The organisation's Christo van der Rheede has warned that the continued ban on alcohol is likely to fuel illegal sales and called for liquor to be made available online.

The rising number of patients needing admission in Gauteng have hospital management and staff on their toes as beds are running out and health-care workers are demanding adequate PPE to deal with the virus.

A pump borrowed from Umgeni Water to restore the water supply in Durban's southern areas was too damp to operate.

All 15 land borders that remained open will be closed until February 15, according to the new Disaster Management Act regulations promulgated on Monday.

Prof Salim Abdool Karim, chair of the Covid-19 ministerial advisory committee, on Tuesday conceded that they were wrong about their predictions on the coronavirus peak.

Education unions and experts have warned that a lack of state-funded Covid-19 resources at schools will both exacerbate the pandemic and cause 2021 attendance and admissions to drop.

The department will investigate a prescription for the controversial drug Ivermectin, which appears to have been signed at Tayler Bequest Hospital in Matatiele.

A criminal case has been opened against a Gauteng police officer after he was allegedly found under the influence of alcohol on the side of a road at the weekend.

The extension of level 3 lockdown regulations, which prohibit the sale and distribution of alcohol, has been described as the death knell for many small craft brewers by the Beer Association of SA (Basa).

Senegal is rushing to provide more hospital beds for coronavirus patients as infections soar and a lack of capacity means doctors are only able to admit the most severe cases, health officials said.

US President Donald Trump has privately blamed 'Antifa people' for storming the US Capitol last Wednesday, even though clear video and documentary evidence shows the rioters were overwhelmingly his supporters, Axios reported.

Ugandan opposition presidential candidate Bobi Wine said soldiers raided his home on Tuesday and arrested his security guards, two days before an election pitting the singer-turned-lawmaker against one of Africa's longest-serving leaders.

A line of Congolese park rangers raised their guns in salute on Monday as the coffin bearing their colleague Burhani Abdou Surumwe, a 30-year-old father of four, was buried in the black volcanic soil of a Muslim cemetery outside Goma.

Zambian President Edgar Lungu has dismissed Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya with immediate effect, the president's office said on Sunday, without giving a reason for the move.

In his address, Ramaphosa announced that SA would remain on level 3 lockdown until February 15.

More than 50 countries promised on Monday to protect at least 30% of the planet’s land mass and oceans by 2030 to halt its steep and rapid loss in biodiversity.

Five lucky matriculants will be jetting off to Antarctica at the end of January, after an intense selection process for a competition they participated in.

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The department of labour and employment called on businesses to ensure safe working environments for employees by designating Covid-19 compliance officers.

Four people are expected to appear in the Tonga magistrate's court in Nkomazi, Mpumalanga, on Tuesday in connection with the murder of a woman who was beaten with a hoe before being burnt to death in what is believed to be a mob justice attack.

The Gauteng agriculture and rural development department has cautioned the public to be on the lookout for and steer clear of a hippo which was initially spotted near Fourways on December 29.

President Cyril Ramaphosa announced in a national address that SA would remain under level 3 lockdown "until we have passed the peak of new infections".

What started out as a relaxing family drive in a nature estate in Mpumalanga ended in horror after a freak accident involving a swarm of bees on Sunday afternoon.

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A senior Port Elizabeth cop has been dismissed after an Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) probe into allegations that he raped a child.

The reopening of schools later this month may lead to a spike in Covid-19 infections, a teachers' union said on Monday as it called on the department of basic education to 'think carefully' about the move.

US House Democrats on Monday introduced a resolution containing a single article of impeachment against President Donald Trump charging him with "incitement of insurrection" for his role in the attack on the US Capitol last week.

India has signed a purchase order with vaccine producer Serum Institute to procure AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine, a source said on Monday, the first step in one of the world's largest vaccination programmes against the novel coronavirus.

While it was “premature” to tell whether the province had passed its peak, the KZN health department had noted a slight decline in Covid-19 infections in the province.

The KZN health department says the situation at Wentworth Hospital was caused by staff absenteeism and the high number of patients requiring treatment.