The executive director of the Wits Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit, Professor Shabir Madhi, said that an updated analysis of the Novavax vaccine trial in South Africa showed vaccine efficacy of 55.4% against mainly mild COVID-19 among HIV-negative trial participants.
The report revealed that 2,554 patients were treated at 37 rehabilitation centres for tik, cannabis, alcohol and heroin addiction between July and December 2019.
Shannon Caswell (29) has been off drugs for four years and has fulfilled a lifelong dream of launching a clothing line called STETS.
The protesters who wore black said that this was a sad day for students.
Protest against police brutality have reached Cape Town after one fatality during the Wits University protest
The president of the Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Jacques Moolman, said that many people were still experiencing the effects of COVID-19.
The Space Weather Centre in Hermanus will monitor the sun to provide early warnings and forecasts on space weather conditions.
The City of Cape Town said that it had completed a feasibility study into the project that included upgrades to roads, as well as business and residential sectors in Bellville.
Officials recovered the ammunition that was left unattended.
MEC Sharna Fernandez said by 24 February, the social security agency managed to process 16,569 applications, which left a further 31,000 still in limbo.
AmaBhaca chief Thandisizwe Madzikane Diko II passed away at the age of 43, at an East London hospital last week, following a short illness.
The Restaurant Association has thanked government for extending the curfew, saying restaurants will now begin to make up for losses, however, the Southern African Alcohol Policy Alliance remained worried that the alcohol ban could return.
A 13-year-old was shot and killed, while three other teenagers were wounded in the drive-by shooting in beacon valley, on Thursday evening.
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni confirmed this week that provision had been made by Treasury to extend the R350 grant for unemployed people until April this year.
Last month, police used water cannons on disability grant applicants at the Bellville Sassa office in Cape Town, in a bid to enforce COVID-19 safety protocols.
On Wednesday, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni announced the multi-billion rand investment to help hundreds of small businesses in townships and rural areas.
The report will be available next week Monday.
The organisation has criticised the low increase in social grants.
