South Africa hopes to build 10 000 ventilators by end June – and up to 50 000 more if needed

Using local parts, or components with big stockpiles, SA's National Ventilator Project...

Debt collectors won’t come knocking on your door during SA’s Covid-19 lockdown

Banks and financial services of all kinds are expected to keep going during lockdown...

The Western Cape govt thinks cigarette sales are okay – but Cape Town stores don’t agree

Stores in Cape Town aren’t taking any chances, even though the Western Cape says they may...

The govt can now track cellphone locations back to 5 March: how Covid-19 tracing will work

Cellphone locations will be traced without any notification to the user, with the details...

Taxis can now be fully loaded – if everyone wears hard-to-find masks – but not private cars

Cars made for four may only have two people and the driver in them at any time, but...

Some of SA’s Covid-19 disaster regulations now provide for a lockdown extension beyond 21 days

Two sets of emergency measures from two different departments on Tuesday envisage the...

It’s not just petrol: LP gas prices are way down due to Covid-19, just in time for a chillier SA

Plummeting fuel demand due to the novel coronavirus has seen illuminating paraffin...

SA has banned the export of face masks, hand sanitiser – and an unproven Covid-19 drug

Studies on the use of hydroxychloroquine sulfate in Covid-19 are preliminary at best, but...