Education department implements the ban with immediate effect and will monitor the situation until outbreaks cease
The bail application hearing of alleged underworld figure Nafiz Modack and co-accused has been postponed to 24 May
From today, people aged 60 years and older and some health workers will be vaccinated by June and everyone else by February 2022
Alleged underworld figure and three others have been arrested on multiple charges, including conspiracy to commit murder and murder of a police officer.
Nafiz Modack is the second person to be charged with killing Charl Kinnear and five others are accused of conspiracy to commit murder, among 61 other charges
The number of Covid-19 cases in the country has increased by an average of 46% over seven days
The Covid-19 B.1.617 variant, first detected in India, is now listed as one of concern, but the World Health Organisation says it does not doubt the efficacy of global vaccines
The government is to decide whether travel restrictions will be implemented after variants originally from India and the UK were detected in South Africa.
On Monday morning, roads to Arniston and Struisbaai were still closed, but authorities say they may open later in the day as water levels are subsiding quickly
Healers say the plant is part of their heritage, but officials counter that it is a protected species