Updating the country on the COVID-19 vaccine drive, Acting Minister of Health, Mmamoloko Kubayi, said that at the current rate of vaccinations, the country was administering 1 million doses in four days. Kubayi also reiterated that people could not be forced to take the shot, saying that it was still 100% voluntary.
Acting Minister of Health, Mmamoloko Kubayi, said that while the number of new cases were on a downward spiral, government was concerned about the rise of COVID-19 infections in the Western Cape. Kubayi was updating the nation on the country’s infection rate and response to COVID-19 on 30 July 2021.
President Cyril Ramaphosa visited the Rabasotho Community Centre in Tembisa on 29 July 2021 to monitor how the vaccine rollout was proceeding. He said the progress made in the number of citizens who have chosen to get the jab could get the country to herd immunity soon.
Eyewitness News spoke to people whose livelihoods were stolen by the violence and who are searching for the means to start again and rebuild their businesses.
Former Ukhozi FM DJ Ngizwe Mchunu appeared in the Randburg magistrate's court on 28 July 2021 to apply for bail in his incitement case. It is alleged that Mchunu is one of the instigators of the violent looting and riots that took place in parts of Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal. The case has been rolled over to 29 July 2021. .
South Africa, like various parts of the world, has been on lockdown since the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak. Eyewitness News takes a look at the impact lockdowns have on children and their mental health now and in the future.
Nineteen suspects were apprehended following a shootout with police near Carnival Mall in Brakpan on 23 July 2021. Police said two other suspects and one SAPS member were also killed in the crossfire. It is alleged that the group was planning to carry out various robberies before they were caught.
Nineteen suspects were apprehended following a shootout with police near Carnival Mall in Brakpan on 23 July 2021. Police said two other suspects and one SAPS member were also killed in the crossfire. It is alleged that the group was planning to carry out various robberies before they were caught.
Following the unrest that swept through parts of Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal last week, acting Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said police had opened 42 cases of murder and 37 inquest dockets in Gauteng, while 171 cases of murder were opened in KwaZulu-Natal and 87 inquest dockets.
One of the alleged instigators of last week's violence and looting in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal, Ngizwe Mchunu, has been denied bail in the Randburg Magistrates Court. Mchunu, a former radio host, appeared briefly in court on 21 July 2021, two days after he handed himself over to police in Durban. #FreeZuma #ShutdownSA #NgizweMchunu
Following the violent looting and riots that gripped parts of Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal, President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the nation on 16 July 2021.
President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the nation on 16 July 2021 following a week of rampant looting in parts of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng. Ramaphosa said these activities were well-planned and deliberate attacks on the country and promised that instigators would be brought to book.
Family and friends of celebrated chef Lesego Semenya paid tribute to him at his funeral on 16 July 2021. Semenya, who has hosted various cooking shows and was the author of best-selling cookbook ‘Dijo’, lost his battle to COVID-19 at the age of 39.
Eyewitness News found food strewn across the streets and in various shopping centres that were affected by the violent looting and riots across parts of Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal in the last week.
In a wide-ranging interview with Eyewitness News, former Intelligence Minister Ronnie Kasrils said glaring socio-economic woes and a political agenda dating as far back as the 2005 firing of Jacob Zuma, when he was deputy president, were at play as South Africa continued to go up in flames.
In a wide-ranging interview with Eyewitness News, former Intelligence Minister Ronnie Kasrils said glaring socio-economic woes and a political agenda dating as far back as the 2005 firing of Jacob Zuma, when he was deputy president, were at play as South Africa continued to go up in flames.
In a wide-ranging interview with Eyewitness News, former Intelligence Minister Ronnie Kasrils said glaring socio-economic woes and a political agenda dating as far back as the 2005 firing of Jacob Zuma, when he was deputy president, were at play as South Africa continued to go up in flames.
Violence in Vosloorus has left Chris Hani Crossing completely looted and damaged. During the cross-fire between taxi drivers protecting the shopping centre and the looters, a teenager was shot and killed.
