Tributes have been pouring in for the former deputy CEO of Eskom and chairperson of former lotto operator Gidani, Prof Bongani Khulamo, who died at 68 after contracting Covid-19.

Near-empty beaches and no swimmers in the days ushering in the new year did not mean the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) sat idle.

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A Harare man on holiday with his family fell into a gorge at the Victoria Falls on New Year’s Day.

An elderly Free State woman was raped at knifepoint in her home just before midnight on New Year's Eve.

More than 630 suspects were arrested in Gauteng on New Year's Eve, with over 450 of these being for breaking the Covid curfew, police said on Friday.

African countries began officially trading under a new continentwide free trade area on Friday, after months of delays caused by the global coronavirus pandemic.

It was like a new year scene we have never experienced before as the usually packed East London beaches were deserted on  New Year's Day. Traffic officers and police controlled entry points into areas such as Quigney.

Professional nurse Busi Ramafoko, who works at the resuscitation bay at the Chris Hani  Baragwanath Hospital, said this New Year's has been very different from previous years in terms of the number of patients she saw and the reasons for them being ...

Almost 500 people in Limpopo spent New Year's Eve in jail for contravening the alert level 3 restrictions stipulated in the Disaster Management Act

Basic education minister Angie Motshekga has released directions to ensure Covid-19 protocols are in place to help the more than 45,000 people marking the matric exam papers from Monday.

Police in Khayelitsha in the Western Cape seemingly scuttled the nefarious plans of two armed suspects roaming the streets of Mandela Park on New Year's Eve.

New Year's eve in Kathu, Northern Cape, was an uneventful one - especially with the new lockdown regulations

A front-line worker at one of the biggest hospitals in Gauteng said the number of Covid patients being admitted to the hospital was steadily increasing and that a vaccine was the only way to help ease the burden in hospitals.

Anti-apartheid activist and a former leader of the Pan-Africanist Congress and Black Consciousness Movement Dr Nchaupe Aubrey Mokoape will be laid to rest on Friday.

A former SAPS colonel jailed in connection with the theft of firearms, which were then sold to gangs on the Cape `Flats, is in a witness protection programme after being paroled earlier this year.

As SA recorded a new daily high of confirmed coronavirus cases on New Year's Eve, President Cyril Ramaphosa led a candle-lighting ceremony in Cape Town to commemorate those who have lost their lives to the virus.

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Just how much the coronavirus pandemic changed our world was evident at popular holiday destinations in SA on New Year’s Eve.

Insurers generally don’t honour a claim if you were doing anything illegal at the time - so what about if you have an accident between 9pm and 6am, when you shouldn’t be on the road at all, thanks to the latest Disaster Management Act curfew?

More than 82.9 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 1,809,744​ have died, according to a Reuters tally.

A recent social media remark was that 2020 had been the longest 12 years of our lives - which is not far off if you recall everything that happened.

South Africa has recorded more than 18,000 positive coronavirus tests in the last 24-hour cycle, setting a record high on the final day of the year.

President Cyril Ramaphosa will light a candle on New Year's Eve to commemorate the South Africans who have lost their lives to Covid-19.

Disagreement over whether KwaZulu-Natal has the resources to cope with Covid-19 patients continued on Thursday as Sama bemoaned a “dire shortage” of medical staff, oxygen and PPE in the province.

Life Healthcare Group has dismissed as fake WhatsApp messages saying three of its hospitals in Gauteng are closed for admissions and that no cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) will be done on Covid-19 patients.

However, it will only treat 10% of the country's 58 million people.

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When the clocks strike midnight on New Year's Eve, France will be under curfew and its citizens plan to celebrate with gourmet food rather than large groups of friends.

SA has not delayed the procurement of the Covid-19 vaccine, deciding to acquire it in a manner that would not put the country at financial risk