Новости за 13.09.2020

The Department of Health warned the upcoming funeral strike could have serious repercussions for public health.

South Africa recorded 1 579 new Covid-19 cases with 20 more deaths, Health Minister Dr. Zweli Mkhize said on Sunday.

Four suspects allegedly involved in the kidnapping of an 11 and 14-year-old during a house robbery in Siyabuswa, Mpumalanga were expected to appear in court on Monday, police said on Sunday.

A cold Monday is on the cards for the Western Cape, with cool to warm weather for the eastern half of the country, while the northern belt will be hot, according to the SA Weather Service.

One player won the jackpot prize in Sunday's Daily Lotto draw, walking away with winning R218 000.

The SACP criticised National Treasury and accused it of standing in the way of addressing the systemic features that underpinned the country's corruption pandemic.

South Africa's George Coetzee captured his fifth European Tour title at the Portugal Masters at Dom Pedro Victoria Golf Course.

A cash-in-transit robber sought by authorities was finally arrested, the Hawks said on Sunday.

India is considering granting an emergency authorisation for a Covid-19 vaccine, particularly for the elderly and people in high-risk workplaces, as the country's number of reported infections passed 4.75 million.

As the nationwide Clicks shutdown by the EFF draws to a close, another picket began on Friday, this time outside a BMW dealership in Cape Town following a news report of an advertisement to fill a vacancy, preferably by a white man or woman.

If nurses' salaries do not increase and if their working conditions do not drastically improve, South Africa's healthcare system will fail, Denosa president Simon Hlungwani said in a letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa.

The SACP's first deputy secretary Solly Mapaila has hit out at the Zimbabwean government and Zanu-PF for its "growing authoritarianism", a stance that contradicts that of its alliance partner, the ANC.

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni warned on Sunday the economy could shrink by more than the 7 percent forecast by policymakers and the central bank for 2020, adding that public finances are "overstretched".

Two people have been arrested following the brutal murder of an Ocean Basket seafood restaurants owner and her mother in Polokwane, Limpopo, police said on Sunday.

George Bizos died aged 92 of natural causes.

The South African Funeral Practitioners Association says it will not take part in the planned three-day national shutdown organised by its funeral mother body, the Unification Task Team.

An Israeli cabinet minister tendered his resignation on Sunday in protest at a looming coronavirus lockdown that he argued would unfairly impede religious celebrations of Jewish holidays.

Crises bring out the worst in us, and the best, says Willie Thabe.

The police tried to intervene, but were also attacked - ultimately, they managed to take the suspect out of the volatile situation, but the man was later declared dead by the emergency medical service, said Free State SAPS spokesperson Sam Makhele.

About 50 people are feared dead after an artisanal gold mine flooded in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after torrential rain, a provincial governor has said.

Brexit negotiations are in turmoil after the UK refused to bow to EU demands to drop planned legislation that would breach the country's withdrawal agreement.

Popular television cooking show host and author Florence 'Flori' Schrikker has died at the age of 67.

Republican President Donald Trump has rallied his backers in Nevada in a bid to drum up support in a state where polls show his Democratic rival Joe Biden is ahead.

After almost a week of outcry and nationwide protests over the TRESemmé advert on Clicks' website, Wits University senior lecturer Danai Mupotsa is sceptical about the apologies issued by these companies.