conferences met on the anniversary of the implementation of a nationwide ...

Alcohol will not be allowed for off-site consumption over the Easter weekend, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Tuesday ...

The only significant changes to the current level 1 restrictions were that alcohol sales for off-site consumption would ...

The government has doubled the number of people who will be allowed to attend religious gatherings, but said strict ...

The changes, Ramaphosa said, were aimed at guarding against a possible Covid-19 third wave precipitated by the Easter ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the nation on developments regarding the country’s response to the Covid-19 ...

EFF leader Julius Malema has made an impassioned plea to President Cyril Ramaphosa to immediately ban alcohol sales ...

While there may be delays in the rollout of the country's vaccination programme, health minister Zweli Mkhize on ...

Airline bookings have picked up ahead of the Easter weekend, but the industry at large is still struggling.

Year-on-year, total gross earnings decreased by R36.1bn (4.6%) between December 2019 and December 2020, according to ...

A young mother from Winchester Hills in Johannesburg has left hospital with a three-month-old baby daughter, who she ...

Most visitors to SA came from other Southern African countries, said Stats SA.

The ANC’s highest decision-making body between conferences met on the anniversary of the implementation of a nationwide ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa announced SA had secured 30 million Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccines.

Misinformation and conspiracy theories about the Covid-19 vaccines are some of the reasons people don't want the jab.

The extension does not apply to people who entered the country from March 15.

The contracts of the health-care workers hired to bolster the Eastern Cape’s front line to fight Covid-19 have been ...

Months after dropping the famous “It's finger lickin' good” slogan, KFC is borrowing slogans from other brands.

The SA Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra) is emphatic that it has not approved ivermectin for the treatment ...

Discovery will deploy 500 people who will administer the vaccines through its programme, and will establish 20 ...

Just 548 new Covid-19 cases were recorded in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of recorded infections in SA to ...

Three funeral parlours have refunded grieving families who complained that they were charged exorbitant “handling fees” ...

At the start of the pandemic children in Nelson Mandela Bay knew Covid-19 as the “purple germ”, but one year on these ...

Prof Linda-Gail Bekker, co-principal investigator of the study, said: “By the end of the week we should have a quarter ...

The SA alcohol industry has raised concerns over a possible liquor ban ahead of the Easter long weekend.

Abdool Karim scotched rumours that his decision to step down was due to conflict between himself and health minister ...

A court case brought by a group of doctors and lobby group AfriForum involving the right of doctors and pharmacists to ...

New study reveals the devastating impact the pandemic has had on the livelihoods and lives of township residents

SA National Christian Forum vows court action if government’s lockdown curbs force it to abandon services

The government has finally unveiled details of its vaccine rollout plan, which sets an ambitious target of inoculating ...

Legal advisors say employers can discipline workers who flout Covid-19 rules outside of work, but only if they have the ...

SA recorded just 510 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said on Tuesday night.

With a third coronavirus wave certain to hit within weeks, experts call for a concerted awareness drive

Health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize has released the latest Covid-19 stats which recorded fatalities linked to the ...

US retail sales are near record highs and employment and vaccinations are on the rise

For months, silence reigned in pensioner Amy Green’s tiny Durban flat.