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Omicron Europe BA.4 BA.5
news

SA strains of Omicron labelled ‘variants of concern’ in Europe

Not sure if you have unclaimed R350 grants? Here is how to check
News

Not sure if you have unclaimed R350 grants? Here is how to check

Covid-19, regulations, Sakeliga, Cyril Ramaphosa, Joe Phaahla
News

Sakeliga threaten gov with more court battles over new health regulations

Omicron Europe BA.4 BA.5
News

SA strains of Omicron labelled ‘variants of concern’ in Europe

Not sure if you have unclaimed R350 grants? Here is how to check
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Not sure if you have unclaimed R350 grants? Here is how to check

Covid-19, regulations, Sakeliga, Cyril Ramaphosa, Joe Phaahla
News

Sakeliga threaten gov with more court battles over new health regulations

covid-19
Gauteng

COVID-19 latest: SA records 8 351 new confirmed cases, 3 deaths

By Corné van Zyl13-05-2022 19:09

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said three more deaths were recorded leaving the fatalities on 100 744.

COVID-19 delta
News

COVID-19: SA records 8920 cases and 8 deaths – 23,1% positivity

By Storm Simpson12-05-2022 18:17

South Africa added 8920 new cases on Thursday, 12 May. The country now has 73 724 active cases of COVID-19.

Rocking the Daisies
Music

Rocking the Daisies returns! Here’s everything you need to know

By Naledi de Wee12-05-2022 13:05

Following a two-year hiatus, one of SA’s most-anticipated music festivals, Rocking the Daisies, is back and will take place in October 2022.

Any connection between Hepatitis and Covid-19?
Health and Fitness

Is there any connection between Covid-19 and hepatitis in children?

By Agence France-Presse12-05-2022 07:00

WHO reports on Tuesday that there are 348 probable cases of acute hepatitis among children across 20 countries.

Kruger National Park to be upgraded
Travel

SA’s jewel of the wild: Kruger National Park to get R370m makeover

By Lorne Philpot11-05-2022 21:32

South African National Parks (SANParks) has launched a R370m upgrade programme in the Kruger National Park.

NICD covid-19
News

COVID-19: SA records 10 017 cases and 10 deaths – 25,3% positivity

By Storm Simpson11-05-2022 18:27

South Africa added 10 017 new cases on Wednesday, 11 May. The country now has 68 872 active cases of COVID-19.

zero-covid strategy in China
World News

China Vs WHO: Is China’s zero-Covid strategy sustainable?

By Agence France-Presse11-05-2022 16:49

While China imposed zero-covid strategy to combat pandemic outbreak by trapping people at home, WHO calls the strategy unsustainable.

Covid-19, Aspen, WHO
News

WHO abandons SA’s Aspen Covid-19 vaccine plant to closure

By Nathan Craig11-05-2022 16:28

WHO says they have enough vaccines and will not order from Aspen, although the plant will close after receiving no Covid-19 vaccine orders.

Switzerland drops all Covid-19 entry requirements
Travel

Welcome back! Switzerland now open to ALL

By Lorne Philpot11-05-2022 10:39

Switzerland has dropped all COVID-19 entry restrictions, allowing entry to all international visitors – vaccinated or non-vaccinated.

Permanent mask wearing social distancing new covid laws
News

COVID-19: Phaahla hits back at ‘armchair critics’ over health regulations

By Thabo Baloyi11-05-2022 05:00

Government has been widely criticised for the new COVID-19-related restrictions which were recently gazetted

COVID-19 Fifth wave test positivity
News

Fifth wave update: FIVE encouraging signs from SA’s latest COVID data

By Tom Head10-05-2022 10:47

The fifth wave of COVID may have caused a spike in cases, but underneath the surface, the data in South Africa doesn’t look too glum.

