SA will move to lockdown adjusted level 2 from Monday. President Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday already confirmed that tighter restrictions were on the cards as SA enters its third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. He said there has been a…
President Cyril Ramaphosa has defended SA’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, saying while it led to economic contraction, countries who took fewer measures to curb the spread of the virus, suffered even bigger losses. He said this on…
The Special Tribunal on Friday granted an order interdicting the Eastern Cape health department from further implementing the controversial R10m mobile clinic scooter contract. The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) sought the order after…
TIMESLIVE Sipokazi Fokazi SA’s spirit of ubuntu, which emphasises the oneness of humanity, and decisive leadership may be behind the country’s success against the Covid-19 pandemic, says the country’s leading epidemiologist and infectious…
South Africa usually follows an electoral schedule of national and provincial elections taking place two calendar years before the municipal elections. The next municipal elections should be held in 2021, about 15 months after the…
Inmates serving time, students funded by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme and deceased people were among those who were fraudulently paid by the Unemployment Insurance Fund Covid-19 relief fund. Labour and employment minister…
Joy was written on the faces of water-starved villagers near Mthatha on Wednesday when clean water came out their taps for the first time in decades. In 2013, residents of Ntilini village in Lower Xhongora told the Dispatch that the last…
Five months into the Covid-19 pandemic, financial distress remains a concern among South Africans, with as many as 61% reporting a loss of income. This is according to the latest research results on the socio-economic impact of the…
On Monday August 24 2020, SA hit 150 days of lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic. We zoom back to March 27, when the country began its lockdown, and highlight significant moments over the next five months showing what South Africans…
Serena Williams believes the withdrawal of some of the world’s top tennis players from this year’s US Open amid the Covid-19 pandemic will not take the shine off a potential record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title for her. Six of the top…
Health measures are being considered by airlines as air travel has come to a standstill during the Covid-19 pandemic. All over the world airlines are restrategising their health and safety regulations to get travellers flying again during…
SA has all the ingredients to recover from the economic damage caused by Covid-19, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday, adding that recovery has to start now. Writing in his weekly newsletter, Ramaphosa acknowledged the severity of…
The sum of R58.4bn has been allocated to South Africa’s health budget, with R5.5bn going towards dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic. Health minister Zweli Mkhize tabled his department’s adjustment budget and policy statement on Thursday,…
As South Africans come to terms with the “new normal” brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced several regulations for several regulations under the nationwide lockdown. Ramaphosa announced on…
