Coronavirus pandemic slows across globe for fourth week in a row

The Gauteng Premier was speaking at the funeral service for the late Mayor of Johannesburg, Jolidee Matongo, on Friday.

Police arrested the suspect on Wednesday, almost a week after 21-year-old Asiphe Mdodana was found dead in the man’s Eastern Cape home.

Addressing the virtual nationwide celebrations on Heritage Day, President Ramaphosa said citizens should use this period to reflect on what defined them as South Africans.

Young people turned out in their numbers on a sunny Heritage Day afternoon to highlight the issue of climate change.

In Pennsylvania, authorities have limited the sale of certain brands to two bottles per person per day since September 17.

Toll of coronavirus infections and deaths worldwide and in worst-affected countries based on AFP tallies, as of 24 September at 1000 GMT.

In KwaZulu-Natal the IFP is out on the hustings on Friday and its youth brigade is banging the drum for youth participation.

The 39-year-old Ethiopian came within just two seconds of Eliud Kipchoge's current men's world record of two hours, one minute and 39 seconds when he won the 2019 Berlin Marathon, the last time the race was held in Germany's capital due to the pandemic.