With experts sounding the alarm on a possible second spike in coronavirus transmissions, public hospitals are confident they’ll be better prepared.

The ANC said the situation in Zimbabwe is a crisis that requires national attention, which warranted party members to travel to a meeting with the governing ZANU-PF using state resources.

It is alleged that six armed men entered a shop on Monday morning where they held employees at gunpoint.

The two briefly appeared in the Randburg Magistrates Court on Monday morning relating to an incident that happened at the funeral of struggle icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela in 2018.

COVID-19 Ministerial Advisory Committee chairperson Professor Salim Abdool Karim said although this was now a new phase in which South Africans would need to learn how to live with COVID-19, certain events should still be treated with extreme caution including large gatherings.

According to the Health Department, 15,447 people have died after contracting the virus since March.

Professor of Vaccinology at Wits University, Shabir Madhi, said that some sectors of the population could have developed immune cells.

Funeral parlour directors are demanding that the outsourcing of mortuary facilities be recognised and legalised, among other things.

The ANC has been accused of abusing state resources after its delegation touched down in Harare this week on the South African Air Force jet for a meeting with Zanu-PF.

Capitec spokesperson Charl Nel said that they were in the process of reversing the double withdrawal and cardholders would be reimbursed within 24 hours.

In 2019, Mandy Silva’s case received new attention from the police’s family violence unit when EWN placed the spotlight on what appeared to be a cold case.

A Defence Ministry spokesperson is quoted as saying that the ANC meeting in the neighbouring country 'happened' to coincide with Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula's plans to travel there, so she gave her colleagues a lift.

The council singled out Bongani Bongo and Zandile Gumede who are before for the courts facing corruption charges; while Lungisa has been convicted of assault.

Eskom said that four generating units had been impacted, putting further strain on the system for the next 24 hours.

The 92-year-old human rights' veteran died on Wednesday.

The NGO said that since January it had been inundated with calls, messages, and online communication from desperate people seeking help and advice.

The utility said it was taking action to address overloading on the network and to recover lost revenue caused by illegal connections.

The latest GDP figures showed the economy contracted by 16.4% in the first and second quarter this year.