Health Minister Joe Phaahla has fanned the flames of conspiracy, after he openly mulled the possibilities of ‘controlling public behaviour’.

Who’d be a health minister? With the Omicron strain ripping through Mzansi, Joe Phaahla faced some tough questions about lockdown on Friday.

He’s only been in work for a few hours, but South Africa’s new Health Minister – Joe Phaahla – has made his stance on the AstraZeneca vaccine clear.

The Special Investigating Unit accuses Mkhize of unlawful and improper conduct in the controversial contract wants his family to repay just under R4m.

Constant load shedding, an absent health minister and the “birth” of decuplets no one can confirm. Has SA reached its “sell-by” date?

Japan appointed its first Minister for Loneliness in February 2020 after the country’s suicide rate increased for the first time in 11 years.

Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize has expressed concern over the rise in COVID-19 infections in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape

Here are some of the key outcomes from the virtual national conference on COVID-19, which took place on Friday, 31 July 2020.

The party claims members of Mkhize’s advisory committee have been treated with disdain

The United States remains the epicentre of the disease with over 1.3 million cases

British MP Nadine Dorries, who helped craft the legislation to fight the bug, is the first British politician to be diagnosed with the coronavirus.