Eskom has announced that it will implement a conditional 1.5% basic wage increase from July 1.

As Covid-19 cases continue to rise across the country, the ministerial advisory committee has issued responses to questions about the coronavirus and vaccination process.

Acting Minister in the presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says government will always choose to save lives over livelihoods during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Sahpra's CEO said pharmaceutical companies looking to supply vaccines to SA must provide evidence of their effectiveness against the 501Y.V2 (B.1.351) Beta variant dominant in SA.

The SA Police Service will on Friday deploy officers to the EFF's march to the SA Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra) headquarters to demand vaccines for South Africans.

China's sweeping ban on cryptocurrency mining has paralysed an industry that accounts for over half of global bitcoin production, as miners dump machines in despair or seek refuge in places such as Texas or Kazakhstan.

A fire tore through a martial arts training centre in China's Henan province on Friday killing at least 18 people, local authorities said.

Only half of over-60s have registered for a Covid-19 vaccination, says the man in charge of the nationwide rollout.

Rescue crews picked through tons of rubble on Thursday looking for survivors after the collapse of part of an oceanfront apartment tower overnight near Miami, where officials reported at least one person dead and nearly 100 missing.

The Siberian tiger which killed a predator park employee in Gqeberha has been safely relocated to a big cat sanctuary in the Free State.

An Illinois man on Thursday became the first person charged for attacking journalists during the January 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of then-President Donald Trump.

Pfizer Inc said on Thursday it is pausing distribution of its anti-smoking treatment, Chantix, after finding elevated levels of cancer-causing agents called nitrosamines in the pills.

The virus that causes Covid-19 could have started spreading in China as early as October 2019, two months before the first case was identified in the central city of Wuhan, a new study showed on Friday.

The SA Revenue Service has announced it will be shutting all its branch doors from next week due to Covid-19.

A police constable was allegedly beaten and shot dead by her husband - a police sergeant - during an argument in Mpumalanga.

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Responding on whether, in his earlier testimony at the commission, where he admitted to being a racist was "in the present or past tense", Agrizzi said that he had since sought help and even visited Alexandra township in the pursuit of change.

SA’s financial regulator says its hands are tied in the alleged $3.6bn Bitcoin fraud at Africrypt because cryptocurrency is not yet a regulated product in SA.

NICD says that 16,078 new Covid-19 cases were identified across SA on Thursday, and 148 more people died.

The Nasrec Covid-19 field hospital will be reopened, Gauteng premier David Makhura said on Thursday.

Magashule’s counsel wants the court to declare ANC’s rule 25.70 unconstitutional

Gauteng premier David Makhura says the provincial government is working with the private sector and NGOs to boost healthcare personnel and bed capacity in the province.

A farming community about five hours’ drive north of Cape Town has closed its only food store and its school after residents agreed to a self-imposed stay-at-home order.

Gauteng premier David Makhura announced on Thursday that some blocks at Charlotte Maxeke Hospital which were untouched by a recent fire will reopen.

Public works officials are yet to suffer any consequences for their roles in alleged wrongdoing in the procurement of the R37m Beitbridge border fence.

Many people exposed to Covid-19 in Gauteng may not yet have reached testing centres, experts have warned.