South Africa has administered 225 558 COVID-19 vaccines on Thursday, pushing the total to 14 367 151 doses that have been distributed in the country.In addition, the Department of Health said 124 241 were fully vaccinated in the last 24 hours.This mean…
Deputy President David Mabuza on Thursday visited Rustenburg as Chairperson of the Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) on COVID-19 Vaccines to encourage all South Africans to get their jab. “Vaccinating is the only way that will make us to be safe from C…
The South African Special Risks Insurance Association (Sasria) has told Parliament that they will need a further R3.9 billion to strengthen its balance sheet following the July civil unrest in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng.The figure, Sasria said during an…
Africa has recorded a 23% decline in new COVID-19 cases over the past week.This is the according to the World Health Organisation’s Regional director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti.Moeti said the decline is the highest since the peak of the third wave…
President Cyril Ramaphosa has once again put the spotlight on the equitable access to COVID-19 life-saving vaccines, as poorer countries continue to battle with obtaining the much-needed jabs.In his opening remarks during the virtual 13th BRICS Summit …
Deputy President David Mabuza has called on all South African citizens to heed the call to vaccinate in order to reduce the rate of infections, hospitalisation and deaths.Mabuza was speaking at the launch of the Vaccination Social Mobilisation campaign…
Government will in the coming days hold consultations with political parties and the religious sector on developments in the COVID-19 response.This follows meetings of the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) and the President’s Coordinating Cou…
A 23-year-old man is due to appear in the Lehurutse Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday in connection with the murder of a 21-year-old woman.It is alleged that the couple were coming from a local tavern at Gopane, when the suspect pulled the deceased into a …
More than 120 000 cases of gender-based violence were recorded by the government-run Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Command Centre in the first three weeks of the national lockdown.This was revealed by the Gauteng Social Development MEC, Morakane Mosupyoe…