Zodwa Wabantu has been slammed for her reckless behaviour amid SA's fifth wave of Covid-19 infections
Celeb News

‘F**k Corona’: Zodwa slammed for sipping from fans’ beer bottles [watch]

By Megan van den Heever09-05-2022 12:53

Amid South Africa’s fifth wave of infections, Zodwa Wabantu bragged about drinking from multiple beer bottles belonging to fans.

Covid-19, fifth wave, lockdown
News

South Africa does not need a lockdown for fifth Covid-19 wave

By Nathan Craig09-05-2022 12:19

Experts believe South Africa’s approach to the Covid-19 pandemic without a lockdown is correct, some believe the world will follow suit.

Omicron Europe BA.4 BA.5
News

Covid-19 fifth wave has begun in SA, health dept too slow to announce it

By Nathan Craig09-05-2022 09:57

Leading experts say South Africa is in its fifth Covid-19 wave but the health department has been sluggish to make the announcement.

covid-19
Gauteng

COVID-19 latest: SA records 5 486 new confirmed cases, 7 deaths

By Corné van Zyl08-05-2022 20:12

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said seven more deaths were recorded leaving the fatalities on 100 523.

Covid-19
Gauteng

COVID-19 latest: SA records 8 524 new confirmed cases, 11 deaths

By Corné van Zyl07-05-2022 20:04

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said eleven more deaths were recorded leaving the fatalities on 100 561.

COVID-19 regulations, extended regulations, Government Gazette, Solidarity, Health Minister, Joe Phaahla, COVID-19 pandemic South Africa
News

Solidarity unhappy about COVID-19 regulations, plans legal action

By Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty06-05-2022 13:05

Trade union Solidarity has referred to the health regulations gazetted by Government as unlawful and irrational and is planning legal action.

SA’s new mask laws experts neglects news in a minute video
News

WATCH: SA’s new mask laws ‘do not make any sense’ [Video]

By Ramadhani Kusaga06-05-2022 11:26

Need your news quickly? Watch daily News in a minute videos from The South African YouTube page for all that you really need to know!

Mask laws
News

Top COVID expert says SA’s new mask laws ‘do not make any sense’

By Tom Head06-05-2022 09:31

The extended mask mandates in South Africa have upset a lot of people – including a top vaccinologist from Wits University.

Covid-19
Gauteng

COVID-19 latest: SA records 9 757 new confirmed cases, 7 deaths

By Corné van Zyl05-05-2022 18:39

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said seven more deaths were recorded leaving the fatalities on 100 471.

The department of health has revealed in a new statement that children must wear masks in schools
Lifestyle

Close call! Govt blames ‘human error’, retracts new SA schools’ mask rule

By Megan van den Heever05-05-2022 16:43

The Department of Health has cleared confusion around the extended COVID-19 regulations, stating that children MUST wear masks at school.

Cyril Ramaphosa, Aspen, Covid-19, Vaccine
News

Africa’s first Covid-19 vaccine plant owned by Aspen could close down

By Nathan Craig05-05-2022 14:07

President Cyril Ramaphosa is working with African presidents to save South Africa’s Aspen Covid-19 vaccine plant.

COVID-19 Fifth wave test positivity
News

COVID-19: South Africa’s fifth wave may have ALREADY ‘run out of steam’

By Tom Head05-05-2022 10:46

‘This is good news, for now’ – that’s according to one of SA’s leading COVID-19 experts, after he analysed the latest fifth wave data.

Wearing mask to protect each other against new jab of Omicron
Health and Fitness

TWO Omicron sub-variants driving spike in SA COVID cases – WHO

By Agence France-Presse05-05-2022 07:15

Two Omicron sub-variants of Covid-19 was first detected in southern Africa, spread globally, now the dominant variant accounting for new cases

ICYMI: Limited Covid-19 regulations announced minutes before previous ones expired
News

ICYMI: Limited Covid-19 regulations announced minutes before previous ones expired

By Corné van Zyl05-05-2022 07:00

Limited Covid-19 regulations were announced by the Minister of Health minutes before the previous ones expired on Wednesday evening.

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