South Africa

The Employment and Labour Department has expressed satisfaction at the Unemployment Insurance Fund’s disbursement of R5 billion in relief to workers affected by the COVID-19 outbreak lockdown.

President Cyril Ramaphosa will, as Chair of the African Union (AU), convene a virtual meeting with the Chairpersons of the AU Regional Economic Communities (RECs) on Wednesday to discuss the Coronavirus pandemic.

Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, has assured the nation that the Cuban doctors are not in the country to take anyone’s jobs, but to augment the country’s human resources.

South Africa’s prudent decision to institute a countrywide lockdown has circumvented an exponential explosion of cases of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic within the borders of the country, the Department of Health said on Tuesday.

National Treasury on Tuesday announced the replacement of measures relating to COVID-19 emergency procurement.

Government has dispersed R3.3 billion in Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) claim benefits submitted by 1.75 million workers - as relief for the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The elderly and persons with disabilities, who receive their monthly social grants from the South African Post Office (SAPO), will from May receive their monies from the fourth day of the month.

South Africa has 4 793 confirmed cases of COVID-19, with 90 deaths as of Monday.

The Department of Water and Sanitation has distributed 466 water tanks to the City of Tshwane in an attempt to bolster government’s reaction against the escalating incidents of Coronavirus infections.

South Africans have for the first time since the advent of democracy marked Freedom Day under a lockdown to curb the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic.

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday welcomed Cuban health professionals who have arrived in the country to support efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19 in South Africa.

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has delivered a further 141 water tanks across needy areas of Gauteng to push back against the rising tide of the novel Coronavirus pandemic.

Police Minister Bheki Cele has issued an apology to the Muslim community for blasphemous remarks made by an officer during the arrest of worshippers at a Mosque on Saturday.

South Africa has confirmed a total of 4 546 COVID-19 cases, with 87 deaths.

Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s Freedom Day celebrations will be marked using online platforms, says the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture.