NEWS RELATED TO government

Mbalula drops plans to spray people down on public transport

Ekurhuleni mayor tests negative for Covid-19 after food bank visit

1,520 artists, 296 athletes to receive relief funding – Minister Nathi Mthwetha

Rugby and soccer only likely to return at level 1, says department

Gauteng to step up Covid-19 fight – Makhura

NPA appoints ex-Scorpion Sipho Ngwema as spokesperson

Inspectors find workplaces aren’t complying with Covid-19 protocols – Nxesi

Samwu says municipalities are not ready for Level 3

Around 7,000 beneficiaries have received R350 grant in KZN – Sassa

Dlamini-Zuma’s smoking science is shaky, and she omits crucial facts

Over 800 cops infected with Covid-19, Cele reveals

Collins Khosa inquiry still ongoing, says defence minister

Gauteng cops ‘ready to deal with places of worship that break the law’

Malema slams tobacco ban as ‘abuse of power’ while Ramaphosa has effectively ‘quit’ as No 1

Dlamini-Zuma gazettes return of alcohol sales and other level 3 relaxations

Limpopo farmer finally gets full ownership of farm after 18-year battle

Level 3 briefing delays are due to new church regulations – Jackson Mthembu

Nearly 50% of R350 grant applications were duplicates – Sassa

Mystery after NDZ cancels two national addresses this week

‘Let’s leave the issue at that’ – Mkhize on Glenda Gray matter

Ramaphosa to lead televised prayer at 7.30pm today

75,000 applications for R350 social grant have been processed – Sassa

‘I am not Mazzotti’s friend,’ declares Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma

Government ‘buckled under pressure to move to Level 3’

Help to eradicate WC’s 18,000-test backlog, Mkhize – Winde

Travel

South Africans allowed to return to countries they are based in

Confirmed: Curfew lifted, alcohol sales back, exercise at any time, but tobacco still banned

SASSA workers reportedly sitting at home while people queue for help

Gauteng committee to keep a beady eye on lockdown law enforcers

Zulu’s department labelled ‘shameful’ after ‘only 10 people’ get unemployment grant

Measures in place to help people with disabilities amid pandemic – Nkoana-Mashabane

‘Mastermind’ behind Tshwane’s fight against Covid-19 mourned by Gauteng health dept

Mbalula announces extended period for expired licences

National library litigation costs jump to R1.8m

Hundreds more repatriates set to come home soon

Vehicle registration and testing centres to resume operations in June

Courts

Suzman Foundation asks Concourt to clip Command Council’s powers

Messages about thousands of Chinese troops in SA are ‘ridiculous’, says SANDF

Informal traders income severely impacted due to cigarette ban – Saita

Religious leaders urge Ramphosa to reopen places of worship

Mbalula pleased to see Rea Vaya shape up to social distancing regulations

Health

Case opened against striking staff members at Sterkfontein Hospital

After Mkhize slams Prof Gray, she says she criticised the regulations, not the lockdown

These are the services still available at home affairs under level 4

Gauteng ready for level 3, but it’s up to NCCC – Makhura

Tensions in MAC boil over because ‘Mkhize erred in sidelining state bodies’

Winde calls for Western Cape to move to level 3 as province ‘is prepared for peak’

Licence departments, driving schools to resume services on 1 June

MEC Gomba didn’t fart on TV and isn’t racist – Eastern Cape health dept

Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital not shut down after patient tested positive for Covid-19

Travel

Department of tourism braces for a new reality

German Embassy in SA provides support for online teaching reaching 12,000 TVET lecturers

Mkhwebane finds Free State housing guilty of ‘improper conduct’

CCMA opens for public on Wednesday: Here’s what you should know

Advocate who blasted govt with a ‘f**k you’ over lockdown restrictions ‘not asked to step down’

Israel’s planned annexation of occupied Palestinian territories is provocative – Dirco

Economy must be restructered to correct past mistakes – Bloem

Solidarity Fund assists more than 300,000 South Africans with food relief

Cele accused of breaking lockdown rules by visiting Nzimande’s KZN home

I could never prevent anyone from approaching the courts, says Ramaphosa on lockdown regulations

Water shortages in SA are due to lack of foresight, not virus

Tourism minister provides update on how the industry plans to slowly reopen

New deputy public protector says Mkhwebane is keeping her very busy

ANC welcomes investigation of alleged corruption ‘implicating’ state printing works CEO

Lockdown Level 3: President’s Coordinating Council meets to discuss preparations

The presidential hotline is taking coronavirus calls

The groups trying to slowly pick at the lock of SA’s Covid-19 prison

SIU ‘not essential’, but has received lockdown-related corruption complaints

Workers can now have their UIF relief packages paid directly into their accounts – Nxesi

More than 3.5 million unemployed apply for R350 Sassa grant

Labour dept reaches out to domestic workers, farmers over UIF payment

It’s like joining a moving train, says Dr Sandile Buthelezi on appointment as health dept DG

We’re not stuck on Level 4, Ramaphosa hits back at critics

1,000 temporary residential units to be built to reduce congestion at Mamelodi hostels

This is how lockdown levels will be assigned to districts – Mkhize