Coronavirus
'COVID is a real killer': CT boy (8) urges compliance after family's ordeal
Connor McKenzie (11), his two younger brothers, Carter (8) and Callum (5) and their parents contracted the virus during the second wave in February.
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Fiji's virus spike 'wake-up call' for Pacific Islands: Red Cross
Fiji's two largest hospitals have been converted into dedicated COVID-19 facilities, with cases doubling every nine days since a second wave began in April.
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After COVID-19, could the next big killer be heatwaves?
Earlier climate models suggested it would take nearly another century of unabated carbon pollution to spawn heatwaves exceeding the absolute limit of human tolerance.
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Cosas condemns group for halting classes in parts of Soweto, West Rand
The group believed to be part of the formation went to learning facilities at both high and primary levels and instructed pupils to leave, citing an increase in the number of COVID infections in Gauteng
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Sadtu in KZN accuses education dept of 'shabby planning' for vaccine drive
The union said that information gathered from regional leaders suggested that districts were not at the same level of readiness and it expected chaotic scenes to play out in some parts of the province on Wednesday.
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Gauteng teachers anxious over COVID third wave but excited to get their jabs
With government's national program moving at a snail's pace, concerns have been raised about the rapid rise in COVID-19 infections in the province and schools remaining open.
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No booze, no autographs: Tokyo 2020 unveils fan rules with a month to go
Once inside, they are forbidden from cheering or "making direct contact with other spectators" and will be asked to go straight home after events end.
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Zimbabwe govt postpones opening of schools as COVID-19 infections rise
The decision to delay the opening won't be popular as schools have only been open for around three months this year. And there are concerns for those who were supposed to begin writing public exams in October.
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Ramaphosa says NCCC to meet soon as pressure mounts to tighten lockdown
President Cyril Ramaphosa said that he was deeply worried about rapidly increasing COVID-19 infection rates, particularly in Gauteng.
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Gauteng Education Dept urges Cosas to allow pupils to attend schools
Eyewitness News understands that some members of the group in Gauteng recently forced hundreds of children out of schools in Soweto and in Kagiso on the West Rand while teaching and learning was in session, amid increasing COVID-19 infections.
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Gauteng Education Dept increases vaccine sites for teachers to 62
The department said that teachers would be told by their principals where to report and at what time.
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Final prep under way for Gauteng education sector employees to get COVID vaccine
Teachers and staff will receive their COVID-19 shot in a two-week push to administer over half a million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in the vulnerable schools' sector.
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COVID-19 jab should've come much earlier for education sector, say some teachers
From Wednesday, teachers and school staff in most parts of the country will be inoculated while those in the Western Cape will have to wait until Friday.
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SA sees spike in COVID-19 fatalities as 297 deaths reported
The latest grim loss of life takes the national death toll to 59,092.
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We never thought they won't come back: Woman on losing her grandparents to COVID
It was on 25 May, when Nicole Williams, her aunt and grandparents, tested positive. Later that same day, her grandmother, Sabina, lost her battle with the virus, while her grandfather, William, died 16 days later.
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Ramaphosa concerned as COVID-19 ‘catastrophe’ unfolds in Gauteng
The country is in the grip of the third wave of COVID-19 infections, with numbers steadily ramping up in recent weeks.
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Cosas condemns some members pulling kids out of schools over COVID-19
Eyewitness News understands a group belonging to the student organisation went to two primary schools and two high schools in Kagiso, telling children to go home.
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Tourism boost for Zimbabwe as Qatar Airways to launch flights to Harare
Having a new airline flying to Harare will be welcomed by Zimbabwe's tourism sector.
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COVID-19 chaos disrupts England and Scotland at Euro 2020
England are behind the group-leading Czechs on goal difference and must win to ensure they finish in first place.
