Merck, the original manufacturer of ivermectin, has said there is not enough data available to support the use of the medication for Covid-19 patients.

Facilitator Mzwandile Masina has also revealed that a meeting between President Cyril Ramaphosa and former president Jacob Zuma is on the cards.

Four people have been arrested and an assortment of suspected stolen groceries recovered in a shop and a truck trailer.

Three men have been arrested after a hijacking and shootout with KwaZulu-Natal police.

Over half of the train cancellations and 13.6% of train delays are due to shortages of serviceable rolling stock, according to Prasa's most recent annual report.

A 53-year-old man has been handed an effective 10-year sentence in the Bloemfontein Regional Court after being found guilty of fraud, impersonation and perjury.

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Motorists in the North West have been urged to avoid the N18 between Vryburg and Taung after it flooded.

The housing drama in the Western Cape has heated up with Good Party secretary-general Brett Herron accusing the provincial government of lying about inner city housing developments in Cape Town.

Tlou Joseph Ledwaba has launched To Walk a Child, a campaign geared at collecting school shoes for needy children in Mfuleni, Cape Town.

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South Africa has recorded 3 751 new Covid-19 infections, along with 261 new Covid-19-related deaths, taking the confirmed death toll to 45 605.

A big survey has found widespread oxygen shortages throughout the country, with projects halted and metals companies rationing what they have.

Africa's worst-infected country may be over the peak of a deadly second wave of coronavirus, but a surge in patient numbers in recent weeks has left nurses drained.

The Department of Correctional Services has labelled a recent statement by Popcru about the national commissioner of correctional services, Arthur Fraser, as reckless.

Ramaphosa was responding to a legal challenge by South African Breweries and others to a recent ban on the sale of alcohol.

Just days after traditional doctors complained they were being sidelined by the government with regard to the vaccine rollout, Deputy President David Mabuza called a meeting with traditional and inter-faith leaders.

South Africans looking to travel abroad are running out of airline options, with only two candidates outside of the African continent.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has assured the private sector that the government will continue to play its part as the sector pledged millions of rands in donations to the gender-based violence and Femicide Response Fund.

Health authorities are increasingly concerned about the number of people who remain sceptical about being vaccinated.