Covid-19 News
KZN beaches to be shut down on busy days – Ramaphosa 
By: African News Agency 15th December 2020 Beaches and public parks in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province will be closed on what are traditionally the busiest days of the season as part... →
Latest Covid-19 numbers: 23 451 deaths, 866 127 cases and recovery rate drops to 88%
By: Sane Dhlamini 15th December 2020 South Africa recorded 175 more Covid-19-related deaths by Tuesday, bringing the recorded death toll to 23 451. Of the 175 deaths, 93 were recorded... →
US deaths from Covid-19 pass 300,000 as vaccine rolls out
By: News24Wire 15th December 2020 The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic in the United States has topped 300,000 on the same day the first vaccines against Covid-19 were... →
Ramaphosa limits alcohol sales, reinstates longer curfew for festive season 
By: News24Wire 14th December 2020 South Africans will have to change the way they celebrate over the festive period, as government has reinstated longer curfews to limit alcohol... →
J&J has applied to South Africa for registering COVID-19 vaccine - regulator
By: Reuters 14th December 2020 South Africa's pharmaceutical regulator SAHPRA said on Monday it has received its first application to register a Covid-19 vaccine from Johnson &... →
ANC sends condolences on the passing of eSwatini Prime Minister
By: Sane Dhlamini 14th December 2020 The African National Congress on Monday conveyed its "heartfelt condolences" to the people and government of eSwatini on the passing of its Prime... →
’Keep your religious beliefs to yourself,’ says SAMRC president Dr Glenda Gray 
By: African News Agency 14th December 2020 President of the South African Medical Research Council Dr Glenda Gray has said that Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng should keep his religious... →
Eswatini’s Ambrose Dlamini dies after contracting COVID-19 
By: News24Wire 14th December 2020 The prime minister of Eswatini, Africa’s last absolute monarchy, died in a South African hospital on Sunday, the government said in a statement.... →
Eastern Cape premier shuts beaches amid second wave of Covid-19 
By: African News Agency 14th December 2020 Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane has closed all beaches for the festive season as Covid-19 cases soar in the province. According to Eyewitness... →
UJ develops tech to estimate probability of Covid-19 infection
By: Creamer Media Reporter 14th December 2020 Amid the rise in Covid-19 infections in South Africa, a joint team from the University of Johannesburg (UJ) Faculty of Engineering and the... →
Eastern Cape health MEC tests positive for Covid-19
By: News24Wire 14th December 2020 Eastern Cape Health MEC Sindiswa Gomba has tested positive for Covid-19, her office announced on Sunday evening. "Her Covid-19 results came back... →