SA extends employment of soldiers to help enforce Covid-19 rules to September . President Cyril Ramaphosa has informed Parliament of his decision to extend the employment of 20 000 members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) for service to enforce regulations aimed...

Tobacco group lodges leave to appeal ruling that kept cigarettes banned . The Fair Trade Independent Tobacco Association (Fita) has lodged an application for leave to appeal a court ruling that dismissed its challenge to overturn the state's ban on the sale of cigarettes.

National Treasury warns of debt spiral, refutes criticism of reneging on spending commitments . National Treasury on Friday warned in a briefing to MPs that failure to arrest South Africa's debt trajectory would see borrowing costs consume almost a third of the national budget by 2024 and slammed...

SAHRC to take City of Cape Town to court after naked man dragged from shack . The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) intends taking the City of Cape Town to court over its eviction policy following the forced removal of a naked man from his shack in Khayelitsha on Wed...

Lockdown: Children in pre-Grade R stages won't return to school yet, regulations amended . Children at early childhood development centres (ECDCs) won't be heading back on Monday, along with pupils in several other grades, after Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga amended gazetted direc...

'Gauteng health facilities have reached maximum bed capacity'– department . As Covid-19 cases have started to spike in Gauteng, all government hospitals in the province have reached maximum bed capacity.

This was confirmed by the Gauteng Department of Health on Thursday.

High Court dismisses Maimane's bid to halt reopening of schools . The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has dismissed an application by Mmusi Maimane's One South Africa Movement (OSAM) to have the reopening of schools stopped as the country fights the Covid-19 pandemic....

Covid-19: 'Overwhelmed' Eastern Cape asks for SANDF medical team's help . Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane has admitted the province's hospitals are "overwhelmed" in the fight against Covid-19, and has asked national government for the support of the South African Nationa...

Ramaphosa to engage with the public in virtual imbizo on Wednesday evening . If you ever wanted to personally ask President Cyril Ramaphosa a question about the Covid-19 pandemic and the nationwide lockdown, now is your chance.

The Presidency announced that Ramaphosa will on ...

First quarter GDP falls by 2% as recession continues . South Africa's economy decreased by 2.0% in the first quarter of 2020, Statistics South Africa reported on Tuesday morning.

This extends the technical recession that the country found itself in in th...