DA interim leader John Steenhuisen on Friday called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to end South Africa's six-week-old lockdown, saying it was posing a bigger threat to the country than Covid-19.

Charly’s Bakery is one of many food stores in the Mother City hard-hit by challenges ranging from falling sales to fear driven by the Covid-19 pandemic, and the subsequent lockdown.

Level 4 lockdown arrived and while greeted with much jubilation, also sadly demonstrated just how much homo sapiens residing in South Africa have not changed at their core.

Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has approved amendments to the country's state of emergency that grant him and security agencies additional powers, which the government says are needed to combat the coronavirus outbreak.

Russian President Vladimir Putin marked Victory Day, the anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, in a ceremony shorn of its usual military parade and pomp by the coronavirus pandemic.

Both hospitals had further enhanced their disinfecting and decontaminating programmes of all facilities on their premises. Doctors would be again be consulting from their rooms as from Monday.

Justin Karuppan, 39, has filled 120 bags with rubbish collected from the water

The wine industry has welcomed the easing of export restrictions as a positive step towards boosting the constrained economy.

Seven people were killed when protesters angry over what they see as unfair food aid distribution during the coronavirus pandemic clashed with police in Afghanistan's western Ghor province.

South Africa has been praised by the World Health Organization for acting swiftly and delaying the spread of the virus. However, we must guard against being complacent as we begin the gradual easing of the lockdown.