[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Nearly 700 patients were evacuated on Saturday from Johannesburg's Charlotte Maxeke Hospital because of a fire in parts of the facility, AP reports.

[RFI] Authorities in South Africa should lift a suspension of use of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine if a number of conditions are met, the country's health regulator has announced.

[Daily Maverick] Capetonians grieve the loss of priceless heritage treasures as fire rips across Table Mountain and the University of Cape Town campus.

[DW] African countries have been vaccinating their populations against COVID-19 for weeks, but progress has been slow. Supply problems, confusion over vaccination schedules and fears of side effects are causing delays.

[Daily Maverick] The Theatre on the Square is at risk of permanently closing its doors if sponsorship is not secured soon. With government support sorely lacking, artists and musicians have ever fewer performance spaces.

In the rare event that you experience a severe side-effect as a result of Covid-19 vaccines, this fund will pay you out The post How South Africa’s Covid vaccine injury fund will work appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.

Premier Alan Winde and the Cape Bar Council asked that the interviews be postponed pending a decision on Hlophe’s fate but the JSC declined The post FUL mulls legal options regarding Hlophe’s presence at interviews for Western Cape bench appeare...

Clean-up operations and repairs to infrastructure are being initiated, while the full extent of the damage wrought by the fire is still being assessed The post Cape Town fire update: Mop-up operations underway, students receive local support appeare...

Avian flu has been confirmed on two farms in Gauteng and one in North West The post Bird flu outbreak puts poultry industry in jeopardy appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.

Activist group warns of a ‘culling trend’ affecting black professionals in top positions The post Absa chief executive resigns due to differences with board on future strategy appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.

President Cyril Ramaphosa described the death of Chad President Idriss Déby Itno in military violence as "disturbing news", and expressed concern on behalf of the South African government about developments in that country.

The office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence was undermined by the conduct of the State Security Agency, and the director-general in particular, it has been revealed at the state capture inquiry.

The Gauteng Department of Social Development is lodging an urgent application to ensure the closure of an early childhood development centre in Alexandra, Johannesburg.

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A female security officer has been seriously injured in an attack at a landfill site in Cape Town.

President Cyril Ramaphosa described the death of Chad President Idriss Déby Itno in military violence as "disturbing news", and expressed concern on behalf of the South African government about developments in that country.

The office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence was undermined by the conduct of the State Security Agency, and the director-general in particular, it has been revealed at the state capture inquiry.

The Gauteng Department of Social Development is lodging an urgent application to ensure the closure of an early childhood development centre in Alexandra, Johannesburg.

Any complaints, queries or suggestions about content on News24 may be sent to our public editor George Claassen.

A female security officer has been seriously injured in an attack at a landfill site in Cape Town.

A provincial government delegation visited the family home of Lindani Myeni, the former rugby player from KwaZulu-Natal who was shot dead by Honolulu police in Hawaii last week.

The jury found Chauvin criminally liable in Floyd's death last year after listening to testimony from 45 witnesses, including bystanders, police officials and medical experts.

The Cape Town fires have been brought under control, with fire crews only monitoring sporadic flare-ups in the Deer Park area which pose no threat.

An upsurge in Covid-19 cases in the Northern Cape, North West and Free State has been flagged by the NICD.

SA remembers the late Uyinene Mrwetyana on what would have been her 21st birthday.