South Africa

Minister Lindiwe Zulu has put the spotlight on crimes against the elderly people as nations commemorate the World Elder Abuse Awareness Day on Monday.

As the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) begins to follow the trail of the money that has been disbursed since April 2020 to aid contributors during the lockdown, Employment and Labour Minister, Thulas Nxesi, has appealed to companies to do the right thing and declare workers who still need to be paid.

KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs, Nomusa Dube-Ncube, has warned liquor licence holders against the sale of alcohol on a public holiday.

South Africa is under siege, with the number of women dying in the hands of men increasing since the easing of lockdown regulations under level 3, President Cyril Ramaphosa noted.

The Commission of Inquiry into Taxi Violence in Gauteng has been granted an extension of six months until August 2020.

Deputy Minister of Correctional Services Nkosi Phathekile Holomisa has tested positive for Coronavirus.

National Police Commissioner, General Khehla Sitole, has called on the public, families and communities to report suspected cases of domestic violence.

While police officers have gone out of their way to enforce COVID-19 lockdown regulations for the past 80 days, 14 of them have succumbed to illness related to the virus, Police Minister Bheki Cele has confirmed.

South Africa now has 70 038 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 1 480 recorded deaths.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for a shared vision and strategy between South Africa and Lesotho to revive the economy in the aftermath of COVID-19.

Sports bodies have until 26 June to make submissions to the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture on the staggered opening of professional non-contact sport and professional athletes training.

Forty water tanks have been distributed to 11 needy schools in the City of Tshwane in a bid to protect learners against the spread of Coronavirus.

Over the past seven days, COVID-19 cases in Gauteng have doubled, with hospital admissions increasing and 20 more people dying as a result of COVID-19.

The Select Committee on Security and Justice has adopted the Cybercrimes Bill, among several other pieces of legislation.

The Social Development Department says it has no record of the upsurge in child abandonment cases during the lockdown period.