South Africa

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.