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Private schools can open even if public schools dont, says deputy minister 20 January 2021 - 20:33 Basic education deputy minister Reginah Mhaule says private schools can go ahead and reopen for the academic year if they so wish. Image: Sandile Ndlovu Private and independent schools were well within their rights to resume their academic year, even while public schools have pushed back their reopening by two weeks because of the Covid-19 pandemic. This is according to ...

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has vowed to be vaccinated against Covid-19 "as soon as one becomes available".

Dont call it the SA variant, scientists and researchers plead Top researchers say new variant could have begun in any country, and could appear in any country, and labelling it “the South African variant” was unjust and damaging 19 January 2021 - 07:00 The new variant spreads 50% faster than its predecessor but is not more severe, researchers say. Image: 123RF/ktsdesign A group of South African and international scientists have taken a strong stand against call...

It’s official: the Western Cape has come off the peak of the Covid-19 second wave, with most indicators such as hospital admissions, positivity rate, oxygen usage and mortality either starting to decline or to plateau.

Latest deployment of soldiers costing SA R95m for just a month 19 January 2021 - 13:25 Soldiers patrol the streets of Alexandra in Johannesburg soon after the lockdown was announced. The latest deployment of soldiers for about a month under level 3 of the lockdown regulations will cost SA nearly R100m. Image: Alaister Russell The latest deployment of soldiers in SA streets for about a month under level 3 of the lockdown regulations will cost the country nearly R100m, th...

Health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said on Tuesday that the suspension of alcohol sales has helped in the fight against Covid-19.

The city is appealing for a change to the curfew in order to ensure longer trading hours.

For the first time since December 29, SA recorded fewer than 10,000 new Covid-19 cases in a 24-hour period.

For the first time in a number of weeks, health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize shared some good news in the country's fight against the second wave of Covid-19 infections.

Skip to main content Currently Reading Hospitals full. Thousands infected with coronavirus each week. San Antonio pays the price for failing to flatten the curve. FacebookTwitterEmail 1of9 Rosalinda Espinoza, 58, receives an infusion of antibodies to battle COVID-19 at the Freeman Coliseum complex on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. The infusion center is one way to avoid sending more patients to hospitals, which are close to being overloaded because of the coronavirus pandemic.Billy Calzada /Staff photo...