Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA), Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has announced amendments to the regulations on the Covid-19 lockdown. Amongst these is the addition of spaza shops and informal food traders to operate with permission from a municipal…
Kagiso Modise couldn't bear to see his community go hungry so decided to do something about it.
As the younger generation flocked to cash pay points to receive their grants, it was the elderly and others who were disadvantaged. Many pensioners braved the long wait because they needed the money to guy groceries.
A new fleet of mobile sampling testing units are to be rolled out across South Africa this week in hopes that increased testing will curb the spread of the coronavirus disease COVID-19.
LIMPOPO-Elelwani Sigoba spent days looking for surgical or N95 masks at shops in Thohoyandou but they were completely out of stock.
Initiates in the province will have to wait for their traditional transition into manhood, as initiation schools have been put on ice for this year.
People with Covid-19 could be more infectious before the development of symptoms than during their actual illness, a new study finds. By: Bibi-Aisha Wadvalla
The North West is now closely monitoring Covid-19 patients and their contacts after a few could not be found at the addresses they shared.
It is vulnerable groups in society such as the elderly, poor, and unemployed who are most affected when global pandemics such as Covid-19 take place. But various sectors in the country have come together to lessen the impact.
More than one hundred South Africans are set to return to their homes following their evacuation from coronavirus epicenter Wuhan, and subsequent quarantine at the Ranch Hotel, outside Polokwane.
Some pensioners say they are complying with lockdown regulations because they know nothing about the coronavirus but would rather do what they are told.
The news that the University of Oxford has developed a coronavirus vaccine that appears safe and has triggered an immune response, is an encouraging step toward returning to normality. It also provides the opportunity to join forces to tackle the pandemic and highlight Africa’s scientific leadership writes Professor Kelly Chibale.
Breast-feeding protects new-borns from getting sick and continues to safeguard them throughout their infancy and childhood, but has this changed with the coronavirus?
During the coronavirus pandemic, the government has invested significantly in social relief grants to ease the burden on struggling households.
After the AstraZeneca vaccine proved ineffective against the new coronavirus variant, health workers will now receive the single-shot Johnson and Johnson vaccine. More vaccines will also arrive sooner than expected, the health ministry announced.
