At least 45 people have lost their lives during devastating rains that have battered KwaZulu-Natal‚ leaving destruction in their wake since Sunday. In a statement on Tuesday‚ co-operative governance and traditional affair MEC Sipho…
Two members of the same family were killed by lightning in KwaZulu-Natal on Friday. A survivor of the lightning strike in Nongoma, 300km north of Durban, was taken to hospital, co-operative governance and traditional affairs MEC Sipho…
During the extended provincial coronavirus command council meeting on July 12, Premier Lubabalo Oscar Mabuyane sent his condolences to all those who are suffering or have passes away from the current Covid-19 pandemic. “Today marks the…
SA recorded its 3,026th Covid-19 fatality on Saturday, just 99 days after the first death was reported in the country on March 27. In a statement, health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize confirmed the grim milestone. He said that there were 3,026…
SA will soon hit 20,000 cases of Covid-19, as the number of confirmed cases climbed by more than 1,100 in the past 24 hours. In a statement, health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in SA has climbed to…
SA has had more than 50,000 deaths that are not related to Covid-19 since the lockdown was announced. This is according to a home affairs presentation made to parliament’s home affairs portfolio committee. It showed that a total of 50,356…
Gauteng has recorded 2‚343 Covid-19 cases‚ with 1‚671 recoveries and 26 deaths. According to the provincial health department‚ out of a total of 10‚631 contacts traced (those who were in contact with people who tested positive for…
Nine out of 10 new Covid-19 cases are from Western and Eastern Cape TIMESLIVE Another 14 South Africans have died of Covid-19, bringing the national death toll to 261, health minister Zweli Mkhize said on Saturday night. Western Cape has…
Demographic information released for the first time shows that 58% of the 123 South Africans killed by Covid-19 are men. The biggest group of people to have died are in the 60-69 age group, health minister Zweli Mkhize said on Saturday.…
Thirteen more South Africans have died of Covid-19 and there are now 5,951 cases in the country. This means that there was an increase of 304 cases in the last 24 hours, and the death toll has now climbed to 116. The 13 deaths were of…
Fourteen more people have died from Covid-19 in SA, the health ministry confirmed on Thursday. In what is the single biggest jump in the number of deaths since the outbreak in SA, minister Dr Zweli Mkhize confirmed that the country’s…
A 57-year-old man from Gauteng died in the intensive care unit at the weekend, becoming SA’s 27th Covid-19 death. But what was worrying for health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize, who was speaking on Monday evening, was that “we don’t have…
There are now 24 confirmed deaths linked to Covid-19 in SA, half of them in KwaZulu-Natal. Health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize made the announcement in Durban on Friday afternoon. He also announced that there were now 2,003 confirmed Covid-19…
As at today, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases is 1686. This is an increase of 31 from the previously reported cases.The provincial breakdown is as follows: GAUTENG 713 WESTERN CAPE 462 KWAZULU – NATAL 257 FREE STATE 89 EASTERN…
Only one person has died from Covid-19 in SA, the health ministry said on Friday night. Earlier, the department said that two people had died: a 48-year-old woman and a 28-year-old woman. However, health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize admitted…
