Carl Niehaus nabbed for defying lockdown regulations

Police say the suspended ANC member insisted on addressing a crowd of more than 100 Jacob Zuma supporters at the Estcourt prison

ISAAH MHLANGA: Fighting a poorly understood virus that works on weekends

The vaccination programme must be ramped up aggressively to aid the economic recovery

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Guardrisk settles 79% of Covid-19 business interruptions claims

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Imperial Logistics rockets after R12.7bn buyout offer

Emirati logistics giant DP World has made an offer at a premium of more than a third for Imperial Logistics shareholders

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TONY LEON: Power of the courts prevail against SA’s once-most-powerful citizen

The judicial kicking Jacob Zuma received was a long time in coming, especially from a court system he had used and abused, writes Tony Leon

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Surging Gauteng death toll puts burial homes under huge strain

Excess deaths, seen as a more precise way of measuring total fatalities from Covid-19, rose 44% to 3,224 in the week to the end of July 3

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Pandemic sows seeds of future inequality as pupils quit school

Pupil dropout rates are now at the highest they have been in 20 years, with half-a-million more children out of school

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JSE to contend with mixed Asian markets on Friday as Covid-19 jitters take hold

The local bourse had its worst day in almost nine months on Thursday, with rising Covid-19 numbers in parts of the world threatening growth

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ANTHONY BUTLER: China Express could turn out to be a slow boat

The superpower isn't a major investor and exports to it are small, compared to other African countries

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Knowing the scale of Covid-19 in Africa the world’s next big challenge

Proper data on what vaccines do is crucial in fighting vaccine reluctance as well

Premier settlement ends long-running maize meal price-fixing case

Competition Tribunal says food producer avoided a fine as it was a whistle-blower

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Clear data vaccines are protecting healthcare workers from Covid-19, Western Cape says

The province has inoculated 67% of its 34,400 employees so far, and recorded 320 breakthrough infections among these personnel — a rate of 1.4%

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Survey finds vaccine hesitancy waning as rollout gathers pace

A growing proportion of SA adults say they are willing to get a coronavirus vaccine if one is offered to them, according to the latest round of the NIDS-CRAM

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Bargaining council to mediate in municipal pay dispute

Unions reject independent facilitator’s three-year proposal and Samwu says its members favour strike if conciliation fails

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