Inciting someone to attend a gathering is now also a criminal offence in South Africa.

South Africa’s lockdown regulations are tightening amid concerns that a new variant, called Delta, could drive a surge of infections during the country’s third wave.

Opposition parties have criticised the Presidency after President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a move to Adjusted Level 4 restrictions.

President Cyril Ramaphosa had a veiled message for EFF leader Julius Malema when he came to the defence of the Sahpra, which has been under pressure from the red berets to approve Covid-19 vaccines from China and Russia.

The new regulations for the Level 4 lockdown, which was announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday night, have been gazetted, and many businesses must close their doors today.

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South Africa has received more than 2.6 million doses of the Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccines, President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced.

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President Cyril Ramaphosa has increased lockdown restrictions for the next 14 days and has warned of the "devastating” Delta variant of the virus that causes Covid-19, which is likely to become the dominant strain in the country.

A former SADF soldier has been arrested after several rifles and rounds of ammunition were found at his farm in Berlin in the Eastern Cape.

The third wave seems set to be worse than the first two, says President Cyril Ramaphosa, but Alert Level 4 is very different from the measures imposed before.

South Africa has recorded 15 036 new Covid-19 cases and 122 more deaths, bringing the death toll to 59 900.

Two accidents on the N4 near Mbombela have claimed the lives of seven people.

State Security Deputy Minister Zizi Kodwa is expected to testify with regard to allegations of money he received during his time as ANC spokesperson.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has moved the country to alert Level 4 lockdown, with stricter restrictions from Monday.

The procedure was conducted by the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital's radiation oncology unit, led by Dr Duvern Ramiah.

Police tracked the men down to a shack in Khayelitsha on Thursday afternoon, where they rescued the 47-year-old businessman.

A total of 288 eligible medical graduates are waiting to be placed.

Residents of the Western and Northern Cape provinces have been warned to prepare for a very cold and wet week.

The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) on Sunday announced that it is ready to begin vaccinating all of its 138 828 inmates.