The DA wants the Gauteng government to urgently make arrangements to ensure that all city ambulances are in operation as the province continues to dominate the daily COVID-19 infection numbers in the country.
The province has the highest cases of COVID-19 as the country is in the grips of a third wave.
Johannesburg, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni were running their own services before the Gauteng Health Department took over this function.
Several bans on liquor sales imposed since South Africa was placed under a state of disaster more than a year ago helped free up bed space in trauma units but hit the alcohol industry hard.
The US will be sending 300,000 Johnson & Johnson vaccines to South Africa as a matter of extreme urgency.
The DA claims the City of Johannesburg suspended its emergency ambulance service last week, because of vehicle insurance and medical supply problems.
Customs officers raided 22 shops in Kempton Park, Pretoria, and Johannesburg during a joint operation between the revenue service, the department of home affairs, and police this week.
It's understood the driver of a bakkie lost control of his vehicle after a tyre burst and his car collided with several other cars on the road.
The department has given an undisclosed number of diplomatic staff members and their families 72 hours to leave the country after they were found guiltily of peddling duty-free alcohol.
The South African Medical Research Council has called for the government to prioritise and improve emergency medical response.
Eyewitness News last year uncovered a duty-free alcohol ring run by Lesotho diplomats.
Concerns were raised about the risk of schools staying open as South Africa officially enters the third wave of infections.
The intermittent supply affected functioning at the hospitals, with staff simultaneously having to deal with the COVID-19 third wave and load shedding.
Charlotte Maxeke Hospital has been closed since April after a fire caused a section of the parking garage to collapse, rendering the entire facility unsafe.
As for the vaccines stuck at the Aspen Pharmacare plant in Gqebherha, the department said the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra) needed to assess those.
The province's weekly coronavirus update reported that 1,977 pupils in the province have contracted the virus across more than 2,000 schools.
The facility was among several affected by intermittent supply due to the power failure of two transformers essential to pump water.
Officials at the Johannesburg Emergency Services (EMS) said that they were concerned that appliances could become fire hazards if left unattended.
