Covid-19 News
ConCourt dismisses NGO's application to challenge SA's 21-day lockdown
By: News24Wire Updated 18 minutes ago The Constitutional Court has dismissed a non-governmental organisation's (NGO) application seeking leave to challenge President Cyril Ramaphosa's... →
Statement by SA Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation On The Occasion of The UNESCO Virtual Minesterial Dialogue on COVID-19 And Open Science
Updated 31 minutes ago The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented global challenge. South Africa agrees that a concerted, united global scientific response is required to... →
Zimbabweans enter coronavirus lockdown amid severe economic crisis
By: Reuters Updated 35 minutes ago Zimbabwe began a 21-day nationwide lockdown on Monday, following neighbour South Africa in implementing some of the world's toughest... →
Farmworkers Are Vulnerable To Labour Malpractice
Updated 43 minutes ago The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development wishes to send a clear message to all employers in the agricultural... →
How to confront the coronavirus catastrophe
Updated 48 minutes ago The coronavirus is impacting everyone across the globe. People fear for their own health and for that of their loved ones. The virus exposes... →
Solidarity Fund sets aside R100m to procure protective equipment for frontline health workers
By: Terence Creamer Updated 57 minutes ago The Solidarity Fund announced on March 30 that it would be using a portion of the R500-million raised during its first week of operations to... →
Rwanda warns public against unapproved drugs for Covid-19
By: African News Agency Updated 1 hour 1 minute ago The Rwanda Food and Drugs Authority (Rwanda FDA) has warned the general public against taking unapproved drugs for treating Covid-19. In a... →
Organisations in Malawi help government prepare for Covid-19
By: African News Agency Updated 1 hour 6 minutes ago Despite the country not having detected any cases of the Covid-19 disease which has crippled the global health community, various Malawian... →
Mboweni’s economic structural reform programme should be bold, inclusive and transparent
Updated 1 hour 10 minutes ago There is new impetus for urgent structural reform. We urge the President and Finance Minister to act now on the wide-ranging structural reforms our... →
Amnesty International, DA emphasise human rights amid lockdown
By: Thabi Madiba Updated 1 hour 34 minutes ago Amnesty International South Africa on Monday called out South African security forces and said while it was urgent and important to ensure citizens... →
Salaries paid to 14 workers saved from a factory
Updated 2 hours 16 minutes ago Yesterday, I issued a statement regarding the plight of 14 workers who were rescued after I had assigned officials from the department’s Consumer... →
