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World facing 'catastrophic' moral failure on vaccines: WHO chief
WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus denounced the "me-first" attitude of wealthy nations and also blasted vaccine manufacturers for chasing regulatory approval in rich countries rather than submitting their data to the WHO to green-light vaccine use globally.
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CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: We need to work together to rebuild and transform our economy
In his first weekly letter for 2021, the president said for South Africa, as for most countries around the world, the year 2021 will be extremely challenging.
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DA threatens legal action against Ramaphosa over SA's vaccine rollout plan
The party said the few details on the vaccine strategy released by the minister of health are nothing but wishful thinking.
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Malawi imposes first lockdown measures as virus flares
To date, Malawi has recorded just 12,470 coronavirus cases and 314 deaths for a population of over 18 million.
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Lesufi: We are in the middle of a COVID-19 siege, schools cannot operate
Lesufi visited Helpmekaar Kollege in Johannesburg earlier following reports that the independent school would be operating on Monday in contravention of the new guidelines.
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South African brewers adapt to survive alcohol ban
Beer is the most popular alcoholic drink in South Africa, and some of the local manufacturers, who employ around 30,000 people, fear the industry may never recover.
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WATCH LIVE: Nzimande briefs media on opening of tertiary institutions
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande is briefing the media on the state of readiness of tertiary institutions to start the acaddemic year.
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ANALYSIS: Here’s how South Africa failed to get its act together on vaccines
Critics of the South African government argue that it has done too little too late to secure vaccines, and that it doesn't have a proper plan in place for rollout.
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Eskom can't blame COVID-19 for power cuts - Cosatu
Eskom said that COVID-19 was having an impact on operations, with 48 contractors infected at the Medupi power station alone.
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DA eyes legal action over govt's COVID-19 vaccine plan
Party leader John Steenhuisen will on Monday outline the court challenge.
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Fedusa calls for moratorium on retrenchments amid level 3 restrictions
The union said that while it welcomed the extended restrictions as a tool to curb the spread of the coronavirus, they were concerned about the effect on the tourism, personal care, entertainment and hospitality sectors.
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COVID-19: SA records 254 more deaths, pushing toll passed 37k mark
South Africa's recovery rate has increased slightly to 82% meaning just over 1,098,000 people have recovered so far.
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Lesufi to visit Helpmekaar College after reports it plans on reopening today
This is in contravention of the Basic Education Department's decision to postpone the opening of schools from 27 January to 15 February.
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3 Gauteng restaurant managers arrested for selling liquor under level 3 lockdown
Officers received information that two popular restaurants one in Sandton and the other in Silverton, Pretoria, were selling booze to customers against level 3 lockdown regulations.
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KZN authorities say they’ve started planning COVID-19 vaccine rollout
Government said it's secured over 20 million vaccine doses to be administered in the first half of the year.
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Fedusa calls for moratorium on retrenchments amid level 3 restrictions
The union said while it welcomed the extended restrictions as a tool to curb the spread of the coronavirus, they were concerned about the effect on the tourism, personal care, entertainment and hospitality sectors.
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SA funeral parlours consider buying coffins from neighbouring countries
With the country hit by a second wave of COVID-19 undertakers are seeing more and more bodies.
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‘We were broken’ – JHB family on how COVID-19 tore them apart after two deaths
The Khoza family lost two relatives in the space of just three weeks.
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China GDP grows at slowest pace in more than four decades in 2020
The 2.3% expansion is the lowest figure since the Chinese economy embarked on major reforms in the 1970s.
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Twenty-five more players in Australian Open quarantine
The players were on a flight from Doha to Melbourne on which one passenger, who is not one of the players, tested positive for coronavirus having tested negative before the flight.
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KZN COVID patients urged to present themselves early to reduce demand in ICU
KZN currently has the highest number of active coronavirus cases in the country at over 62,000.
