Premier Sihle Zikalala said the health-care workers who were hired by the KZN government last year have helped reduce the death rate among Covid-19 patients.

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Pope Francis left Rome on Friday to start a four-day trip to Iraq, his most risky foreign trip since his election in 2012 and the first visit by a pontiff to the country.

Itumeleng Khune has been granted special leave to attend to his family, Kaizer Chiefs says.

A preliminary study conducted by the KZN Research Informatics and Sequencing Programme showed people previously infected with the new Covid-19 variant are immune from reinfection and possibly other circulating variants.

Despite a high-profile visit to China by a team of international experts in January, the world is no closer to knowing the origins of Covid-19, according to one of the authors of an open letter calling for a new investigation into the pandemic.

Ntuthuko Shoba remains in custody pending his next court appearance on March 25 for the indictment to be transferred to the high court.

The San Diego Zoo has made history as the first facility in the world to give non-human primates the Covid-19 vaccine, reports Al Jazeera.

A pregnant Soweto woman who allegedly stabbed her lover to death during a scuffle, says she only realised afterwards that the man was fatally wounded.

Scientists have spotted a planet orbiting a star relatively near our solar system that may offer a prime opportunity to study the atmosphere of a rocky Earth-like alien world — the type of research that could aid the hunt for extraterrestrial life.

Members of the Kenya Catholic Doctors Association have voiced their scepticism about the rollout of Covid-19 vaccines in the country, saying they believe vaccination against the coronavirus to be 'unnecessary'.

The second of three women who have accused New York Governor Andrew Cuomo of sexual misconduct rejected his public apology on Thursday, a response likely to ratchet up pressure on the embattled Democrat.

A powerful series of undersea quakes struck north-east of New Zealand on Friday, but tsunami waves that forced many people on the country's North Island to flee to high ground passed without causing substantial damage.

SA has climbed two spots on the Worldometers ranking of countries with the most Covid-19 infections following the move to level 1 lockdown earlier this week.

"If you want to talk about restoration, you can't say you are restoring the language of Xhosa using Gqeberha because it has no meaning," said Bhanga.

Walking is the most common mode of transport among South Africans, according to the 2020 National Household Travel Survey.

Tiger Woods told responding deputies to his single-vehicle crash last week that he did not know how the accident happened and didn't remember driving, USA Today reported on Thursday.

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the government will on Sunday lift a lockdown in the country's largest city of Auckland which was prompted by just one new case of the coronavirus.

Singapore's foreign minister said on Friday it was a “national shame” for the armed forces of a country to use weapons against their own people as he called on Myanmar's military rulers to seek a peaceful solution to the unrest in the country.

After two straight days of record Covid-19 deaths in Brazil, President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday told Brazilians to stop "whining" and move on.

Three gun-toting suspects were arrested after they allegedly fired their pistols and assaulted a motorist in Nyanga, Cape Town, on Thursday.

Thousands of businesses have struggled due to the impact of Covid-19 in SA since the first case was recorded a year ago, but grocery delivery apps scored.

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Bongani Bongo's acquittal is the final nail in the coffin for the efforts to get ANC leaders who stand accused of corruption or other serious charges to step back until their court cases are concluded, writes 'Vrye Weekblad'.

Fikile Mbalula described Karima Brown as a brilliant journalist and broadcaster, while Thuli Madonsela paid tribute to the journalist for her commitment to "necessary conversations".

With lockdown levels being eased to alert level one this week, the elderly in care homes are excited and happy at the prospect of being able to reconnect with their loved ones.

Boeremag member Dr Wilhelm Pretorius has failed in his court bid to get monthly three-hour conjugal visits with his wife.

This follows various complaints, including from UDM's Bantu Holomisa, said the SA Human Rights Commission.