President Ramaphosa will deliver keynote address to mark this year's Women's Day, under the theme is ‘Gender equality: realising women's rights for an equal future’.

The health ministry announced the deaths of 306 more people after they contracted the coronavirus. This pushes the national toll for COVID-19 related fatalities to 9, 604.

Three people sustained mild to moderate injuries and had to be extracted from their car in a process that took about an hour.

Pressure is mounting on the South African government to say something significant about the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Zimbabwe.

The three Zimbabwean-born nationals failed in their attempts to hold a protest march in the Namibian capital.

The UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres has urged the government to allow people to express themselves and gather in line with Zimbabwe's human rights obligations.

The health ministry has confirmed more than 8,000 new infections over the past 24-hour cycle, which brought the number of known cases in this country – since March – to almost 530,000.

While Ramaphosa has sent South Africa's message of solidarity to the people of Beirut, he's made no mention on the situation unfolding in Zimbabwe.

On Tuesday, the health ministry announced that 345 more deaths had been recorded in the last 24-hour cycle, bringing the total tally to 8, 884.

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday said ‘rogue Zimbabweans’ were working with foreign detractors to scupper government’s work.

In an address carried by 'The Chronicle' on Tuesday morning, Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa said his leadership had the responsibility to provide stability in the country.

The retailer also blamed COVID-19-related costs for the decline in headline earnings per share, which is the main profit measure in South Africa that strips out certain items.

More than 60 people have been handcuffed so far, while more arrests still being carried out following an attempt to hold an anti-government protest against President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week.

The counrty's coronavirus death toll now stands at 8,539 after 173 more deaths were reported in the last 24-hour cyle.

Busisiwe Mkhwebane's office also said 450 people have approached the chapter 9 institution, complaining that they were unfairly denied the monthly R350 special social relief grant.

The expected move to cancel the five-year contract and seek supplies directly from oil refineries comes as Eskom boss Andre de Ruyter seeks to cut expenses.

The request relates to her alleged involvement in a multi-million rand tender for personal protective equipment.

The African National Congress (ANC) has come under fire for breaching its own lockdown rules at a time when ordinary South Africans are having to obey them.