The latest coronavirus coverage

Province may reinstate area-specific lockdowns

SA’s richest city, biggest municipality and economic hub is now unable to spend any money in terms of the MFMA

Cipla plans to sell the drug at $55 a shot, or $330 (R5,600) for a five-day course, according to Cipla SA CEO Paul ...

The current rate of about 65 deaths per day is expected to rise to 150 in coming weeks

Medical Research Council estimates the tally of 'natural' deaths is far higher than in earlier periods

Conclusions on social media are often misleading and superficial, public health researchers warn

Claims totalling up to R4bn have been lodged by businesses in the tourism and hospitality sector

Judges dismiss Mmusi Maimane’s constitutional challenge to the decision to reopen the economy

A 100-strong group of experts believes much more spending, not cuts, is needed to address the crisis facing SA

GDP drops for third quarter running, dragged down by mining and manufacturing

Applications for the relief scheme were closed for a second time in less than a week because of a glitch in the system

The asset manager says the extent of the economic decline and slowdown in inflation will likely surprise the Bank

While illegal, a record for such a minor infraction could lead to thousands of South Africans having  their future job ...

Patient volumes have plunged since SA’s first case of Covid-19 in March

The Restaurant Association of SA wants to know why alcohol cannot be sold to sit-down customers

Economic outlook depends on how pandemic develops and extent of restrictions on business activity, reports governor

Investment fund partners seek to provide fairly priced funding solutions for small businesses

Cases top 10-million, with a total of 1-million new infections  recorded in only six days

The total number of Covid-19 deaths stood at 2,413 on Saturday, with 131,800 confirmed cases

The payments have benefited millions of laid off employees so far, with payments for May still being processed

You can sit down for dinner at your favourite restaurant from Monday, but only if you — and they — follow strict ...

On Monday, about 45,000 taxi operators, who are members of the SA National Taxi Council, held a  one-day strike

Finance minister Tito Mboweni says SA needs to reclaim its ‘fiscal credibility’

The president wants the continent to work together amid the Covid-19 pandemic with SA spearheading the first vaccine ...

SA now has 2,102 confirmed coronavirus deaths and 106,108 cases

The more involved SA is in vaccine development, the closer it will be to the ‘front of queue’ when a vaccine is ...

Results from a trial showed that dexamethasone reduced death rates by about a third

Adrenaline is carrying many healthcare workers through the pandemic and helps them cope with the exhaustion and tragedy ...

AfCFTA secretariat will develop necessary public-health protocols to implement the deal and revive economic growth in ...

SA's largest property company says the recovery from Covid-19 will be long and painful

SA expects its second-largest grains harvest in the 2019/2020 season and a record citrus harvest

Key projects in public works, roads and transport services will be delayed or cancelled as funds are  reallocated ...

The US state reports 169,106 cumulative Covid-19 cases and 3,617 deaths

India has the world’s fourth-biggest outbreak of the Covid-19 disease caused by the virus, with over 600,000 confirmed ...

The beauty industry has proved resilient in times of economic hardship, but it will have to keep up with trends

Demand for automated systems is rising, and the government is pushing for the use of drones in sparsely populated areas

Évariste Ndayishimiye calls the coronavirus the ‘biggest enemy’ after World Bank gives the country $5m to fight Covid-19

Moderate scenario predicts developing countries are among those set to suffer the steepest losses in GDP terms

Sweden’s strategy has resulted in a much higher death rate than in neighbouring countries, according to Johns Hopkins ...

Despite being able to infect humans, China has downplayed its potential to create a pandemic

The US health director's comments come as Arizona and Florida clamp down on bars and Texas expands hospital ICU ...

The airline says travel is not expected to return to pre-crisis levels before 2023 at the earliest

Government denies being sidelined by the securocrats over the halting of most mobile money transactions

Johnson announced the acceleration of investment in roads, schools and hospitals with a major overhaul of planning ...

Warning sounded that Covid-19 could wipe out indigenous communities

A source close to the tournament organisers said 121 infections are still active of the 1,102 cases of Covid-19 reported

Energy company’s dire second quarter threatens to have a long-lasting effect

Scientists say the virus has hallmarks of being highly adapted to infect humans

Zimbabwe’s government ordered that the bourse and mobile money transfer agents temporarily halt business to allow for ...

From producers of medical packing components to truck drivers and agriculture, Covid-19 has made addressing issue more ...

