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Deputy President David Mabuza visits in Mangaung in the Free State to assess the state of readiness in the province. (GCIS) Deputy President David Mabuza is scheduled to answer questions in the National Assembly on Thursday.The National Assembly will debate farm attacks on Tuesday.The City of Cape Town, which refused previously, is scheduled to appear…

Zindziswa was the South African ambassador to Denmark at the time of her death.She died on Monday in a Johannesburg hospital and it has since been confirmed she had tested positive for Covid-19.Zindziswa Mandela was the youngest daughter of former president Nelson Mandela and struggle stalwart Winnie Mandela.Ahead of her funeral on Friday morning, President…

Springbok lock Victor Matfield in action during the third Test between South Africa and the British and Irish Lions at Ellis Park on 4 July 2009. The British & Irish Lions' tour of South Africa next year looks likely go ahead as scheduled.There were fears the dates could be pushed back to a later stage…

June 23, 2020Updated 7:31 p.m. ETPHOENIX — An Arizona megachurch hosting President Trump on Tuesday misleadingly claimed that its new air purification system “kills 99.9 percent of Covid within 10 minutes” but then backtracked shortly before the president spoke.Mr. Trump visited Dream City Church in Phoenix, one of the nation’s biggest megachurches, to speak to…

South Africans older than 60 may face many more months at home under proposed "risk-adjusted" lockdown rules from 1 May, if the projected coronavirus peak indeed hits the country around September.President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a raft of measures on Thursday to open the economy and sectors of society under a new, five-level alert system.He said:…