There is some activity outside of the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg with ANC members converging ahead of the ANC versus Ace Magashule case on Thursday morning. Suspended ANC Secretary-General Ace Magashule has approached the High Court in a bid to have his suspension reversed. It followed the implementation of the “step aside” resolution taken at the ANC National […]
Emirates says flights from South Africa to Dubai will remain suspended until 6 July. Daily passenger flights to Johannesburg will continue but there will be no outbound flights. Customers who have been to or connected via South Africa in the last 14 days won’t be permitted on any Emirates flights bound for Dubai. The latest move […]
President Cyril Ramaphosa has rallied South Africans to be persistent and practice discipline to win the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. In his weekly message to the nation, Ramaphosa has highlighted the seriousness of the third wave which is sweeping the country, hitting Gauteng particularly hard. He says the task of controlling the virus is not […]
The South African Medical Association (SAMA) says stricter lockdown measures need to be implemented to curb the spread of the coronavirus or else the country risks losing the fight against the pandemic. South Africa is in the midst of its third wave with 95 772 active COVID-19 cases after 13 246 new infections were recorded […]
Wednesday marks 45 years since young people in Soweto, Gauteng, took the streets to voice their opposition to Afrikaans being forced down their throats as a medium of instruction and scenes of young people protesting remain a familiar sight in the country. Earlier, this year students across different tertiary institutions protested against financial exclusion. The protests […]
Health experts say the shortages of vaccine doses in South Africa pose a big challenge in terms of the roll-out programme. Epidimiologist Professor Salim Abdool Karim says the Johnson and Johnson batches that have been disposed off is a major blow to the country’s efforts to increase the number of vaccinations per day. It recently […]
The Gauteng District Health Services is calling for a tighter lockdown in the province. This as infections surge alarmingly in Gauteng. Gauteng has seen COVID-19 infections increase by over a hundred percent in a week. The province accounted for nearly 63-percent of new cases in the most recent daily reports. “Looking at the numbers we […]
South Africa has recorded 7 657 New coronavirus cases in the past 24-hours, bringing the total number of cases to 1 747 082. The Gauteng Department of Education says they are finalising processes of ensuring the safe reopening of primary schools to full capacity for the next term. The department says measures are being put […]
A family from Umlazi in KwaZulu-Natal is demanding answers from the provincial Health Department. This following allegations that 54-year-old Sibongile Diaho was assaulted by healthcare workers at Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital last week. The family says Diaho had been admitted for the removal of two boils in her stomach area. She is also a diabetic. […]
Joint Media StatementJoint RW Joburg June 2021