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Congratulations to Prof Karim

Thursday, December 17, 2020

President Cyril Ramaphosa has congratulated epidemiologist and Chair of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on COVID-19 Professor Salim Abdool Karim on being awarded the 2020 John Maddox Prize.

Torrential rains improve SA’s water levels

Thursday, December 17, 2020

The latest weekly report by the Department of Water and Sanitation shows that dam levels in the Eastern Cape are sitting at 51% after the recent torrential rains.

eThekwini kicks off festive season programme

Thursday, December 17, 2020

eThekwini Municipality Mayor, Mxolisi Kaunda, says the City of Durban expects to welcome 540 000 visitors over the festive season, representing a R3 billion injection into the city’s gross domestic product.

Cele bemoans noncompliance in Cape Town beaches

Thursday, December 17, 2020

Police Minister, General Bheki Cele, has expressed concern at what he described as reckless behaviour exhibited by some bathers on Cape Town’s beaches.

SA records over 10 000 new COVID-19 cases

Thursday, December 17, 2020

The total number of confirmed COVID-19 infections has increased to 883 687 after 10 008 new cases were recorded, the latest data showed on Wednesday.

Communications and Digital Technologies SOEs merge

Tuesday, December 15, 2020

The Department of Communications and Digital Technologies has embarked on a process to merge some of its entities in line with the state owned enterprises (SOE’s) rationalisation plan.

Programme to protect undocumented children

Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu, in partnership with the European Union (EU) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), will today launch a R19 million programme to protect unaccompanied and undocumented children.