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A further 149 Covid-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 58,590.

Far from the madding crowd, a group of gogos from Worcester in the Western Cape leave their local clinic singing a ...

Gauteng doctors, swamped by skyrocketing Covid-19 infections, are bracing for the worst as SA's third wave sees them ...

The accelerating third wave of Covid-19 isn't something that's happening to us, it's something we're creating, say ...

The Presidential Youth Employment Initiative could be revived to boost Covid-19 vaccination registrations.

While teacher unions have welcomed the decision to keep schools open as the vaccination of teachers gets under way next ...

All teachers will receive a Covid-19 vaccination by the time the winter school holiday begins, basic education minister ...

SA’s negotiations to secure the Sputnik V and Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines are “at an advanced stage” but, even if ...

Due to a lacklustre response to stricter measures intended to curb the spread of Covid-19, coupled with rising numbers ...

SA recorded more than 10,510 new Covid-19 cases and 118 deaths in the past 24 hours, the National Institute for ...

Acting health minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane said on Friday that the SANDF military health service was being ...

This week the French embassy in SA and the consulates-general of Cape Town and Johannesburg announced that they will be ...

The Western Cape health department said its surveillance teams had picked up that many cluster outbreaks were a result ...

There are now 4,700 Covid-19 cases in Gauteng schools, said provincial education department spokesperson Steve Mabona.

Western Cape premier Alan Winde says it's time for the government to open up Covid-19 vaccine registrations for ...

'The third wave is causing immeasurable panic and misery in our schools,' Gauteng education MEC Panyaza Lesufi said on ...

Nelson Mandela Bay has recorded 347 new Covid-19 cases, with Walmer, Kariega and Summerstrand identified as hotspots in ...

'The private sector is already almost at full capacity and the public sector is already not coping. Where are the ...

Prof Haroon Saloojee, of Wits University's paediatrics and child health department, said in both previous waves, ...

The province has officially entered the third wave of Covid-19, says the head of health Dr Keith Cloete.

The ANC said Mabuza will be remembered for his contribution to the business landscape and the reconstruction and ...

SA recorded more than 13,000 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the NICD said on Wednesday.

Experts say people have become lax, predicting it will hit within weeks and be almost as bad as the first surge

Government seems to have learnt from its mistakes. It’s time for citizens to do the same before more people starve

Experts say people have become lax, predicting it will hit within weeks and be almost as bad as the first surge

As the country commemorated Youth Day on Wednesday, EFF leader Julius Malema launched a scathing attack on government, ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday moved the country to lockdown level 3 amid a surge of Covid-19 cases, particularly ...

We are not taking the third wave of Covid-19 infections seriously enough, warns a doctor in Gauteng.

Jack Bloom called for the provincialisation to be halted as more residents may need ambulances amid the looming threat ...

The EFF accused Sahpra of allegedly bowing to political pressure and influence.

The positivity rate of new cases - the number of positive results against the number of tests taken in 24 hours - ...

The pharmaceutical company says it is 'extremely disappointed' that it has to destroy vaccines that were destined for ...

Pharmaceutical firm Aspen Pharmacare will release a fresh batch of Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Covid-19 vaccines within a ...

“You will not get a bed for Covid-19. It is extremely difficult. People are also lying in the casualty [wards] in the ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa said the CEO of Aspen assured him they will start manufacturing vaccine batches from scratch ...

After reviewing data provided by the US Food and Drug Administration, the SA Health Products Regulatory Authority has ...

"Sahpra reviewed the data provided by the FDA and has made a decision not to release vaccines produced using the drug ...

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases has recorded 9,320 new Covid-19 cases in SA, it said on Saturday night.

One of Johannesburg’s leading boys’ schools, King Edward VII, has been forced to close due to a spike in Covid-19 ...

As Covid-19 cases continue to surge in the country, acting health minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane said her department ...

Lessons from combating HIV have taught SA that communication is key for Covid-19 compliance too, says the National ...

The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) has confirmed the death of its national spokesperson, ...

SA recorded just over 8,000 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases ...

There is a "real possibility" that the Johnson & Johnson vaccines ready to be distributed to South Africans from the ...

