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The number of coronavirus cases has risen by 219 and 52 people have died, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says.

Gift of the Givers has launched its extended food programm for communities in Cape Town battling hunger, as the extended coronavirus lockdown leaves many households without food.

Coronavirus deaths have surged past 150 000 worldwide with nearly a quarter of them in the United States, where new rallies against lockdown orders are being held after President Donald Trump lent his support to the protesters.

The forum says it will revive its contemplated legal action to test the constitutional validity of laws banning the sale of alcohol if the lockdown is again extended.

The Western Cape has recorded two new coronavirus-related deaths, Premier Alan Winde says.

The ANC has called on the Communist Party of China to act swiftly on allegations of ill-treatment of African nationals in the country.

Over the past two weeks, 56 inmates and 29 workers at the correctional facility in East London have been diagnosed with Covid-19.

The ANC in the Eastern Cape says it is shocked by the arrest of Chris Hani District Municipality councillor Madoda Papiyana.

The President's Coordinating Council made inputs on measures to revive the SA economy following lockdown, which will be considered at Cabinet's meeting on 20 April.

A man suffering from mental illness has been arrested after he allegedly "hijacked" an ambulance outside Northdale Hospital in Pietermaritzburg, police say.

While no one who will be evicted from occupied land, those who try to "invade" during the lockdown will face decisive action, Gauteng Human Settlements, Urban Planning and Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC Lebogang Maile says.

Allan Heyl, the last surviving member of the notorious bank-robbing Stander Gang, has died.

Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis:

"I worry a lot about them catching coronavirus," says Nozakuthini Batyi from Khayelitsha, Cape Town. "I make my kids stay in my yard or lie in bed throughout the day."

Due to markets and festivals closing until the end of June, a Fin24 reader will have no source of income and wants to know if there will be a payment holiday period. A debt expert responds.

As South Africans deal with life under lockdown in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic, government's ban on alcohol sales as part of the regulations has been one of the major talking points.

It’s the twenty-third day of South Africa’s nationwide lockdown and across the country frustrations are rising and slowly reaching a tipping point. Listen.

The Khayelitsha SuperSpar has been given go-ahead to reopen, after two members of staff tested positive with Covid-19.

Thomas Thabane, under pressure to step down, sends troops, accusing law enforcement agencies of undermining democracy.

The crowd roars to a 21-gun salute. The din of planes fills the night sky. The applause and cries of joy gradually subside and the singing starts. It is shortly after midnight on Friday, April 18, 1980. Zimbabwe has just been born.

Labour union representatives told the president that a R40 billion fund to compensate temporarily laid-off workers is not being distributed fast enough.

The Fair-Trade Independent Tobacco Association is pursuing legal action to lift the ban on cigarette sales during lockdown, in a bid to have the distribution and sale of cigarettes resume at retail stores, spaza shops and filling stations.

Businesses need to make sure they comply with the latest amendments to trading regulations for lockdown, Business for South Africa said.

A KwaZulu-Natal man has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping and murdering his wife.

KwaZulu-Natal police have arrested five people across the province on charges of robbery and being in pssession of stolen property.