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24 January 2021 - 09:43 By Reuters KLM on Saturday evening said it had reached a compromise in which flight crew on high coronavirus risk flights would take a rapid antigen test before departure from the Netherlands and after their return. Image: Reuters Dutch airline KLM will keep operating long-haul flights, including for vaccine distribution, after agreeing with the government on softer demands for returning aircrews to carry out rapid Covid-19 tests. The Dutch arm of A...

On an average weekend before the pandemic, Tshabalala said, he would make nothing  less than R1,500 but of late he does not make even a quarter of that. On an average weekday, he would make about R300. Now, he makes less than R50 and sometimes even goes home empty-handed. “Years are different, prices change every now and then, but right now there is no business any more. I have never seen something like this in my life.”  On Thursday afternoon, Tshabalala had only sold two ice-creams, f...

Anishca Morris died weeks after being admitted with Covid-19 at the Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town. Image: Supplied She will never share a mother and daughter bond. She will never get see her child smile, cry, or hear the words “mommy”. The closest Anishca Morris came to her newborn daughter Azariah was through pictures on her cellphone. Before she closed her eyes forever, Anishca called her mother and said: “Mommy, if I don’t make it out of here, just remember I...

SA recorded 12,710 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, after two consecutive days of fewer than 10,000 new infections.

Social media hype over unproven Ivermectin is irresponsible — experts Effective doses of the drug would have to be 100 times those in the studies and would be highly toxic for Covid-19 patients 21 January 2021 - 06:57 Experts at a seminar on Thursday were adamant that Ivermectin would not be authorised until sufficient data proved it to be safe and effective at the doses needed to combat Covid-19. They warned of side-effects including blindness. Image: 123RF/LEIGH A...

Different political parties have paid tribute to the late minister in the presidency Jackson Mthembu who succumbed to Covid-19 related complications on Thursday.

Mkhize’s statement comes as many liquor industry players, including SA Breweries, the Liquor Traders Formation and Craft Brewers Association SA, have called for the ban to be lifted, citing that it was causing financial devastation. Proposals have been made to the government to lift the ban on liquor sales and distribution under level 3 lockdown. On social media, users aired their frustrations about the liquor ban, with many saying it was “unjustifiable”. Here is a snapshot of some reacti...

Restaurants lay bare their realities in SABs fight against booze ban 20 January 2021 - 06:30 By Franny Rabkin Several restaurants have laid bare in court papers the difficulties they are having because of the clampdown on alcohol sales. Image: 123RF/BRENT HOFACKER Popular Johannesburg eatery The Local Grill will be unable to keep its doors open beyond the end of January if the alcohol ban continues, its owner Steven Maresch said in court papers on Tuesday. Maresch’s ...

9 people arrested after alcohol worth R600k seized in Cape Town Crime intelligence operatives and Anti-Gang Unit members had been probing allegations of illegal liquor trading involving a Paarl farm and a premises in the Airport Industria area for some time. All arrested suspects are expected to appear in the Bishop Lavis court on Wednesday, 20 January 2021. Picture: SAPoliceService/Facebook 70 days ago CAPE...

The Nasrec field hospital will be used to ease the pressure in Gauteng as the province continues to see an increase in patients who require hospitalisation because of Covid-19 complications.