Month: December 2020

Science and Health

Covid-19 infections double in 24 hours

Wednesday | December 30, 2020 South Africa recorded 17, 710 coronavirus infections on Wednesday, Dec. 30. This is a jump in cases by almost double from yesterday’s Covid-19 statistics. Again, the confirmed number of dead people today is 465. The official cumulative total of all cases in SA is 1, 039 161 while the overall […]

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Government and Politics

Full Speech: SA President Cyril Ramaphosa Locks Country Back into Level 3

Statement by President Cyril Ramaphosa on progress i2n the national effort to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, Tuynhuys, Cape Town 28 December 2020 – 12:00am Fellow South Africans, In just four days from now, we will be ushering in a new year.  This is traditionally a time of festivity and celebrating.  Unfortunately, for us here in […]

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Science and Health

SA notch a million Covid-19 cases

Monday, December 28, 2020 It was always coming. But a million is never an easy milestone to notch. However, for a virus that has been ravaging the world this is hardly surprising. With the 9, 502 new Covid-19 infections reported yesterday, South Africa breached a million – 1, 004 413. There were 214 new deaths […]

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Football News

Dan “Dance” Masilela dances his way back to Chippa

Sunday | December 27, 2020 Chippa United have appointed their former mentor Dan “Dance” Masilela as the new head coach of the club. Ever so prone to axing coaches at the drop of a hat, Chippa have effectively replaced Lehlohonolo Seema with Masilela on Sunday, Dec. 27. The Chilli Boys hit a poor run of […]

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Science and Health

Single-day rise in coronavirus second wave

Friday | December 25, 2020 South Africa recorded a single-day highest Covid-19 cases since the beginning of the second wave of the pandemic. On Thursday, the Department of Health confirmed 14, 305 coronavirus infections surpassing Wednesday count by 259. However, the daily death record fell by 85 compared to the previous day. Behind the exponential […]

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Science and Health

Health Ministers cautions of more strict measures as cases soar

Thursday December 24, 2020 Covid-19 infections have shot up sharply by 14, 046 and 411 deaths on Wednesday, Health Minister, Dr. Zweli Mkhize announced. Yesterday’s confirmed cases takes the overall coronavirus count in South Africa to 954, 258 and the cumulative number of the deceased stands at 25, 657. At the rapid rate the second […]

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Football News

McCarthy’s PSL relaunch game in 2 years

Sunday  |  December 20, 2020 Benni McCarthy will be back this afternoon at the helm of Usuthu – AmaZulu Football Club (FC) – in the Premier Soccer League (PSL). In today’s DStv Premiership League battle, AmaZulu will welcome Chippa United FC at Jonsson Kings Park Stadium in Durban at 15:30. The former Bafana Bafana International […]

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Science and Health

New Covid-19 variant grips SA

Saturday | December 19, 2020 The Minister of Health Dr. Zweli Mkhize confirmed Friday night a new Covid-19 lineage named “501.V2 Variant” has been discovered. The Minister said it “has been identified by genomics scientists in South Africa (SA)”. In a stalemate, the Dr. Mkhize announced that: “a genomics team, led by the Kwazulu-Natal Research […]

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Football News

Arrows target toppling Sundowns as Celtic gun for Chiefs

Saturday | December 19, 2020 Lamontville Golden Arrows are aiming big this Saturday afternoon. They are hosting log leaders Mamelodi Sundowns for a DStv Premiership League clash at 15:30. Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium will be their meeting turf. Topping the league with 17 points without a loss so far, Arrows face a formidable opponent to […]

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Football News

Limpopo derby ends in deadlock

Thursday |  December 17, 2020 The Limpopo derby between Black Leopards and Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila wound up in a stalemate (1-1) during a DStv Premiership League clash in Thohoyandou on Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 16. In the same vein, Golden Arrows edged close rivals AmaZulu FC 2-0 in the KwaZulu-Natal derby Wednesday evening. At night on […]

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