Новости за 11.04.2020

A 61-year-old man from the Western Cape has died after testing positive for Covid-19, bringing the death toll in the country to 25.

Beloved cook and TV chef "Tannie" Koelsoem Kamalie has died.

A South African honeymoon couple marooned in the Maldives finally left Saturday along with some of the few remaining tourists trapped by the coronavirus pandemic.

Two Cape Town police officers have been arrested for allegedly buying alcohol during the national lockdown. A supermarket manager and cashier were also arrested.

It will be fine weather across across most of the country on Sunday, with a warning of localised flooding in parts of the Western Cape.

In response to a social media post which stated the City was carrying out evictions despite an appeal from Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu that municipalities should stop evicting people during the national lockdown, City spokesperson Luthando Tyhalibongo said the action was not an eviction.

Police Minister Bheki Cele has vowed to crack down on illegal alcohol sales and looters who have struck several times since the lockdown began.

Talks on how best to recover time lost in the school year are still ongoing, says Sadtu general-secretary Mugwena Maluleke.

Former Proteas off-spinner Simon Harmer has admitted that the likelihood of him representing South Africa again is pretty slim.

March was arguably the busiest month for President Cyril Ramaphosa in his tenure as head of state. Every other day, he is putting out fires - some created unnecessarily by members of his own Cabinet. Listen.

The Stormers players continue to stay fit from their homes as the South African coronavirus lockdown continues.

To some, photos of President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputies receiving donations is confirmation of how bad things are.

The Portfolio Committee on Health says it is satisfied with the progress made by the Department of Health and Ministerial Task Team to curb the spread of Covid-19 in the country.

With Super Rugby still suspended, the Sharks have opted for a rather unique way of keeping their players competitive.

An eight-year-old girl is being treated for serious injuries in a KwaZulu-Natal hospital after a wall collapsed on her in Dalton.

An application by the country's largest public sector union, Nehawu, to get national and provincial health departments to urgently supply its members with much-needed protective resources to deal with the Covid-19 outbreak has been dismissed with costs by the Labour Court.

The impact of the pandemic has been devastating for luxury tourism, says Suzanne Bayly-Coupe, CEO of Classic Portfolios.

This comes in the wake of a call by President Cyril Ramaphosa for top business executives to donate a third of their salaries to the fight against the coronavirus.

Johannesburg has more than half of the Covid-19 cases in Gauteng - 446.

Cheered by her doctors, 93-year-old Alye Gunduz has been discharged from an Istanbul hospital after recovering from the novel coronavirus following 10 days of treatment.

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) says former president Jacob Zuma's latest application to the Constitutional Court to halt his corruption trial is hopeless.

Our view is that a protracted lockdown won’t necessarily have the effect of ridding the country of the virus, but it will result in unacceptably high health and economic consequences.

Millions of people have been frantically scouring the internet in recent weeks for health advice, turning doctors like Jeffrey VanWingen into YouTube’s newest, unexpected stars -and putting significant weight behind their recommendations.

Desperately needed aid for millions of people across sub-Saharan Africa is under threat as the deadly coronavirus pandemic sweeps a continent already facing a volley of crises.

World Cup-winning Springbok rugby captain Siya Kolisi is leading a new team - dozens of mothers who are breastfeeding premature newborn babies at a Cape Town hospital.