News24.com | Worldwide shortage of Covid-19 test kits creating backlog - Mkhize
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize expressed his concern about the global shortage of test kits for Covid-19, saying it will lead to a backlog.
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize expressed his concern about the global shortage of test kits for Covid-19, saying it will lead to a backlog.
ANC MPs rallied in support of Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma after she was asked which class she wanted to commit suicide.
The investment industry could face one of its toughest years to date in 2020 as people are losing their jobs and cashing out their pensions to survive while companies are giving those who remain employed options to save less for retirement.
A Department of Correctional Services official in the Western Cape has died of Covid-19.
Engcobo local municipality mayor Siyabulela Zangqa has tested positive for Covid-19, the municipality said.
One person has bagged R48 000 in the Daily Lotto jackpot.
There are still large gaps in the financial aid needed to help airlines survive the Covid-19 crisis, warns the International Air Transport Association.
Eskom's desire to avoid spending R42 billion reducing sulfur dioxide emissions at one of its power plants isn't legally feasible, says the Department of Environmental Affairs.
Places of worship may have no more than 50 people at a service, and must avoid practices that will place attendees at risk.
A Zambian couple jailed for homosexuality in 2019 were freed this week as part of an amnesty for convicted prisoners to mark Africa Freedom Day, a government gazette says.
President Vladimir Putin says that Russia has passed its peak of coronavirus infections and ordered a World War II victory parade postponed by the pandemic to be held next month.
International health authorities have expressed concern over signs the spread of the new coronavirus is "still accelerating" in Brazil, Peru and Chile.
South Africa has implemented diesel rationing, as demand recovered more quickly than expected after a lockdown to control the spread of coronavirus was eased.
The coronavirus affects everybody and any attempt to racialise it is misleading, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize told the National Council of Provinces.
South Africans are a people of deep faith, President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a televised address to the nation on Tuesday evening. Read the full address.
Temperatures will drop to below 20 °C in most parts of the country. Conditions will be mostly cool to cold.
President Cyril Ramaphosa says the National Coronavirus Command Council has decided that places of worship may resume services, but under strict conditions.
The New York Stock Exchange, the symbolic heart of Wall Street, reopened its floor Tuesday after a two-month closure due to the coronavirus, with traders donning masks and separated by plexiglas.
President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday announced an €8-billion (R152bn) plan to revive France's auto industry by making it the European leader in electric cars, in a boost for a sector brought to its knees by the coronavirus.
The Gauteng Department of Health has partnered with Rebosis Property Fund and Faith Care Medicals to set up Covid-19 testing stations at malls owned by the company in the Pretoria area.
The DA's head of policy, Gwen Ngwenya, says the country has to consider implementing sector-specific protocols, which will help with a gradual and responsible reopening of the economy.
Saudi Arabia will allow mosques to open for Friday prayers, state TV has reported, as the kingdom eases restrictions on movement to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
Burundi's longtime President Pierre Nkurunziza has congratulated the governing party's hand-picked successor on a "large victory" in the country's presidential election, though the main opposition has pledged to contest the result in court.
Tanzania says it has summoned the top official at the US embassy to object to an advisory that warned of "exponential growth" of Covid-19 cases in the east African nation.
Another 39 people have died of Covid-19 in the Western Cape, which has seen the death toll in the province rise to 357, Premier Alan Winde says.
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