Many hospital facilities in Gauteng 'overwhelmed with the increase in Covid-19 positive patients', says Tembisa ...

The province has not quite passed the threshold of the technical definition, but premier Alan Winde said on Thursday ...

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Acting health minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane said SA used the lessons learnt in tackling the HIV/Aids pandemic to ...

A few months ago it was a packed Covid-19 field hospital, and within weeks the Cape Town Internatioonal Convention ...

Prof Salim Abdool Karim believes that the country may be hit by a "mini" fourth wave in December. Factors involved are ...

Ten new Covid-19 cases among Nelson Mandela University students in Gqeberha in the past 24 hours has prompted the ...

The figures from the past seven days, according to the NICD, mean the third wave of the infections has officially hit ...

The new sites come after weeks of the vaccine rollout being disrupted by a shortage of availability of the jab.

There were 8,881 Covid-19 cases recorded on Wednesday across SA, with Gauteng accounting for 5,111 of them — 58% of the ...

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SA cannot yet approve the rollout of the next phase of the Johnson & Johnson vaccination programme, despite the ...

Nomamelika Philiso received her vaccine at her home in Mandleni, Alfred Nzo municipality in the Eastern Cape, the ...

SA stands on the verge of 1.7 million confirmed Covid-19 cases after 3,285 new infections were recorded in the past 24 ...

"For the first time, even I feared for my life," Criselda shared.

Bafana Bafana were dealt a huge blow before their international friendly match against Uganda in Soweto on Thursday ...

There are 3,062 people in hospital for Covid-19 in Gauteng, the health department said on Sunday.

Investigation by leading experts has reached its conclusions on whether vaccines and blood clots are linked

Other school staff will also benefit from the roll-out, the start of which depends on a green light from US authorities

There are 3,062 people in hospital for Covid-19 in Gauteng, the health department said on Sunday.

Public works and infrastructure minister Patricia de Lille has tested positive for Covid-19, she said on Sunday.

Depending on who you spoke to among those who regarded themselves as being in President Cyril Ramaphosa's inner circle ...

Gauteng residents over the age of 60 have been urged to visit their nearest vaccination site for a Covid-19 jab even if ...

It took just one granny suspected of wanting to jump the queue at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital on Wednesday to get ...

Professor Koleka Mlisana is keeping a cool head.

A partial audit of the billions of rands the government spent fighting Covid-19 paint a picture of looting on an ...

In a matter of weeks, the directors of seven companies contracted to decontaminate Gauteng schools during last year's ...

As preparations are made for the G7 Summit in the UK next week, top of the agenda is how to end the Covid-19 pandemic ...

More than 225,000 senior citizens have so far received their Covid-19 vaccine shots in KwaZulu-Natal.

Social development minister Lindiwe Zulu has admitted that terminating relief programmes, including the R350 Covid-19 ...

Having gone as low as 0.5 at the beginning of February, SA's latest Covid-19 reproduction number is now 1.33.

Here is a wrap on this week's vaccine rollout.

SA recorded 5,360 new Covid-19 cases and 54 deaths in the past 24 hours, health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said on ...

Speculation is rife that an announcement by the basic education department on the vaccination rollout programme for ...

The US Food and Drug Administration’s move will clear the way for the government to rapidly scale up its mass ...

'People used to say you die if you get vaccinated,' says Emily Mohapi, 99, one of the first people from Protea South to ...

The Western Cape health department confirmed on Thursday that the delayed arrival of J&J vaccines to the country will ...

Reports vary but it is estimated that in the last year alone, hundreds of thousands of jobs were lost due to Covid-19. ...

The health ministry announced that there were 5,782 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours.

The suspension of commercial flights at the Polokwane International Gateway Airport two months ago has resulted in the ...

The US Food and Drug Administration’s move will clear the way for the government to rapidly scale up its mass ...

The number of active Covid-19 cases has more than doubled in Nelson Mandela Bay within three weeks.

The Northern Cape is now able to test between 12,000 and 30,000 people every month for Covid-19, premier Zamani Saul ...

