Scores of social grant beneficiaries have been sleeping outside the South African Social Security Agency office in Raisethorpe, Pietermaritzburg for nearly two weeks, hoping to get a place close to the front of the queue.

The state capture commission will hear Eskom-related evidence from Acting Fuel Resources Senior Manager, Dr Ayanda Nteta.

The commission of inquiry into state capture has warned Jacob Zuma he must appear before it next week, regardless of whether the ConCourt has ruled on its urgent bid to compel him to answer questions.

Ivermectin, a parasiticide, has been getting attention as a possible Covid-19 treatment, but it has not been registered for human use.

The DA has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to provide more details after he announced that 20 million Covid-19 vaccine doses have been secured.

A 76-year-old man has appeared in Warrenton Magistrate's Court in the Northern Cape for the alleged rape of a 16-year-old girl.

It is alleged that the Tazz took a wide left turn after failing to stop at a stop sign.

Funerals have become a Covid-19 death trap and for now it is safer to stay at home, President Cyril Ramaphosa warned as he addressed the nation on Monday night.

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Four people have been arrested following a mob attack in which an 80-year-old woman was hacked with a hoe before being locked inside her home, which was set alight.

KwaZulu-Natal has recorded the most active cases with 93 376, followed by Gauteng with 50 501, and the Western Cape with 48 416.

KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane-Zulu says that the province's Covid-19 infections could be going down, but she would not say if they already peaked.

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Current Covid-19 lockdown restrictions are set to remain in place for another month, with a few adjustments

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday evening announced that South Africa will maintain Level 3 Lockdown.

President Cyril Ramaphosa says it is crucial to protect health services during the pandemic, which is why the alcohol sales ban will continue to limit trauma cases at hospitals.

The Special Investigating Unit has been granted an order to freeze the pension benefits of dismissed Agriculture Department CFO Jacob Basil Hlatshwayo.

The Gauteng Department of Agriculture has warned residents to be on the lookout for a hippopotamus roaming the Fourways area near the Jukskei River.

Leading funeral home Avbob has issued a public apology after one of their mortuary employees caused a body mix up, resulting in a grieving family burying a total stranger.

The health department in KwaZulu-Natal says several doctors and nurses at the Wentworth Hospital in Durban have been infected with Covid-19.