The latest coronavirus coverage

Increase in cases, hospital admissions and the proportion of people testing positive accelerates

Infections have started to rise as families and holidaymakers plan gatherings and intra-provincial travel

More than 600 students and staff test positive for the virus

Provincial budgets cut to channel money to struggling airline, says DA finance MEC David Maynier

This is the fifth week in a row that excess deaths, which are those above the forecast range, have risen in Nelson ...

Consumer demand for food, electronics and other goods have risen impressively, while building and manufacturing ...

SA had joined the Covax global Covid-19 vaccine distribution scheme, with a committed purchase for 10% of its ...

Finance minister says there will be no policy prescriptions for SA and the World Bank now understands that

Agreement that downgrades by Moody’s and Fitch make reforms even more urgent

Nelson Mandela Bay metro is the province’s hotspot, and had 6,285 recorded active cases on Sunday, a huge increase on ...

The company says it has the capacity to make 20-million to 30-million vaccines a year, depending on the technology ...

Hospitals in the metro are struggling to cope with increased Covid-19 admissions

Government has to sign up to an international financing agreement called Covax to access the shots

Gauteng commuters were stranded when the National Taxi Alliance  blocked major highways to protest against ...

The extended Covid-19 relief scheme will accept applications from November 23 to the end of December

The Government Employees Pension Fund saw its value decline by more than a tenth for the year to end-March 2020

Health minister says if they are managed well, the outbreaks can be contained

Presidency says due process must be followed before it can comment on auditor-general’s report

SA Local Government Association wants ‘minimal impact possible’ on service delivery functions

Unemployment rate rises to 30.8% with the number of unemployed people at 6.5-million

President says response to pandemic would have been more effective had key measures been acted on

The government’s relaxation of restrictions on international tourists visiting SA comes as a boon to the sector

Mining contracted 2.8% year on year in September, but overall the third quarter was a positive one

Lockdown regulations will also be amended to allow for the normal trading hours of alcohol

Bobani played a key part in the coalition politics of the metro

Lobby group B4SA calls for certainty on the matter, saying this will unlock investment and consumer spending

The government and social partners are exploring possible alternative arrangements to provide relief to workers ...

The British drugmaker expects four-million doses to be available in the country by the end of December

State media have cited the presence of the virus on imported frozen food packaging as evidence that China may not have ...

Support for the country’s herd immunity strategy is waning as hospitals fill up

The politician, who was ousted in a 1989 coup, had been in hospital in the United Arab Emirates

But chief justice John Roberts joined the court’s three liberals in dissent

Technology and e-trading companies source clean electricity for data centres and warehouses

However, the bank has repeatedly said it must adhere to EU law banning it from such monetary financing

Many the world’s richest nations and regions have arranged to buy hundreds of millions of vaccine doses, raising fears ...

Nowras Rahhal moved to Germany from war-torn Syria; he was categorised as stateless, then Syrian, and now as ...

The National Audit Office says the UK’s tardiness in sourcing PPE forced ministers to pay high prices for PPE, much of ...

In a separate report, the commerce department says GDP grew at a 33.1% annualised rate in  third-quarter

Small shops will be permitted to open from November 28 but restaurants will remain closed until at least January 20

President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, who went to Germany for treatment, has left his country in limbo amid protests and the ...

President-elect emphasises multilateralism and diplomatic approach aimed at repairing Washington's relationships with ...

The continent must acknowledge that simply resuming production of commodities is not going to lift it from the current ...

Abandoning the national minimum wage would increase a willingness to hire

If reforms show further signs of traction, and the government reaches an agreement on the public-sector wage bill, ...

Airbnb relies on people leaving home behind, not seeking services to deliver goods in lockdown safety

US data shows that being able to make a living leads to better health outcomes

Returns on real estate investments have been badly hit by the pandemic and may be withheld for some time

Planning should unite citizens behind vision of fostering social justice, prosperity and inclusivity

Debate in SA is more concerned with reviving a ‘normal life’ than keeping up the fight against a dangerous virus

Immunising part of the population is affordable, while SAA is costing the country R10.5bn

A successful recovery plan cannot rely on simply ending restrictions aimed at controlling the contagion

Colorado hospitals are full of people seeking treatment and large Thanksgiving gatherings have become illegal

Employers must ensure that any personal data processed complies with the provisions of the Protection of Personal ...

Vaccines are starting to appear but efficacy and logistics will prove to be problems

The fashion and clothing industry will overcome the myriad challenges caused by the Covid-19 pandemic

By September Sars had handed over to police just three cases involving cigarette and alcohol smuggling

Eurozone countries should consider creating their own budget instead, to escape the political whims of non-members

Pandemic estimated to force the government to borrow about £372bn (R7.6-trillion) for the financial year ending April ...

Attractive business environment offers a pipeline of infrastructure projects, which have huge implications for local ...

A turnaround will take time because changing the structure of an economy is hard to do

mRNA vaccines instructs cells to produce many substances that allow the body to function, they essentially turn cells ...

The side-effect profiles so far seem nothing to be concerned about, but it’s vital governments educate the public about ...

Retailers will get back to normal methods of serving their customers, though the boost that Covid-19 conferred upon ...

E-commerce and Covid-19 lockdown has spurred rise in online retail sales and growth of deliveries

Buffett probably sees broader value in the pharma space, which had been somewhat beaten down heading into the US ...

Business is asking: how do we return to production without jeopardising people?

The handful of recognisable faces that turned out to support Magashule were a sad and motley crew with doubtful moral ...

The Covid-19 crisis, while not to be underestimated, too shall pass in one way or another

Unprecedented rise in the number of digital solutions and innovations globally

Book about phenomenon of late 1980s lends support to those predicting an inflationary scenario

Finance minister Tito Mboweni is clawing back some incentives, while others are being rendered ineffective

Ramaphosa could use conference this week to shift emphasis away from public projects

The role of women is central to delivering meaningful environmental, social and governance strategies

US president’s drive-by visit to supporters outside hospital elicits strong rebukes

The hard lockdown, despite its economic impact, did much to prevent the virus wreaking more havoc in SA, but we can’t ...

If SA doesn’t recover from its economic crisis, it will go to the IMF, and then be forced to make bitter decisions