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UN hails SA's 'strong' Covid-19 response"We recognise the importance of the Covid-19 impact and we knew that with this asset, we could make the necessary impact," Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane-Zulu said on Tuesday. She added the train would be stationed in KwaZulu-Natal for a number of weeks."We will use it in five different districts," Simelane-Zulu said.The…

Tears and cheers as Covid-19 patients discharged from hospitalMbombo told News24: "He ended up in ICU and being [on a] ventilator. There is a notion that once you put people on a ventilator, (people) don't survive. Or you don't hear about those who have been on ventilators. So today we are showcasing the strength of…

A large plume of black smoke was visible in the Pinetown CBD in Durban after a building caught alight, paramedic services said on Monday.Rescue Care spokesperson Garrith Jamieson said his paramedics responded to the scene at Josiah Gumede Road, near Anderson Road, in the Pinetown CBD."On arrival they found police and [the] fire department in…

78 South Africans finally being repatriated from northern African countriesOn Sunday, it was the turn of 74 South Africans scattered across the continent of Africa.Schafer explained: "On the 15th March, the group got together and formed a WhatsApp Group to coordinate a plan to be repatriated. All their attempts to request repatriation from the South…

Even the gangsters of Lavender Hill are on lockdown."You can look there, all those guys standing there with their bakkies are gangsters. But the gang leaders are quiet, and these guys don't have work. They realise now that these gang leaders can't look after them."Mark Nicholson, the force behind the Lavender Hill Sports Club, points…