The centralised distribution of social grants in SA exacerbates the threats to the elderly in rural areas

Christine Lagarde says the recovery from the pandemic will be ‘restrained’ and some sectors will likely be ‘hurt ...

For the French, the corner bistro is part of life, one that has taken a terrible toll during the pandemic, but that ...

Africans in Guangzhou’s Xiaobei neighbourhood singled out for mandatory tests and quarantines during lockdown

Southern England saw traffic grid-locked and booze-fueled brawls on its beaches with local authorities overwhelmed

But Andrzej Duda maintain healthy lead as he seeks a second term in elections on Sunday

IMF's Global Financial Stability Report says markets are betting strong support from central banks and governments will ...

Bank dividends in question after review of virus lockdown effects on the US economy and financial system uncovers ...

Anders Tegnell has said ‘the world had gone mad’ as severe lockdowns are of little effect in addressing the longer-term ...

Bank says its dramatic downward revision due to severity of Covid-19 pandemic in Brazil

Job losses in the US now stand at 47.2-million, but the four-week moving average on claims has fallen

The agency predicts an overall rise in use and a shift towards cheaper, more harmful, products

Emergency programmes are set to expire, creating the risk of a second-wave hit to the economy

The two renowned economists say globalisation has taken a hit and that Europe is likely to recovery quicker, and ...

Investors are running to gold as coronavirus cases top 10-million and rising

The government and employers need to play their part to ensure vulnerable workers get relief despite the technical ...

The finance minister’s chances of implementing reform are small, as shrinking the public sector will hit resistance

More thought needs to go into the nature of the political economy, and making less self-serving proposals on policy

Over-indebted firms threaten other companies after accepting state bailouts and payment holidays from banks

Altitude plays a role, as do UV radiation levels and the weather, write Daniel Uys and Schalk van der Merwe

The Covid-19 crisis means our leadership cannot continue with its wait-and-see approach

The province should have been reorganised by the ANC, which instead reinstated homeland arrangements

After the pandemic, banks will have to ensure customers are getting real value for their money if they want to keep ...

No-one in the ANC is ever responsible for anything because there is no coherent idea of a party to measure them ...

Sidelining commercial considerations will result in plans that have no effect on SA’s chances of recovery

The concoction is a Scheidelian shock that could take society in a completely different direction to the one towards ...

The entire social media has become a war zone, where divides are rampant but the rational middle ground is silent

The decision by many people in the US not to wear them stems from a vacuum of trust and moral authority

Tito Mboweni’s aggressive fiscal adjustment proposition appears neither politically nor economically feasible

While welcome, swift economic recovery would pose awkward questions for monetary and fiscal policy

Surviving the pandemic requires speed and efficiency in meeting the needs of customers

Years of progress reversed as the coronavirus pandemic tips more people into poverty

Private sector funding for myriad projects can help SA out of its low-growth trap, writes Jason Lightfoot

Our next threat is climate change and inexorably rising temperatures, but in trying to flatten the infection curve we ...

Entrepreneurs should face the reality of the pandemic and plan for possible outcomes

Politicians are too weak-kneed to act on state capture, irregular expenses and wasting of public funds, writes Paul ...

Who would have thought South Africans, hardly a credulous bunch, would tolerate police wielding batons over our heads?

A conversation should be started on the idea of the economy and why SA’s economy is unable to provide adequate goods ...

Actions around specifically identified groups at risk of contracting the disease need to be made if SA is to reopen ...

The economy has not benefited from fiscal and monetary relief on anything like the scale offered elsewhere

The pandemic has highlighted continued unequal access to digital services despite the government’s initiatives

The government cannot just abdicate all responsibility for stopping the spread of Covid-19

With Edcon teetering on the brink of collapse, the race in the retail track is now down to the two forward-looking ...

Prosecuting price gouging using competition policy comes with constraints

The economic scenarios for a second wave, or its absence, hardly differ, so what changed since last week, writes Mike ...

The lack of global co-ordination on the response to Covid-19 has cost lives

Throwing away money, as on SAA or nuclear power, is a good place to start

Financing the revised budget puts Cyril Ramaphosa and Tito Mboweni in a bind

The Bank has implemented important measures, including lowering rates and making liquidity available to banks

Using apps and telematics to manage supply and demand would reduce overcrowding and ensure hygiene

Safety and hygiene protocols, essential after the lockdown won’t be enough, with responding to clients’ new needs being ...

For Nathi Mthethwa to blame others for the lack of development in cricket is simply bad faith