Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19). Winde announced his positive status on his Facebook page. He says he tested positive after he experienced flu-like symptoms over the weekend. Winde says he will now be going into isolation for 14 days. He says he will[…]
As the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in South Africa continues to climb, researchers say South Africa’s death toll is still far lower than the global average of 3.4%. According to the latest figures released by the Department of Health, the mortality rate dropped to 1.8%. On Friday, the mortality[…]
India has passed half a million coronavirus infections as experts advise the government to prioritise reducing mortality over containing the spread of the virus. It comes as surging infections in Brazil and the United States pushed global cases toward 10 million. India’s federal health ministry reported 17,000 new coronavirus cases[…]
The number of positive Covid-19 cases in South Africa has risen by 3 478 to 83 890, with 44 920 recoveries. A further 63 deaths have taken the toll to 1 737, as of Thursday. “…we report a further 63 Covid-19-related deaths – six in the Eastern Cape and 57[…]
Plans are afoot to implement structural changes that accommodate COVID-19 safety regulations in the bustling Gatesville trading hub. It comes after City of Cape Town officials joined the area’s ward councillor Aslam Cassiem on an in-loco inspection and found numerous violations. While the area was deserted a few weeks ago,[…]
Malaysia said on Thursday its citizens would be barred from making the haj pilgrimage this year due to concerns over the new coronavirus, following in the steps of neighbouring Indonesia, which is also a Muslim-majority nation. Every year Malaysia sends tens of thousands of pilgrims to Saudi Arabia, home to[…]
As the number of COVID-19 fatalities in South Africa continues to rise, so does the despair of not being able to hold traditional burials . The Muslim community is no exception, with the virus claiming at least 59 lives in the Western Cape alone, with 95 deaths nationally. The increased[…]
The National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) on Saturday approved international travel for South Africans working and studying abroad. The country’s borders were closed with all international flights halted in an attempt to curb the spread of COVID-19. But in a statement on Saturday, the Department of Home Affairs said South Africans[…]
The Department of Health on Friday said that 28 more deaths had taken the national coronavirus death toll to 397, with the total number of cases now at 20,125. The Western Cape remains the epicentre of the outbreak with 64% of the cases while it also had the most fatalities,[…]
Parents all over the country have responded with mixed reaction to the government’s decision to allow the first group of children to return to school from next month. In less than two weeks, grade 7 and grade 12 pupils will go back to their classrooms but under strict rules. Basic[…]
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