Research by a Cape-based academic centre found that the implementation of legislative provisions was done selectively in South Africa, Mozambique, Kenya, Malawi and Zambia
As national lockdown regulations ease, President Cyril Ramaphosa urges South Africans to vaccinate
Aside from slight tweaks to alcohol regulations and measures on religious gatherings, not much has changed as South Africans prepare for the long weekend
Less strict measures are in place as South Africa moves through Covid-19 second wave
Easing lockdown regulations and allowing alcohol, the president said the majority of vaccines will arrive between April and June
President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to announce that alcohol can be sold — but with restriction — when he addresses the nation on Monday evening
The seemingly endless queue at the Zimbabwe border post is not unusual, but Covid testing, a curfew and the Christmas rush stretched it for days. But no matter the obstacles, the trade to a country in economic crisis goes on regardless
The Bible-thumping chief justice really does seem to believe the anti-vaxxing nonsense he preaches
With the number of cases spiralling out of control in hotspots in the Eastern Cape and Western Cape, longer curfews and restrictions on alcohol sales are being implemented
Anti-democratic creep sets in when the state feels no need to explain its irrational decisions. Is that the type of state we want to live in?
President Cyril Ramaphosa announces South Africa will move to level one of lockdown on September 20 after nearly six months of restrictions on movement, trade, learning and socialising
Starvation is driving the spread of the coronavirus and the government needs to let people work and create jobs
After months of complaining about the regulations imposed on the industry, taxi owners have been given a lifeline
Shop owners and taxi drivers can now refuse entry to people who defy mandatory mask-wearing regulations
Some industries will open but the tobacco ban remains in place, contradicting the president’s earlier remarks
After years of neglect, the country’s health service was already under water. With fewer than 200 critical care beds, doctors say Covid-19 will ‘sink’ Sudan
They presented a list of new demands, including raising the fees funding cap to R900 000.
A flash blow wave but no time for a wash, a quick eyebrow shaping or rushed facials: women dart in and out of Tunis’ beauty salons before curfew.