More than a million people have now been vaccinated against Covid-19 in SA.

New restrictions to slow the spread of Covid-19 are not enough, warns the SA Medical Association.

With primary school pupils returning on a full-time basis from next month, teacher unions have asked to be prioritised ...

SA recorded 2,792 new Covid-19 cases and 67 fatalities in the past 24 hours, health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said on ...

This is not the first time EFF leader Julius Malema’s hints about lockdown have been correct.

SA primary schools in areas falling under alert levels 3 (hotspot) and 4 (high-risk hotspot) will have to continue with ...

SA will move to lockdown adjusted level 2 from Monday.

"What is the difference between level 1 and 2?" asked one social media user.

The true number of Covid-19 infections could be 15 to 20 times higher than those reported, says Prof Ian Sanne, a ...

SA recorded 4,424 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, as a total of 828,204 people have now been vaccinated in the ...

A Durban man who had been battling Covid-19 complications since December has been discharged after a 127-day hospital ...

The National Liquor Traders Council has welcomed the government’s decision not to place any restrictions on the sale of ...

Alan Winde said the province planned its ramp-up according to the number of vaccines it is expecting to receive on ...

"Wonder if he got an sms to go for the jab or he just rocked up."

Special Investigating Unit head advocate Andy Mothibi says the unit has concluded 40% of the 4,117 Covid-19 related ...

An investigation by the SIU has revealed that the Gauteng education department did not follow due process in the ...

SA recorded 4,623 new cases of Covid-19 infections and 102 deaths in a day. The country has a recovery rate of 94%.

The Special Investigating Unit has obtained an order to freeze R40.7m worth of bank accounts and assets after finding ...

On Wednesday last week, a grade 12 pupil at Lephola Senior Secondary School tested positive for Covid-19 after ...

Access to Covid-19 vaccinations is already a "rich man, poor man" tale after less than two weeks.

The deputy director-general of the health department, Dr Nicholas Crisp, says the Electronic Vaccination Data System ...

An increase in Covid-19 infections at schools in the Free State has claimed the life of an 18-year-old pupil in Welkom.

The KwaZulu-Natal health department has shut down a fake message claiming walk-ins are welcome at several Covid-19 ...

The department of basic education has hit out at a manipulated image being shared on social media purporting to be an ...

It was the first time since mid-November that the positivity rate breached 10% on an upward trajectory, CSIR senior ...

The number of new Covid-19 cases is on the rise in all provinces, the health ministry said on Tuesday night.

Just over a year into the pandemic, healthcare professionals are still scratching their heads over the virus’ long-term ...

AfriForum wants health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize to step aside until the Special Investigating Unit has finalised its ...

Health minister Zweli Mkhize says he did not personally benefit from the R150m contract awarded to Digital Vibes.

Health minister Zweli Mkhize has distanced himself from individuals implicated in the controversial Digital Vibes ...

SA recorded 2,383 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, but it is confirmation that the positivity rate had climbed ...

The Gauteng health department has increased the number of its Covid-19 vaccination sites from 28 to 63 in an effort to ...

Better treatment regimens and management allowed the hospital operator to recover despite the second wave.

Thuli Madonsela called for politicians' "perks" to be done away with and the funds used for the distress grant.

The Skhaftin bus - named after a local slang word meaning lunch box - aims to fight hunger in the inner-city of ...

The slow pace of registrations is hampering SA's Covid-19 vaccination drive which began in earnest last week with the ...

There were 3,332 new Covid-19 cases recorded across SA in the past 24 hours, health minister Zweli Mkhize said on ...

The number of deaths due to Covid-19 in 2020 was nearly three times the official toll, and SA's Covid-19 mortality rate ...

Leaders of the millions-strong Zion Christian Church (ZCC), which has not opened its doors since the onset of the ...

Tripartite alliance partner Cosatu has slammed the government’s slow pace in the rolling out of the Covid-19 vaccine, ...

More than half the R302m allocated to the KwaZulu-Natal department of health for its 2021/22 budget will be spent on ...

Cricket, tennis, softball and gymnastics are among the sports children can still play at school after contact sports ...

