South Africa

South Africa will reopen its international borders on 1 October 2020, under alert level 1 of lockdown.

President Cyril Ramaphosa says, as new COVID-19 infections decline and the pressure on health facilities is reduced, the country now has sufficient capacity to expand the criteria for testing.

South Africa has withstood the Coronavirus storm and will move to lockdown alert level 1 from midnight on Sunday, 20 September 2020.

South Africa has amended its regulations aimed at protecting the ozone layer.

The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) says communal land will play no part in land redistribution, but will rather be transferred to the people who live on it.

Government has developed an integrated plan, incorporating all law enforcement and prosecution authorities, to police and secure the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa’s rail infrastructure.

The public is invited to comment on the intention to declare all the indigenous forests in Grey Dell and Fort Grey in the Eastern Cape, as a natural forest and controlled forest area, under the National Forests Act of 1998.

Many have been yearning for a road trip out in the warm South African sun as a release from the cabin fever associated with the lockdown.

The North West legislature has called on the provincial Transport Department to urgently provide a turnaround strategy for the beleaguered Northwest Transport Investment (PTY) Ltd.

KwaZulu-Natal Social Development MEC Nonhlanhla Khoza has instituted a formal investigation into the failure of non-profit organisations (NPOs) to deliver social relief of distress (SRD) to communities around the province.

President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the nation at 19:00 tonight on developments in South Africa’s risk-adjusted response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport has notified public transport stakeholders in the Greater Tshwane area that services from Tshwane TOLAB have been redirected to the Germiston TOLAB.

The Powers and Privileges Committee has resolved to accept external legal opinion on the incident which led to the temporary adjournment of the sitting and delay in the presentation of the State of the Nation Address (SONA) earlier this year.

A total of 7 199 claims have been lodged with the Compensation Fund for COVID-19 sickness contracted while at work.

Funeral arrangements are underway for the late human rights lawyer and social activist, Advocate George Bizos.