Eastern Cape education department head Themba Kojana has died of Covid-19.

The Institute for Race Relations wants Health Minister Zweli Mkhize to explain why the private sector is not allowed to buy the vaccines intended to prevent Covid-19.

Police have arrested a man who was caught in possession of more than R165 000 in a cooler bag, which he allegedly failed to declare at the Beitbridge border.

A Cape Town housing activist said he was shocked by the way Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu shouted at him.

By Wednesday, 844 more people died of Covid-19 and 21 832 new cases were reported in what Health Minister Zweli Mkhize called a "grim milestone".

SACP general secretary Blade Nzimade said the party did not take kindly to the "name of MK being used for factionalist behaviour in the movement".

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A patient’s credit card was stolen at St Augustine Hospital in Durban and cleaned out while he was battling Covid-19 on 28 December.

National government and the ANC have paid tribute to former deputy defence minister Mluleki George.

Gauteng Department of Education spokesperson Steve Mabona says reasons ranged from being contacts of people who had contracted the virus to having comorbidities.

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Well-known KwaZulu-Natal activist Rivaaj Ramdas, died on Wednesday.

The son of a Mpumalanga chief was gunned down in a hail of bullets at his home.

Fritz questioned whether Cele's beach blitzes were diverting officers from areas with violent crime.

A fairly cool to warm Thursday is expected, says the South African Weather Service, with impact-based rain leading to localised flooding expected in Limpopo.

The state is seeking leave to appeal a High Court judgment which found that the ban on tobacco during the country's hard lockdown last year was unnecessary.

Netcare has called all staff back from leave and is expecting to have staff levels back to full complement by the end of this week.

The Office of the Premier in Limpopo committed unfair labour practice by keeping a senior official on prolonged suspension after he blew the whistle on a R500 million free Wi-Fi connection scandal.

She was seen wearing a pair of jeans and a short-sleeved dress.

Three suspects appeared briefly at the Tsomo Magistrate's Court on Wednesday for the murders of three initiates in Jojweni Village in Tsomo in the Eastern Cape on Saturday.