News

News

Covid-19 cases jump by another 2,430 to 55,421

NHLS gradually reducing Covid-19 testing backlog, parliament hears

By-elections postponed to November due to virus, IEC says

R423m to be spent on parliamentary villages, govt buildings

Western Cape Covid-19 testing backlog drops dramatically

Africa

Ex-Lesotho PM paid killers $24,000 to murder estranged wife: police

Police clash with Phumula Mqashi residents over illegal connections

ANC discusses possible electronic voting in next year’s local elections

Gauteng education dept head offices closed after 2 staffers test positive

More than 1,800 prisoners already released under Covid-19 parole dispensation

ANC MP Dorah Dlamini dies hours after attending virtual parliamentary meeting

Tragedy strikes Ekurhuleni school as two teachers die in separate incidents on same day

Testing, screening to be intensified at schools in KZN hotspots

Courts

Dlamini-Zuma asks for leave to appeal lockdown regulations ruling

World

Stolen Banksy work from door of Paris Bataclan found in Italy

Lamola welcomes amended laws addressing ‘toxic masculinity’

UPDATE: KZN horror truck crash death toll rises to eight

Grey College hostel shuts down after pupil tests positive

No taxi fare increase (yet), but taxi bodies could rebel

Courts

Suspect in court for being in possession of police uniform

Court rules DA Tshwane councillors must be reinstated immediately

Crime

Two security officers shot in Pretoria armed robbery and hijacking

Educators union SA loses bid to halt schools’ reopening

Crime

Daveyton pastor arrested for allegedly assaulting wife