Holders of expired Zimbabwe exemption permits who are not successful in applying for other permits within 12 months will have to leave South Africa or be deported
Here’s how the EU is continuing to support women and girls worldwide
The country’s health products regulator has received an application from vaccine manufacturer Pfizer for third-dose approval
Critics have said the repo rate hike will jeopardise already sluggish economic growth, but others say the gradual increase will have little effect
Miss South Africa 2018 and Miss Universe runner-up Dr Tamaryn Green wants better working conditions for patients and doctors. As a TB and Covid-19 survivor herself, she talks to Denvor de Wee about her competitiveness, her love of nature and her imminent wedding
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Lawyers agree that the issue is inevitably heading for constitutional challenge, but not all accept the mainstream view that the limitation of rights is justifiable
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The decision to hike the repo rate by 25 basis points comes in the wake of red-hot inflation in advanced economies and fears policymakers will start to dial back on accommodative measures
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A new World Health Organisation initiative is helping nations make their own vaccines, reducing their dependency on imports.
Current models suggest the fourth wave will have fewer hospital admissions
Join in the second part of our discussion with economist Sifiso Skenjana.
Global inflation has surprised on the upside, which may factor into whether the Reserve Bank’s monetary policy committee decides to raise the interest rate on Thursday
Africa currently has no vaccine technology hub, although there are six vaccine production facilities on the continent
There were high expectations that Enoch Godongwana, the Minister of Finance, would signal in the medium term budget policy statement how government planned to mitigate the impact of Covid-19 on the health system
A shortage of burial plots and viable land for new cemeteries has been worsened by the pandemic’s death toll, forcing people to buy rural land on which to bury their loved ones.
The SIU has sent a letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s office informing it of alleged corruption by his former spokesperson
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The finance minister says more grants would mean the money would have to be cut elsewhere as he sticks to fiscal consolidation
The endangered Asiatic lions started displaying signs of illness at the weekend, prompting officials to order coronavirus tests
Right2Know says it is supporting artists’ right to protest after police intervened in a demonstration outside the ministry
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The Fix The Patent Laws Campaign wants Trade Minister Ebrahim Patel to publish amendments to the Patent Act to make all medication affordable
There is less demand for ivermectin when South Africa is between Covid-19 waves. But nobody is tracking how many people may be using the animal formulation
The state power utility, saddled with a creaking generation infrastructure, has been forced to increase rolling blackouts to avoid overwhelming the national grid
Social and economic restrictions for the women of South Africa stubbornly remain
‘Just when I was at my lowest — sprawled on my couch four months ago — I was pulled back to my feet by the past’
Only a few people have chosen who will govern South Africa’s municipalities
The Denis Hurley Centre has helped restore the franchise to 250 homeless people living in Durban’s ward 28
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A government statement on Monday said millions of South Africans had already heeded the call to cast their vote and that the vibrant atmosphere at voting stations around the country “is encouraging”
Durban’s Denis Hurley centre is assisting homeless people to register and to vote
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The Jazz Expressions concert in level one lockdown was a reaquaintance with friends, music and jazz photography
But Paddy Harper is afraid that pre-polling ‘superspreader’ meetings could lead to a rise in infections
While people are taking mental health more seriously, the commodification of workers can turn a job into a toxic space that depletes more than it uplifts
South African youths are as disengaged politically as their international siblings. To change this, youth need to be represented as party candidates and employed in local municipalities
‘Of Blood, Sweat and Data’, on show as part of FNB Art Joburg’s Open City programme, hopes to alter the way art lovers view Johannesburg — and photography