Plans to 'scale up capacity significantly in the coming days and weeks': B4SA.

SA's third wave could be somewhat different compared to other countries, says Prof Salim Abdool Karim.

Insurer Old Mutual said on Friday it had paid out R2.7 billion ($192.94 million) worth of Covid-19 related death claims ...

It will take six minutes of your time, pleads premier Alan Winde, as province braces for third wave

Humanitarian funds of R170,000 meant for the distribution of food parcels were funnelled to a church instead.

This should come as no surprise: when people drink, social distancing tends to fly out the window.

The SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) has once again shut down a fake message making the rounds on social media, ...

The severity of a Covid-19 third wave, if it happens, would determine whether SA moves to a harder lockdown level.

The Educators Union of SA (Eusa) has called for the closure of all schools in the country after reports of an increase ...

The Western Cape started off with eight sites, two of which were for health workers and six for health workers and ...

Humanitarian funds of R170,000 meant for the distribution of food parcels were funnelled to a church instead.

Between August and October last year, Liberty was processing more than 60 retrenchment claims a month.

The rolling out of phase 2 of the Covid-19 vaccine programme in Nelson Mandela Bay was not without glitches, with one ...

All contact sport in schools is suspended with immediate effect.

"They live soft, they are never held accountable, and their job is to just report the info. Not really to do anything ...

SA recorded 2,355 new Covid-19 cases and 80 pandemic-related deaths in the past 24 hours, health minister Dr Zweli ...

'Friends of mine were infected, and they were very, very sick,' said Spacia Plaaitjies, 67, from Elsies River on why ...

Hospitals and healthcare workers face a twin onslaught as Covid-19 infections and deaths increase in the Free State and ...

Load-shedding and protest action in areas of the country have contributed to teething problems during the phase 2 ...

Discovery CEO Adrian Gore said vaccines are free for members and non members.

The economy, already in recession before the coronavirus pandemic struck in March 2020, shrank by a record 7% last ...

Violent protests over poor service delivery disrupted the phase two rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine in the Free State ...

The number of people vaccinated at old age homes on Monday still needs to be captured.

'We are losing lives and the healthcare workers are on the front line. They are not just statistics.'

Instead of obsessing on ineffective measures like hand-washing, overhaul aircons, say world’s top experts

It’s been a long drought of no physical contact, but that is about to change with SA’s second-phase rollout

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu and his wife Leah were among the first elderly people to be inoculated as the Western ...

Reverend Frank Chikane on Monday said he had heeded the call to come in for his Covid-19 vaccination as he was hoping ...

Jill Fraser, one of the first people to receive a Covid-19 vaccine at the Zanele Mbeki Frail Care Centre in Nigel, ...

With a target of vaccinating 468 people over the age of 60 a day, Dr Mpho Shabangu is confident the programme will be a ...

After two hours of waiting to get his jab, 66-year-old Tommy Harris said he was relieved he would be able to go out to ...

SA pharmaceutical groups Dis-Chem and Clicks have announced plans to offer Covid-19 vaccines at their retail outlets.

This granny was elated after getting her Covid-19 jab — and urged other elderly people to register to get vaccinated.

“In respect of Covid-19, vaccination is the best health policy, it is the best social policy, and it is the best ...

Health minister Zweli Mkhize says elderly citizens living in old age homes will be registered and vaccinated at the ...

"I have to live on to see my family grow — I plan to do that," said Ethelwyn van Eck, 84, as she received her Covid-19 ...

It was all systems go at Pretoria’s FF Ribeiro Clinic, where scores of the city’s elderly and health workers queued for ...

A door-to-door campaign aimed at assisting in the registration for Covid-19 vaccinations will be rolled out in the ...

Orlando Pirates chairman Irvin Khoza is among the senior citizens who will be vaccinated at Munsieville Centre for the ...

The Gauteng health department said it was hoping to vaccinate just over 1.3 million people over the age of 60 during ...

Northern Cape health MEC Maruping Lekwene on Sunday said he was concerned about the increasing number of Covid-19 ...

Free State health MEC Montseng Tsiu on Sunday said the province was ready to vaccinate more than 288,000 of its ...