Provincial head of Health, Dr Keith Cloete, said that there'd been a significant decrease in the number of active cases, hospitalisations and deaths.

One million doses will reach the country by the first week of February, while a further 500,000 are expected to be availed before the end of said month.

Provincial head of Health Dr Keith Cloete says infections have reduced by over 30% in just the last week

Police said their preliminary investigation shows that the baby died on 5 January.

The rebuilding of homes commenced two weeks ago, after a fire ravaged the area just days before Christmas.

Authorities said the two young girls and man were inside a wendy house, when bullets penetrated the wooden home.

According to the National Shelter Movement, the pandemic and subsequent lockdowns have seen the rate of abuse increase, with many shelters inundated with requests.

Three armed robbers held security at gunpoint on Sunday before robbing a guard and fleeing with personal items.

The Gelvandale community policng forum's Wayne Jaggers said that such crimes were becoming too common.

Two armed men broke into the victim's Motherwell home during the early hours of Sunday morning demanding that he give them liquor.

A security guard and a couple waiting for a patient outside the facility were threatened and robbed of their personal belongings.

The city is appealing for a change to the curfew in order to ensure longer trading hours.

Three suspects approached a man and his wife just after midnight, fleeing with three cell phones and an undisclosed amount of cash.

The City said many businesses barely scraped through the first round of lockdowns, with many now facing closure due to the reduced trading hours.

A total of eight suspects stand accused of her rape and murder.

The teenager was standing outside his house in Montague Village in Lavender Hill on when shots were fired.

Authorities were responding to a tip-off on Friday night about a house where illegal liquor concoctions were being sold.

This brings the number of the accused to eight following the gruesome death of Patronicia Jordaan whose body was found in a bush more than a week ago.