South Africa administered 265 484 COVID-19 vaccine doses on Thursday, pushing the total number of vaccines that have been given so far to 11 648 851. In addition, the Health Department said 144 068 people were fully vaccinated in the last 24 hours. Of…

The KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Executive Council has approved the extension of contracts for staff appointed at COVID-19 sites for a further six months to help fight the third wave and potential fourth wave.The Executive Council took the decision to reta…

The Department of Employment and Labour has welcomed the arrest of a bookkeeper accused of swindling the Unemployment Insurance Fund COVID-19 Temporary Employer-Employee Relief Scheme (TERS) of R11.1 million.The department in a statement said the 39-ye…

Swift police action has led to the arrest of seven suspects in connection with the recent callous murder of senior Gauteng Department of Health finance official, Babita Deokaran.The breakthrough in the case was on Friday confirmed by National Police Co…

Health Minister Dr Joe Phaahla has once again encouraged all South Africans over the age of 18 to get vaccinated against COVID-19.This as he announced that the country is expected to enter a fourth wave of the virus in November.The Minister updated the…

South Africa is expecting to receive at least 2.2 million more Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses at the weekend.This was announced by Health Minister Dr Joe Phaahla on Friday.The doses were donated by the United States of America via the COVAX facility – a…

The Western Cape and Northern Cape have recorded COVID-19 positivity rates above the national average.This is according to Health Minister, Dr Joe Phaahla, who briefed the nation regarding the virus and government’s vaccination rollout plans.Phaahla sa…