Middle Eastern airline Emirates has signed an interline agreement with local private airline Cemair that opens up connections to six more destinations in South Africa.

Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Minister Thoko Didiza has called on workers in the agricultural and agro-processing sectors to go out in their numbers to get vaccinated.

Northern Cape schools have experienced a resurgence of Covid-19 infections over the past week.

The University of Fort Hare will suspend all academic programmes on Wednesday, in a day of mourning for murdered student Nosicelo Mtebeni.

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South Africa has recorded 10 748 new confirmed Covid-19 cases and 170 deaths, taking the death toll to 79 421.

EFF Student Command (EFF SC) members have vowed to protest at the court appearance of Fees Must Fall activist Bonginkosi Khanyile.

Various nature reserves and conservation areas in and around Cape Town are already showing off their new blooms - but with the flower viewing season lasting only for a short period, residents are being urged to visit nature reserves in the next month...

KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala has called for calm amid rumours of a national shutdown which have been circulating on social media.

Eastern Cape police are on the hunt for a 27-year-old suspect after the murder of an 82-year-old woman.

As Covid-19 cases in KwaZulu-Natal soared past the 4 000 new infection mark, Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane has warned against complacency and "Covid-19 fatigue".

A 28-year-old City of Johannesburg healthcare worker is expected to appear in the Booysens Magistrate's Court after he was arrested for allegedly selling fake negative Covid-19 test certificates for R500 a pop.

While recent research found that over 71% of South Africans are willing to take the Covid-19 vaccine, government has indicated its concern with increasing reports of vaccine hesitancy.

Former Pan Africanist Congress president Alton Mphethi is in trouble with the law again and has been ordered to repay R3 million stolen from the Mpumalanga education department.

Law enforcement agencies are on high alert to mitigate any lawlessness after threats circulated of a national shutdown on Monday.

Ivermectin hasn't been approved for Covid-19 treatment in humans, according to the FDA in the US, and a Wits professor agrees that there is no scientific evidence to support its use for humans.

Groote Schuur Hospital's board is not impressed with claims anti-Covid-19-vaccine demonstrators made during a recent protest.

Three children have died after they consumed rat poison in Bolata village in QwaQwa, Free State.

The Western Cape Department of Health says more than 50 000 people were vaccinated on Friday.

A new board game has been launched in the Cape Winelands and it teaches children about the measures necessary to fight the spread of Covid-19.