More than 200,000 beneficiaries have been left hanging after grant payments lapsed at the end of last month.

Nearly 74,500 COVID-19 patients in Africa have died while more than 3.1 million coronavirus cases have been recorded.

The organisation said that nationally, more than 200,000 grant beneficiaries had been affected, after payments lapsed at the end of last month.

A collaborative study between SA, Kenya and London universities would also weigh up how COVID-19 presents in men compared to women.

Mayor Khanyile Maneli addressed the issue earlier on Wednesday morning, highlighting they won't be able to fork out salaries for February until June this year without the assistance from government.

Police Minister Bheki Cele said he's particularly concerned by the refusal of many to wear their masks, adding that 7,455 citizens had been apprehended since 29 December for endangering their own lives and those around them by refusing to cover up.

The city said that Kataza failed to integrate with his natal Slangkop troop in the Kommetjie area since his return on 12 November last year.

Dubbed the OxERA, its key components are an anaesthetics mask and an adjustable, mechanical PEEP valve.

Last month, Garden Route officials requested support from the SANDF because the virus cut a swathe through law enforcement officials in the area.

The suspects, who are aged between 24 and 37 years, were arrested in the town by the police's stock theft and endangered species unit this weekend.

Provincial health officials said coronavirus infections were rising in all the province’s districts.

The hospital group says it's looking for people with skills ranging from clinical to administrative.

Authorities are clamping down on the dispensing of the drug, which is used to treat and kill parasites in animals.

Around 53,000 beneficiaries in the Western Cape could not receive their grant payments this month, as temporary disability grants lapsed at the end of December.

Forty-nine-year-old Sister Cheryl Buys has spent the past 30 years nursing patients at the medical facility and now heads a ward dedicated to patients infected by the coronavirus.

The 59-year-old ocean rower, Zirk Botha, has been at sea for the past three weeks and is now well north of Walvis Bay.

This is according to South Africa’s largest health risk management service provider, Medscheme.

Dr Abhaya Karki said getting a vaccine for the country was a key step towards winning the fight against the pandemic.