Covid-19 has claimed the lives of tens of thousands of South Africans, and the numbers are climbing as infections spiral.

Wits University, in partnership with the University of Pretoria and global scientists, has artificially infected mosquitoes with human malaria and identified a new chemical compound to treat the disease.

'The NCCC was deeply concerned about the pressure on health-care facilities'

Bhisho's ambitious plan to roll out Covid-19 vaccines includes using half of all schools in the province as vaccination centres - a move that has already been labelled “bizarre”.

It wants to give 3.7 million people the vaccine, with 200,000 health-care workers — both in the public and private sector — targeted as part of phase one.

Andile Gova, an expatriate nurse at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in the US who received his first dose of the Moderna vaccine on December 21, said he was kept for 15 minutes for medical observation.

"Should any further breakdowns occur, the stage of load-shedding may change at short notice."

The Information Regulator says it will analyse the revised WhatsApp privacy policy to assess whether its terms of service are in compliance with the Protection of Personal Information Act.

Tributes are being shared after the death of agricultural policy influencer Prof Mohammad Karaan on Wednesday.

The most popular municipal Muslim cemetery in Cape Town has run out of space due to Covid-19.

China reported its biggest jump in Covid-19 cases in more than 10 months as infections in northeastern Heilongjiang province nearly tripled, underscoring the growing threat ahead of a major national holiday when hundreds of millions of people usually...

South Korea's top court upheld on Thursday a 20-year jail sentence for former President Park Geun-hye on graft charges that led to her downfall, bringing an end to the legal process and so for the first time raising the possibility of a pardon.

Illegal or unwanted firearms, firearm parts and ammunition can be surrendered to the police without fear of prosecution until January 31.

As schools prepare for the 2021 academic year, the Competition Commission has vowed to take action against those not complying with the Competition Act and guidelines regarding procurement of uniforms and learning materials.

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Cape Town firefighters have rescued a puppy stuck in a sewer pipe.

Nearly 1,700 abandoned Cape cormorant chicks were rescued from Robben Island during a two-day joint operation between various marine and wildlife stakeholders.

The AU Union has secured a provisional 270 million Covid-19 vaccine doses from manufacturers for member states to supplement the COVAX programme, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Wednesday.

The ANC Youth League's Gauteng Crisis Committee is calling for the "immediate arrest" of their compatriots who had shared false coronavirus information.

A failure by revenue service Sars has left citizens perplexed as to why the tax collector failed to find a solution to a glitch in online software that was tipped by its manufacturer to be discontinued on January 12.

A majority of the House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to make Donald Trump the first US president ever to be impeached twice.

SA recorded 806 new Covid-19 related deaths in the past 24 hours, its highest ever single-day deaths so far.

Health advocacy organisation African Alliance has filed a formal complaint with the Judicial Services Commission against chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng.

Two male nurses, aged 40 and 45, from private hospitals in Durban were arrested and charged for fraud and theft after stealing a credit card from a businessman who was on his death bed at St Augustine's Hospital.

The SABC has dismissed claims that it will be closing down its radio services, particularly African-language stations.

A clandestine operation by a number of specialised policing units led to the discovery of drugs worth more than R100,000 near the home of slain alleged drug kingpin Teddy Mafia.

The US House of Representatives on Wednesday began debating legislation to impeach President Donald Trump for the second time of his presidency.

The first week of 2021 produced an all-time record number of deaths in SA, the Medical Research Council said on Wednesday.

A woman has been killed and her child is critical after an accident on the N2 near uMdloti, north of Durban, on Wednesday.

Cuban health experts based at  KwaZulu-Natal's Covid-19 facilities have been instrumental in the fight against the pandemic in the province, health MEC Nomagugu Simelane-Zulu said.