Mkhize opens new field hospital in NMBay . Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize paid tribute to South African health workers at the inauguration of the Rev. Dr Elizabeth Mamisa Chabula-Nxiweni Field Hospital, in Nelson Mandela Bay, in the Eastern Ca...

Wits announces SA's first Covid-19 vaccine trial, first participants to be enrolled this week . The University of the Witwatersrand has announced South Africa's first Covid-19 vaccine trial and its first participants will be enrolled this week.

The trial aims to find a vaccine that will prevent...

Zuma corruption case adjourned to September, no trial date set yet . Proceedings for former president Jacob Zuma's corruption case together with co-accused arms company Thales has been adjourned to September as document submissions between parties further delayed procee...

Further sections of Protection of Personal Information Act proclaimed . Further protections to the public's privacy will be enforced by the end of this month as sections of the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (POPI) come into effect on 1 July, the Presidency a...

DA to appeal court ruling allowing race, BBBEE status as criteria for Covid-19 aid . The Democratic Alliance (DA) intends to appeal a Gauteng High Court judgment that directed the government to use transformation criteria when providing relief.

On Friday, a full Bench dismissed the D...

No quick fixes for economy – Ramaphosa . President Cyril Ramaphosa warned on Monday that there would be no quick fixes for the economy as government gears up to launch its Sustainable Infrastructure Development Symposium (Sidssa) on Tuesday. ...

R19m in funding approved through Operation Vula for small businesses . The KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs (EDTEA), Nomusa Dube-Ncube, said in a statement on Friday that she will be presenting a report to the Parliament portfo...

SA unions threaten legal action against business rescue plan for SAA . The National Union of Metalworkers of South African (Numsa) and the South African Cabin Crew Association (SACCA) said they had lost faith in the department of public enterprises, accusing it of sanctio...

Laws not enough to curb GBV, buy-in from men, boys are needed – Lamola . Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola has called on all South Africans, but especially men and boys, to act against gender-based violence (GBV).

Lamola spoke to Bongani Bingwa on T...

R350 Sassa grant 'not necessarily for everyone', says CEO . The chief executive of the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa), said on Thursday that the country's R350 Covid-19 grant was not necessarily for all citizens, which applicants needed to underst...