South Africa seeks to curb gender-based violence
South Africaâs government has introduced three bills in Parliament to curb gender-based violence. President Cyril Ramaphosa has termed them as the âmost far-reaching legislative overhaul...
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South Africaâs $30 billion virus relief package exposed to fraud â auditor general
South Africaâs auditor general said on Wednesday that some of the money in its 500 billion rand ($30 billion) COVID-19 relief package may have been...
South African president to appear before ruling partyâs integrity commission
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa will appear before the governing African National Congress partyâs integrity commission over controversial campaign donations, the deputy secretary of the...
South Africa arrests two police officers for teenâs murder
Two South African police officers have been arrested for murder following the gunning down earlier this week of a disabled teenager in a Johannesburg suburb,...
South Africa sees worst power cuts on record in 2020 â research
South Africa has endured its worst power cuts on record this year, research by the countryâs national science council showed on Friday. The power cuts...
South Africaâs president rebukes minister for attacking Zambian leader
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has âstrongly reprimandedâ his finance minister for challenging the Zambian leader to explain his decision to sack that countryâs central...
South African rand stronger after Ramaphosa announces lockdown easing
The South African rand began the week stronger on Monday after President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a sweeping removal of lockdown restrictions over the weekend. Ramaphosa...
Coronavirus global report: ‘response fatigue’ fears as Mexico hits 9,000 daily cases
Mexico has recorded more than 9,000 daily coronavirus cases for the first time, as the country overtook the UK with the worldâs third-highest number of...
South Africaâs coronavirus cases surpass half a million
South Africaâs confirmed cases of COVID-19 have crossed half a million, its health ministry said on Saturday, while cases in Africa as a whole approached...
WHO warns of drawn out pandemic as South Africa cases top 500,000
The UN health agency warned that the coronavirus pandemic would be lengthy and could lead to âresponse fatigueâ, as the case count in South Africa...