South Africa

Public and private school teachers are finally receiving their COVID-19 vaccines across the country amid the third wave.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has arrived in Maputo, the Republic of Mozambique, to participate in the Extraordinary Summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) scheduled for later today.

KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala says the time has come for the province to produce goods in the townships and villages of the province for itself, and the rest of the world.

The Nelson Mandela Foundation has called on the public to honour Nelson Mandela’s birthday by contributing to meeting the immediate needs of the most vulnerable communities on 18 July.

The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture says it has learnt with deep sadness of the passing of one of South Africa's revered choral music composers and conductors, Professor Mzilikazi Khumalo.

An intelligence driven operation on Tuesday morning saw police successfully slam the brakes on a R243 million drugs consignment in an Isipingo depot, in Durban.

A total of 46 893 COVID-19 tests were conducted on Tuesday, with 11 093 new cases detected.

The South African Revenue Service’s (SARS) efforts to rid the country of illicit cigarette trade was on Tuesday patently demonstrated when the revenue collector destroyed over 2000 master boxes of the product, valued at R17.4 million.

In an effort to boost access to employment and labour services in KwaZulu-Natal’s Newcastle, Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi has opened a Youth Employment Centre while also launching mobile buses.

The final amendments to the National Estuarine Management Protocol have been published for implementation.