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...

Mchunu to launch 'rapid response' GBV programme in Eastern Cape . South Africa's national minister of public service and administration, Senzo Mchunu, will on Friday establish a rapid response programme to gender based violence (GBV) and femicide in the Eastern Cape ...

Covid-19: Human Rights Commission supports children going back to school . The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) supports children going back to school during the Covid-19 pandemic, it said in a statement.

In the statement released on Wednesday, the commission s...

Covid-19 cuts SA employment figures by three-million, women worst affected – study . Approximately three-million people in South Africa lost their jobs between February and April as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the results of a new study. Women accounted for two-mill...

High court hears FITA application for leave to appeal . The North Gauteng High Court on Wednesday heard an application from the Fair-Trade Independent Tobacco Association (FITA) for leave to appeal against its earlier dismissal of the group's legal challeng...

Police Committee approves Cele's nomination for IPID head . The Portfolio Committee on Police approved the appointment of Dikaledi Jennifer Ntlaseng as the new executive director of the Independent Police Investigative Directorate on Wednesday on the basis of P...

Sadtu resolves that schools close until after Covid-19 peak . South Africa's biggest teachers' union, the South African Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) has resolved that schools should close amid a peak in Covid-19 cases in South Africa, it announced during a m...