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Dti calls for the finalisation of AfCFTA tariff schedules

Monday, March 16, 2020

Tariff schedules related to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) must be finalised ahead of the implementation of the agreement in July, says Trade and Industry Deputy Minister Fikile Majola.

SAA offers flight changes due to Coronavirus

Monday, March 16, 2020

South African Airways (SAA) is offering customers one free change in reservations on selected international routes to be used for travel on or before 30 September 2020.

Coronavirus outbreak declared a national disaster

Sunday, March 15, 2020

President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a raft of unprecedented interventions to curb the spread of COVID-19 in South Africa, including closing schools from Wednesday, closing 35 ports of entry and imposing a travel ban on foreign nationals from countries hardest hit by the Coronavirus pandemic.

Wits student tests positive for COVID-19

Sunday, March 15, 2020

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has confirmed that a Wits University medicine student has tested positive for COVID-19.

SA now has 51 Coronavirus cases

Sunday, March 15, 2020

The number of COVID-19 infections in South Africa has risen to 51, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced on Sunday.

Repatriated South Africans arrive home

Saturday, March 14, 2020

The 114 South Africans evacuated by the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) from China’s COVID19-hit Wuhan City have touched down in Polokwane, in Limpopo.

Man arrested for raping teenage girl

Friday, March 13, 2020

A 43-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl at Mandela Park in Mthatha, Eastern Cape.