3 day agoArmed robbery : Cherry Jewellers. Gateway mall. Palm boulevard. Umhlanga. kzn. shots fired. Getaway vehicles abandoned on m25
1 week agoSouth African president Cyril Ramaphosa has closed 20 land borders including Beitbridge until February 15, but cargo will be allowed through. All alcohol sales still prohibited COVID19
Reuters: Pfizer Inc and BioNTech's COVID19 vaccine appeared to work against a key mutation in the highly transmissible new variants of the coronavirus discovered in the UK and South Africa, according to a laboratory study conducted by the U.S. drugmaker
Francois Balloux, Professor of Computational Systems Biology and Director at the UCL Genetics Institute, says the South African Covid19 mutation "helps the virus SARS-CoV-2 to bypass immune protection provided by prior infection or vaccination" This is cause for concern
UK scientists worried Corona's vaccines may not work on South African variant: ITV
2 week agoSouth Africa says starting today its security forces will be patrolling the Beitbridge border on helicopters and boats as it cracks down on illegal immigrants fleeing poverty in Zimbabwe. Home Affairs officials say they're arresting at least 500 Zimbabweans every day
2 week agoSouth Africa is arresting more than 500 illegal Zimbabwean immigrants at the Beitbridge border every day, @eNCA reports citing Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi. The country has deployed soldiers and police patrol teams on helicopters and boats as it steps up its blitz
2 week agoSouth Africa has started cracking down on illegal immigrants returning from Zimbabwe, deploying soldiers and police patrol teams on helicopters and boats along the Beitbridge border, per Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi. Several people were arrested on Saturday
2 week agoArmed Robbery: Paul Kruger Cnr Franscina(Fountain Circle) Pretoria. Gp. Money Truck Bombed & Robbed.
The President of South Africa: Coronavirus infections have risen unexpectedly since the discovery of the new strain
South African Health: Our discovered Coronavirus strain is not dangerous than the British version
South Africa: 80% of new Coronavirus cases in the country carry the mutated virus
Malawi has closed its borders after confirmed cases of COVID19 jumped 75% in the past 2 weeks. Authorities attribute the surge to relaxed preventive measures and increased cross-border traffic for the holidays. @lameckm reports for @VOANews
Second "more transmissible" strain of coronavirus detected in UK, thought to be from South Africa, Health Secretary Matt Hancock says
Sudan bans entry to travelers from Britain, the Netherlands and South Africa
Coronavirus mutations: Switzerland imposes a quarantine on anyone from the United Kingdom or South Africa
Turkey suspends flights coming from Britain, the Netherlands, Denmark and South Africa after the emergence of a new strain of Coronavirus
1 month agoThe City of Cape Town is heading to court following what they term interference by the Police Minister during a film shoot at the beach yesterday. Ayesha Ismail talks to the owner of the production company.
1 month agoArmed Robbery : Pep. Rynfield Terrace. Benoni. Coe. Gp. B/m Perps In Silver Corolla & Micra. Made The Mistake To Rib In Benoni. Nojack Pursued Them & 1mv Of Perps Crashed On N12 Before Rondebult. 1 Perp Arrested.
Stellenbosch Murder: The man was subsequently apprehended, and his firearm was seized. LP
1 month agoSouth Africa: Millions of locusts have invaded farms in the Karoo region of South Africa in an outbreak that could lead to the destruction of some crops in the semi-arid state
Lawyers representing the EFF in the battle with the School Governing Body of Brackenfell High in Cape Town have argued that protests are a means of expression which give a voice to those who lack economic and political power in a democracy.
1 month agoDeputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia, H.E. Demeke Mekonnen briefs the ambassadors of Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Sudan, SouthSudan, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, and SouthAfrica on the current situation in the Tigray region
Agriculture MEC in the Northern Cape Mase Manopule has warned farmers and organisations that there is an outbreak of locusts at the Pixley Ka Seme District Municipalities, which includes towns such as De Aar, Hanover, Britstown, Noupoort and Prieska
Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 7 km S of Stilfontein, South Africa
Maduro: "I will soon be in South Africa, an economic visit is being arranged there"
Murder : Pillay str. Actonville. Benoni. coe. gp. Nigerian national gunned down in driveby shooting. b/m perps fled.
An explosion rocked South Africa's second-largest crude oil refinery in Durban on Friday injuring seven people, local emergency services said
South Africa fears virus comeback as cluster outbreaks flare. Officials in Africa's hardest virus-hit country are scrambling to contain infections after flare-ups in the impoverished Eastern Cape and Western Cape provinces
1 month agoThe man accused of hacking to death his wife and 5 children in Kwaaiman last week, made a brief appearance in the Elliotdale Magistrates' Court today. Nowa Makula was arrested last week. LP images supplied