South Africa

The number of COVID-19 deaths continues to climb after 160 more people succumbed to COVID-19 on Thursday.

African Union Chairperson, President Cyril Ramaphosa, has called on the continent to rally behind Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to be elected as the first African at the helm of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

COVID-19 has underscored the importance of science as a feature in every household.

The Western Cape government is loosening criteria on testing for COVID-19, the province announced on Thursday.

First Lady, Dr Tshepo Motsepe, will participate in the launch of the Kgatlamping Primary “Pink Room” safe space Initiative in Tembisa, Johannesburg.

KwaZulu-Natal Social Development MEC, Nonhlanhla Khoza, says sexual violence, abuse and the murder of women and children are an indication of “high levels of moral decay in society”.

The National Research Foundation (NRF) in partnership with the Swedish Embassy in Pretoria will host this year’s annual Nobel Inspired Public Lecture under the theme “The meaning of science in the age of COVID-19,” on Thursday.

The Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries has placed eight officials on precautionary suspension following a forensic investigation into contracts allegedly irregularly awarded by the Waste Management Bureau.

Deputy President David Mabuza has appointed Madala Masuku as his special advisor.

Police Minister General Bheki Cele has welcomed the arrest of the first suspect involved in violent demonstrations by a group of farmers outside the Senekal Magistrates Court in Free State.

Almost 2 million babies are stillborn every year – or one every 16 seconds, says the first-ever stillbirth report by the United Nations Inter-Agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN-IGME).

Eskom has restored electricity to two Northern Cape municipalities following payments made towards settling their debt.

Thousands of dangerous weapons have been destroyed at a smelter in the Nelson Mandela Bay District.  

Media applicants looking for funding can officially submit their applications for grants to the Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) from 15 October 2020.

The South African Council for the Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction’s newly established online registration and permit system has gone live.