All the children who died in the Enyobeni tavern tragedy had methanol in their blood. This was announced at the briefing by police and the health department on Tuesday. Eastern Cape health DG Dr Litha Matiwane said they were still waiting…
Twenty-two people have been found dead at an East London nightclub. The horrific scene unfolded in the early hours of Sunday morning with frantic messages requesting police, metro and ambulance assistance at Enyobeni Tavern in Scenery…
Two members of the same family were killed by lightning in KwaZulu-Natal on Friday. A survivor of the lightning strike in Nongoma, 300km north of Durban, was taken to hospital, co-operative governance and traditional affairs MEC Sipho…
SA recorded more than 8,100 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, along with 173 fatalities. “We wish to reiterate our plea to South Africans to heed the threat of the rising numbers of Covid-19 cases identified. There is clear…
South Africa recorded nearly 5,000 new Covid-19 cases on Friday. Health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said the 4,932 new cases took the national total of confirmed cases to 805,804. The new infections came from 33,415 tests, at a positivity…
Regrettably, the health ministry yesterday reported 20 COVID-19 related deaths today: 19 from Eastern Cape and 1 from Gauteng, This brings the total number of COVID-19 related deaths to 19 809. Of the 20 deaths reported yesterday, 1 was…
SA recorded its 3,026th Covid-19 fatality on Saturday, just 99 days after the first death was reported in the country on March 27. In a statement, health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize confirmed the grim milestone. He said that there were 3,026…
The home affairs department says it will now provide marriage services and receive requests for late registration of births as the country moves to level 3 of the lockdown. These two new services, by appointment, are in addition to…
You are most likely to be beaten to death in the Eastern Cape‚ Western Cape and Northern Cape than anywhere else in the country. Your chances of dying in a road crash are increased if you are in Limpopo and Northern Cape. Data gleaned…
