Western Cape’s second-wave Covid-19 tsunami dries up to a trickle
Two-and-a-half months after the second wave of Covid-19 started to take off in the Western Cape, a host of statistics on Thursday suggested it is rapidly receding.
Continue reading →WHO says vaccine makers working non-stop to plug supply gap, urges patience
The World Health Organization’s Europe director Hans Kluge said on Thursday vaccine manufacturers were working non-stop to plug shortfalls in supplies to countries struggling to contain the Covid-19 pandemic and urged them not to jostle for deliveries.
Continue reading →KZN premier hails late husband of finance MEC Nomusa Dube-Ncube as a business pioneer
Sihle Zikalala has described Sibusiso Ncube, the late husband of finance MEC Nomusa Dube-Ncube, as an “asset” to the province and a pioneer in the business world.
Continue reading →SACP in KZN says vaccine rollout is shrouded in ‘secrecy and uncertainty’
The Moses Mabhida branch of the SA Communist Party in KwaZulu-Natal has chastised the government for what it called “secrecy and uncertainty” on the Covid-19 vaccine rollout strategy and plan.
Continue reading →Process to appoint National Youth Development Agency board to be restarted
Parliament is set to restart the process to recruit a new National Youth Development Agency board due to what it says was the questionable process followed in recommending people last year.
Continue reading →Budget woes mean SA doctors are jobless while hospitals battle Covid-19
While Michelle Cerfontyne was completing her medical training last year, the Covid-19 pandemic overwhelmed SA’s understaffed public hospitals, so the young doctor thought she would get a job easily.
Continue reading →Musica shuts its doors after 29 years
Clicks Group said on Thursday it had decided to close its Musica entertainment business due to the shift to digital consumption of music, movies and games, exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Continue reading →WATCH | ‘Cold-hearted’ Table Mountain killer sentenced to two life terms
Judge Judith Cloete slapped Blessing Bveni with two life sentences in the Cape Town high court on Thursday morning for the murders of a hiker and cyclist in 2018.
Continue reading →Islamist convicted of beheading US journalist Daniel Pearl to go free, victim’s family in ‘shock’
Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the release of an Islamist convicted of beheading US journalist Daniel Pearl, a decision that has left his family in “complete shock”, lawyers said.
Continue reading →Eastern Cape set to train 571 inoculators for vaccine rollout
And the provincial health department is investigating the costs and evaluating potential sites where vaccinations will be carried out.
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