Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi admitted to hospital with Covid-19 . South Africa’s Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi has been admitted to hospital as he battles Covid-19, the government said on Tuesday.

“The Minister of Employment and Labour, Mr Thembelani ...

State capture inquiry: Testimony of Linda Mti, Magistrate Desmond Nair postponed . The chairperson of the commission of inquiry into State capture Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo had to postpone the appearance of both former correctional services boss Linda Mti and Pretoria Magist...

Mboweni says he has no plan to use emergency powers to fund SAA . Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has said in court papers that he has taken no decision to use emergency powers to avail money from the National Reserves Fund to South African Airways (SAA) to bankroll it...

Thousands of UIF Covid-19 relief claims submitted for ghost beneficiaries . As it winds down its multibillion-rand campaign of financial support for workers in South Africa hit in the pocket by the coronavirus pandemic, thousands of claims have been fraudulently launched by co...

SANDF medical team touches town in Eastern Cape to help in hospitals . A South African National Defence Force (SANDF) medical team has landed in the Eastern Cape in response to a plea from the province’s premier Oscar Mabuyane for assistance in grappling with the Covid-19...

Ramaphosa urges youth to take part in economic opportunities during Covid-19 . President Cyril Ramaphosa has applauded South Africa’s entrepreneurial youth for using the Covid-19 pandemic to create good business ideas and he is calling on more young South Africans, particularly i...

Covid-19: Western Cape numbers 'stable' for the past 10 days, says health dept . Covid-19 numbers in the Western Cape are said to have been "stable" for the past 10 days, the health department has said, but it will still prepare for any eventuality with regards to the long-term tra...

DA files urgent court application to interdict govt bailout for SAA . The Democratic Alliance (DA) said on Friday it had filed an urgent interdict application at the Pretoria division of the high court to stop the bailout of South African Airways (SAA).

Finance Ministe...

Netherlands flies in over 130 000 vials of Covid-19 solution to help SA ramp up testing . Over 100 000 vials of GLY, used in testing and diagnosing Covid-19, has been donated to South Africa by the Netherlands.

The Glucose-Lactalbumin-Yeast, a virus transportation medium for human samples...

Govt plan to fight Covid-19 is not affordable – DA . Opposition party Democratic Alliance (DA) interim leader John Steenhuisen on Thursday said government’s lockdown plan to fight the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) is not affordable.

In a virtual address...