Nearly 50 million Africans could be driven into extreme poverty in the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, the African Development Bank (AfDB) said Tuesday. Roughly a third of the continent — 425 million people — was already expected to live below…

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa said Tuesday he has sacked his health minister, who has been charged with corruption over illegally awarding a $20 million contract for coronavirus testing. Obadiah Moyo, 66, was arrested last month following an investigation by the southern African…

President Donald Trump on Tuesday formally started the withdrawal of the United States from the World Health Organisation, making good on threats to deprive the UN body of its top funding source over its response to the coronavirus. Public health advocates and…

The Mayor of the Langeberg Municipality in the Western Cape has tragically succumbed to the effects of COVID-19, following a two-week stay in hospital. Henry Jansen passed away on Tuesday, leaving behind a wife and children. Western Cape provincial leader Bongokosi Madikizela…

The Durban University of Technology COVID-19 Response Task Team has confirmed nine positive cases of coronavirus, in a statement released on Tuesday 7 July 2020. “The latest two confirmed COVID-19 cases included a student and a staff member, who are both based…

Almost all of South African Airways’ (SAA) labour unions have agreed to the terms of a company-wide severance package deal, which will ensure that thousands of workers get a fair financial payout once the airline goes out of business. The Department of…

South Africa has been listed as one of the top 15 countries that is being impacted by the near-closure of the international travel industry during the pandemic. A “COVID-19 and Tourism” report released last week by the United Nations Conference on Trade…

As the National shutdown of truck drivers continues, unions continue to urge their members to stay home while trucks are torched on the N1 in Cape Town.  Two trucks were set alight in the early hours of Wednesday 8 July, with their…