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The under-fire advocate faces three counts of perjury when she appears the North Gauteng High Court this morning.

A video circulating on social media shows two police officials, one using a sjambok on a man and another slapping a second man earlier this week.

When police confiscate weapons, they're first stored before being shipped to Gauteng to be crushed and melted down.

Provincial health authorities said active cases in the Western Cape were on the decline.

Sassa officials told Parliament they expect all the medical assessments to be completed by the end of March, after bringing more doctors on board to conduct them.

In a wide-ranging interview with Eyewitness News, Limpopo ANC chair Stan Mathabatha has defended ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa, warning that those making claims against him have to provide evidence to that effect.

These fatalities have pushed the national death toll to 38,854.

He is accused of being responsible for the death of 10-year-old Zayyaan Sayed.

Wine exports hit almost 320 million litres - despite a five-week ban on exports and huge challenges at the Cape Town Port terminal due to COVID-19.

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Mkhize has been assessing hospitals in the Vhembe district in Limpopo on Wednesday along with Health MEC Phophi Ramathuba, among other officials.

Busisiwe Mkhwebane will appear in court on Thursday morning on a charge of perjury.

David Maynier said the tourism and hospitality industry were already hard-hit, and jobs were being lost as a result of the continued closure of the beaches, the curfew and the alcohol ban.

The 73-year-old former Ukhozi FM station manager and veteran presenter passed away last week from COVID-19 related complications.

Workers embarked on a full-blown strike over retrenchments at the public broadcaster.

The South African Chamber of Commerce said the failed R200 billion and COVID-19 loan guarantee scheme should be repackaged to finance the vaccine rollout.

Lindiwe Zulu and Sassa officials briefed the committee after being called to account for the lengthy queues and violent incidents that unfolded at the agency's offices this past week.

The Public Protector has found Bredell had indeed breached the Executive Ethics Code when he wrote to the acting mayor of George.

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A Sunday Times report suggested a report was related to allegations of procurement impropriety, the misuse of company credit cards and the abuse of power.

Forty-five thousand markers were appointed and just over 300 who tested positive for the coronavirus were released.

The private hospital group has come under fire after it emerged that Basson, also known as “doctor death”, is still practicing at its facilities.

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said people who had recovered usually developed neutralising antibodies, which remained in their blood for at least five to six months - sometimes longer.

Police used water cannon to enforce social distancing by elderly and disabled grant recipients outside Sassa's Bellville offices in the Western Cape on Friday while one person died while queueing in Durban.

Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane has given an update on the province's COVID-19 resurgence plan.

A local study will involve 64 people.

Crime intelligence operatives and Anti-Gang Unit members had been probing allegations of illegal liquor trading involving a Paarl farm and a premises in the Airport Industria area for some time.

Director of examinations, Priscilla Ogunbanjo, said that the capturing of marks had now begun.

In a video circulating on social media, one police official is seen using a sjambok on a man and another official is slapping a second man.

The NICD's Professor Penny Moore said that they'd picked up that the new variant, dubbed 501Y.V2, was slightly less sensitive to antibodies than the old variant was but despite these new developments, people should stick to safety measures geared at keeping COVID-19 at bay.

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There' been a 19% drop in cases in Cape Town and an 18% reduction in rural cases.

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The tragedy occurred on Tuesday.

The medical aid company has responded to the interim report of the Section 59 investigation panel that was tasked with probing allegations that black, coloured and Indian practitioners were discriminated against and singled out as likely to commit fraud.

According to the National Shelter Movement, the pandemic and subsequent lockdowns have seen the rate of abuse increase, with many shelters inundated with requests.

President Ramaphosa said that his government wanted to support black businesses but he added that with government taking on the role of leading, not only negotiations, but the purchasing of vaccines, it was likely that most would not benefit from the procurement processes.

Sanef is calling for action against Mhlongo after he insulted Sunday World and City Press journalists and published their phone numbers online prompting threats against them from his followers.

This is ahead of the upcoming NEC meeting this week which is likely to discuss guidelines which should be adopted when members are called to step aside.

Education bosses will brief MPs on the reopening of public and private schools. The return to class has been pushed back due to skyrocketing coronavirus infections. The Social Development Department will also account to MPs about grant payments problems.

'Bhodloza' as he was popularly known passed away on Friday following COVID-19-related complications.

The province said marking is progressing well despite 11 teachers testing positive for COVID-19.

The eastern parts of the Western Cape, western parts of the Eastern Cape as well as the Northern Cape will see temperatures peaking at between 35°C and 40°C.

There have been long queues outside various Sassa offices in Cape Town as thousands of beneficiaries reapply for temporary disability grants that were suspended at the end of last month.

Clocking in long hours and often having to endure dangerous working conditions, medical personnel have been on the frontline battling the epidemic.

Government has already come under fire for not engaging early enough with vaccine suppliers or planning the roll-out of its vaccination campaign properly.

These are just some of the details revealed by the national Health Department's Dr Aquina Thulare during the African National Congress' progressive business forum engagement on Tuesday.