The closure is effective from Monday.

Amid the unrest escalating violence and looting of shops, government has imposed a curfew in the country with immediate effect barring residents from leaving their homes between 6 pm and 5 am.

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases said the majority of new cases were in Gauteng, which accounts for 62% of new infections.

The parents staged a demonstration earlier today after the school's suspension of a black pupil who got into a fight with a fellow white pupil last week.

According to a short statement released by his office, the 97-year-old former statesman has not been feeling well and requested Zambians and the international community for prayers.

Fifty-one percent of SAA will be sold to a consortium, while the Department of Public Enterprises will own the other 49%.

This after the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) recorded 9,149 new cases in the last 24-hour cycle.

Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter was responding to allegations levelled against him by former Eskom chief procurement officer, Solly Tshitangano who accused him of racism and of not complying with procurement and recruitment policies.

Michael Lomas has been implicated in a R745 million corruption scandal involving the construction of the Kusile power station.

The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) wants the diversion of R2.7 billion rand originally earmarked for the business rescue of SAA, which will now be used to purchase equity in its subsidiaries, to be stopped.

The ANC spokesperson said suspended party secretary-general Ace Magashule could not act on his own to suspend the president.

In commemorating Freedom Day, President Cyril Ramaphosa paid homage to the women of the Free State who staged a massive campaign of defiance against the pass laws in 1913.

Anglican Archbishop Thabo Makgoba said that in view of the fragility of some of the country's health infrastructure, he was sceptical of how quickly the rollout would progress.

Makgoba was preaching at the Easter vigil at St George's Cathedral, in Cape Town on Saturday night.

One incident took place at the Sekanontoane Secondary School in Soweto, where an 18-year-old learner passed away on Tuesday after suddenly battling to breathe.

Magistrate Sipho Sibanyoni said that there'd been no evidence produced in court so far to prove that all four-accused pose as flight risks.

Acting provincial commissioner of KwaZulu-Natal, Major-General Thulani Gonya, said that the suspect was arrested on Saturday after an intensive investigation was conducted.

Ramaphosa delivered the eulogy following the king's interment in KwaNongoma in KwaZulu-Natal on Thursday.