As of 12 July, Gauteng recorded 98 431 confirmed cases of Covid-19.Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said Gauteng went from recording around 230 daily Covid-19 infections in the beginning of June to recording between 3 000 to 4 000 daily cases by the end of the month.The province also recorded 33 514 recoveries and 644 deaths to date.At…
Irvin Khoza (Gallo Images) PSL chairperson Irvin Khoza has confirmed that Gauteng will serve as host for the league to resume in a bio-safe bubble.Khoza also confirmed that competitive fixtures including Nedbank Cup matches will require six weeks to complete.The PSL's proposed date of 18 July is yet to be confirmed and is being discussed…
Thirty people were arrested in a church hostage drama that claimed five lives on Saturday morning. A church hostage drama has left five people dead and 30 arrested in Zuurbekom, Gauteng, in the early hours of Saturday morning. According to police, the incident took place at the International Pentecost Holiness Church. Police responded to reports of a…
A health worker screens a resident at Diepsloot for Covid-19. Sharon Seretlo/Gallo Images via Getty Images Nearly 50% of Gauteng's Covid-19 cases are in the City of Johannesburg.Of the total 38 045 cases in the City, 8 327 are in Doornkop, Soweto, Dobsonville and Protea Glen.A further 7 717 cases are in the sub-district which…
Graves being prepared at the Honingnestkrans cemetery, north of Pretoria, on 8 July 2020, during a visit by Gauteng health MEC Bandile Masuku. Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku says there is capacity for 1.5 million grave sites in the province. This does not mean they are digging 1.5 million graves in preparation for Covid-19 deaths. Masuku added…
Kataza the baboon. Facebook / Baboon Matters The City of Cape Town has asked the public not to feed a baboon that has relocated to Tokai. The baboon, known as Kataza or SK11, is slowly being integrated into the Tokai troop. Video footage, however, shows humans feeding Kataza. The City of Cape Town has requested that Kataza…
As SA Rugby moves to determine which franchises will go to Europe in future, Rassie Erasmus has noted several potential benefits for the local game should that route be followed.The national director of rugby believes the high world rankings of Wales, Ireland and Scotland mean PRO Rugby is competitive and that fans will eventually identify…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…