The chairperson of the ministerial advisory committee on Covid-19, Professor Salim S Abdool Karim, says the country needs a few more days before it can decide whether it should ease the lockdown.
South Africa’s rand firmed marginally on Thursday, with sentiment towards emerging markets broadly boosted by U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement on the signing of a trade deal with China, and on higher commodity prices.
WWE Live will return to South Africa in 2020 with events at Grand Arena GrandWest in Cape Town, at Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban and at Ticketpro Dome, Johannesburg.
Hundreds of asylum-seekers who have staged a sit-in protest outside the UN refugee agency in Pretoria for five weeks on Thursday barged into the premises, the agency said.
By Bheki Mngomezulu, The Conversation
Nigeria is a major player in West Africa while SA is a major player in the Southern African Development Community region. Sustained tensions would be to the detriment of both countries - and Africa as a whole, writes Bheki Mngomezulu.
“I am ill with progressive cancer, which can only get worse. My quality of life can only deteriorate. I do not wish for a protracted, disagreeable death… I have decided to die by inaction. And would like to make the following requests.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has deployed soldiers to assist in recovery operations in neighboring Mozambique, which has been badly hit by Cyclone Idai, News24 reports.
Durban - The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation - known as the Hawks - have arrested a woman who "fabricated" a murder plot involving deputy president David Mabuza last year.
