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We have to ask ourselves if the strict covid patient visiting policies in hospitals are doing more damage than good.

Eskom has announced that they are now obligated to shut down one-third of its coal-fired electricity generators after being denied to be exempt from air pollution laws.

The UN sounds "alarm bells" as they officially recognize the 38°C measured in Siberia last year as the new highest record for the Arctic.

After he failed to appear in court on Monday for the unrest he caused in July, an arrest warrant has been issued for Bonginkosi Khanyile.

Resistance occurs when the effectiveness of a drug is reduced and it no longer provides a full cure against the targeted infection.

Research shows that mixing vaccines works and could improve distribution, so it may be the best strategy moving forward.

Following the controversy surrounding the event, it comes as a great reward for Lalela to have come this far in the 2021 Miss Universe pageant.

In the light of receiving a letter from Oscar Pistorius, Barry and June Steenkamp share how difficult this whole process has been for them.

After attending the State Memorial Service for FW de Klerk, President Cyril Ramaphosa started showing mild symptoms of Covid-19.

Daily headlines showed it was not true that no country had avoided a severe epidemic. Many had done just that including South Korea, which faced rapid spread of the virus but avoided a severe outbreak, showing that it was possible to keep cases and deaths down even after the virus...

The global COVID pandemic not only heightened interest in the field of disaster risk management, but in several instances required the use and implementation of emergency laws. South Africa was no exception.

The planned seismic survey off South Africa’s Wild Coast by energy company Shell has unleashed public outrage in the country and beyond.

Gqeberha police are asking residents to be on the lookout for the aluminium diesel tanks after 16 pallets were stolen from the truck.

After the island's first local infection in weeks, scientists are investigating whether a Covid-infected mouse is to blame.

New Zealand's latest health plan is to progressively lift the legal smoking age, eventually making it impossible for youngsters to buy cigarettes legally.

Even after opting out of data tracking, iPhone users found that they are still being tracked by apps such as Facebook and Snapchat.

Hybrid warfare is gaining traction globally as the preferred option for conducting malicious statecraft in the grey zone between peace and war.

President Cyril Ramaphosa's cabinet has approved another extension of the country's national state of disaster until the 15th of January 2022.

After initially being approved in March 2021, Pfizer has officially received the green light from SAHPRA to administer a third vaccine dose.

A dormant non-profit receives R80 million from the National Lotteries Commission but no-one will say how the money was spent.

In 2019, a group of teenagers murdered Themane by beating him as he kept trying to escape and while others were filming the entire incident.

Just over 17 million South African adults are fully vaccinated, out of an adult population of about 40 million.

After having been denied access, covid-19 research departments will now be able to gain access to the Electronic Vaccination Data System.

After smuggling over 50 pieces of rhino horns into Vietnam, the suspect is now paying with the most jail time ever given for wildlife related crimes.