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Mon, 01 Mar 2021 11:35:09 +0200Covid-19 in numbers: Get the latest figures
Your one place to get daily updates on coronavirus in SA.
Mon, 01 Mar 2021 11:33:57 +0200R1m house demolished after woman dumps lover
A four-bedroom house in Mpumalanga that was demolished following a bitter lovers’ tiff was in the process of being sold for just over R1m.
Mon, 01 Mar 2021 11:25:50 +0200Durban schoolgirl seriously injured in 'hit and run' incident
A 13-year-old Durban girl suffered severe injuries after an alleged hit-and-run incident in Sea View, south of the city, on Monday.
Mon, 01 Mar 2021 11:24:35 +0200Body of US golfer found drowned after searching for lost ball
A Florida golfer is believed to have drowned after falling into a golf club pond while looking for his lost ball, US police said.
Mon, 01 Mar 2021 11:06:46 +0200Sassa officials and 17 others in court for grant fraud
The Hawks have dismantled one of the biggest disability grant fraud and corruption syndicates to hit Sassa after the arrest of officials and undeserving beneficiaries in Limpopo.
Mon, 01 Mar 2021 11:03:36 +0200DNA results backlog delays justice
The backlog in DNA results in Mpumalanga is not only frustrating prosecutors and law enforcement agencies; it has also resulted in long-standing GBV and murder cases remaining unresolved.
Mon, 01 Mar 2021 11:00:26 +0200WATCH | 1,270 square kilometre iceberg breaks off in Antarctica
A giant iceberg, more than 20 times the size of Manhattan, split off from Antarctica's Brunt Ice Shelf, almost 10 years after scientists discovered the first cracks.
Mon, 01 Mar 2021 10:53:02 +0200Gqeberha? Did that really happen, ask Walmer township residents
Many Walmer township residents either don’t care or don’t know that Gqeberha - derived from their township’s Xhosa name - is Port Elizabeth’s new moniker, as reporter Michael Kimberley discovered.
Mon, 01 Mar 2021 10:50:40 +0200Health workers struggle to make ends meet as department fails to cough up their cash
Contract Covid-19 workers, who put their life lives on the line but have not been paid, have been shortchanged or not been compensated for overtime, are asking: “What about us?”
Mon, 01 Mar 2021 10:38:46 +0200Time to get illegal guns off our streets: New Western Cape top cop after spate of murders
After one week in office, Western Cape acting provincial police commissioner Maj-Gen Thembisile Patekile says the alarmingly high levels of serious violent crimes are driven by the proliferation of illegal firearms.
Mon, 01 Mar 2021 10:30:00 +0200Good move or a 'trap'? - SA reacts to level 1 lockdown
On Sunday, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the country would be moving to level 1 with immediate effect.
Mon, 01 Mar 2021 10:22:30 +0200Durban man bust for impersonating a police officer and robbery
A Durban man was arrested on Sunday after he allegedly posed as a police officer to rob a victim of cash and his cellphone.
Mon, 01 Mar 2021 10:19:56 +0200Lockdown level 1: Banks must police ATMs, old age home visits allowed and voting readiness set to resume
Despite an appeal from the industry, all banks and financial institutions have been ordered to ensure their ATMs provide hand sanitiser for users.
Mon, 01 Mar 2021 10:10:54 +0200Trump proposes new voting limits, rails against 'monster' voting rights bill
Former US President Donald Trump on Sunday laid out a variety of election proposals, such as limiting absentee voting and days when Americans can vote, in his first public speech after his stinging November 3 election loss.
Mon, 01 Mar 2021 10:00:00 +0200Netanyahu says Iran 'clearly' behind blast on Israeli-owned ship
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed Iran on Monday for a blast aboard an Israeli-owned ship in the Gulf but sidestepped a question on whether Israel would retaliate.
Mon, 01 Mar 2021 09:39:50 +0200Australia to boost spending on care for elderly after scathing report
Australia will increase spending on care for the elderly by A$452 million ($350.5 million) after an inquiry concluded that one in three people is receiving substandard care.
Mon, 01 Mar 2021 08:30:00 +0200Modi takes home-grown vaccine as India widens immunisation drive
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was inoculated with the first dose of a home-grown coronavirus vaccine on Monday, kicking off an expansion of the country's immunisation campaign that began in mid-January with health care workers.
Mon, 01 Mar 2021 08:15:00 +0200Myanmar protesters march again after bloodiest post-coup unrest
Protesters marched in Myanmar on Monday in defiance of a crackdown by security forces that killed at least 18 people a day earlier, as calls grew for a more united international response after the worst violence since a coup one month ago.
Mon, 01 Mar 2021 08:00:00 +0200Mexico's coronavirus tsar in hospital with Covid-19, as death toll nears 186,000
Mexico's coronavirus tsar has been hospitalised over the past five days for Covid-19 treatment but is recovering well, a health official said on Sunday, as the country marks the one-year anniversary of its first confirmed infection.
Mon, 01 Mar 2021 07:48:04 +0200Soweto churchgoers clash with police
Aggressive churchgoers allegedly damaged metro police patrol vehicles and injured two officers.
Mon, 01 Mar 2021 07:45:10 +0200Trump repeats election lie, declares himself future of the Republican Party
Former President Donald Trump on Sunday hinted at a possible run for president again in 2024, attacked President Joe Biden, and repeated his fraudulent claims that he won the 2020 election in his first major appearance since leaving the White House n...
Mon, 01 Mar 2021 07:00:00 +0200COVID-19 LIVE UPDATES | 'Told you guys': Malema on his prediction that SA would move from level 3 to level 1
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Sunday that SA would move to level 1 a few hours after Malema tweeted: 'I smell level 1.'
Mon, 01 Mar 2021 06:47:58 +0200Man arrested with lion bones at Krugersdorp home
A 37-year-old man is expected to appear in the Krugersdorp magistrate’s court on Monday for illegal possession of lion bones.
Mon, 01 Mar 2021 06:00:00 +0200WATCH | Covid-19 restrictions eased as SA moves to lockdown alert level 1
President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the nation on Sunday about the latest Covid-19 developments.
Mon, 01 Mar 2021 06:00:00 +0200NICD warns of rabies infections as dog owners defer vaccinations due to Covid-19
According to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) the pandemic may also have resulted in neglect of pet vaccinations too.
Sun, 28 Feb 2021 22:32:06 +0200Families wait as Nigerian security forces search for 300 abducted girls
Relatives of more than 300 girls abducted by gunmen from their boarding school in northwest Nigeria endured an agonising wait for news amid rumours that they had been released, while security forces continued their search on Sunday.
Sun, 28 Feb 2021 22:18:38 +0200Nigeria to take delivery of 3.92-million doses of Covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday
Nigeria expects to take delivery of 3.92 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday, the third West African country to benefit from the COVAX facility after Ghana and Ivory Coast, the government's coronavirus task force said on Sunday.
Sun, 28 Feb 2021 21:54:55 +0200Leak suggests Samsung is working on two new AR Glasses
The company has been toying with the idea of AR glasses for a few years now but has never unveiled anything that could be considered potentially game-changing in this space.
Sun, 28 Feb 2021 21:54:38 +0200SA just shy of 50,000 Covid-19 related deaths as 52 new fatalities recorded
SA recorded 1,168 new Covid-19 cases and 52 deaths in the past 24 hours, taking the country to the verge of a grim coronavirus milestone, the health department confirmed.
Sun, 28 Feb 2021 21:31:00 +0200IN FULL | Lockdown alert: SA moves to Covid-19 level 1
President Ramaphosa says SA has past the second wave peak, but urged vigilance as a third is ‘ever present’