Sick patients fighting each other for oxygen machines, blood on the walls, and other horrors are just part of the daily lives of those fighting COVID-19 in Eastern Cape hospitals.
An old genre, apocalypse porn, is gaining popularity again as we face a global pandemic, climate change, civil unrest, and economic uncertainty.
The Western Cape still has the most confirmed COVID-19 cases of any province, but Gauteng is seeing a massive spike in numbers.
Late last night, without much fanfare, the South African government gazetted some amendments to our lockdown rules.
As the Western Cape’s confirmed coronavirus death toll continues to spike, healthcare workers on the front lines are sharing heartbreaking stories.
If you’re considering returning to South Africa from overseas, there are a few things that you should keep in mind.
I wouldn’t bust open your final pack of smuggled cigarettes just yet, but I’m sure many smokers will be looking at this as positive news.
Novak Djokovic might be the world’s top-ranked tennis player, but he wouldn’t be anywhere near the top of the popularity rankings.
To be clear, you really should wear a face mask. Just make sure it doesn’t have one of these valves on the side.
Professor Shabir Madhi isn’t one to mince his words, and he was honest in his assessment of the tobacco sales ban and what lies ahead.
A one-night stand can’t happen without close contact with another person, which is not exactly ideal during a pandemic.
From July 4, England will be further easing up on lockdown restrictions. Here’s what they can and can’t do.
The University of Witwatersrand, in partnership with Oxford University, starts human trials this week for a possible COVID-19 vaccine.
Children and adults could experience changes in behaviour from lack of access to nature and the outdoors.
South Africa is grappling with the issue of the spread of the coronavirus in our prison system, although that’s not a problem unique to this country.
Yesterday, South Africa’s confirmed coronavirus cases ticked over the 100 000 mark, and the acceleration over the past two weeks is cause for great concern.
The Serb set up the Adria Tour as a way of reintroducing tennis to the Balkans, but things are not going according to plan.
Just when you thought you couldn’t have more respect for Rassie Erasmus, the man who coached South Africa to the 2019 Rugby World Cup win, this story emerges.
Healthcare workers fear for their safety as new cases surge through the doors, and some medics would love for it to be a criminal offence to be caught in public without a face mask.
Residents of the Western Cape are encouraged to stay vigilant as lockdown restrictions ease, alongside a predicted peak in COVID-19 cases.
When you work where you live, it can be difficult to find that work-life balance we all need to stay sane.
Venice has eased up on lockdown restrictions, and is starting to look more like its former self.
One of the many added safety protocols during this time, at stores across the country, has been the clear plastic screens that separate cashier and customer at checkout.
Over the past few days, dexamethasone has been touted as a breakthrough drug in terms of treating critically ill COVID-19 patients.
After Ramaphosa’s address last night, News24’s editor-in-chief, Adriaan Basson, says that lockdown is “all but over”, and individual responsibility is now paramount to fighting COVID-19.
When figuring out how high a certain strain of cannabis will get a person, many users tend to look at the same few markers.
A new study reveals that going to the loo directly after someone with COVID-19 is far from ideal.
While we don’t know if or when we might move to alert level 2, ‘advanced alert level 3’ is on the cards, heralding in a few key changes.
All it takes is one voicenote and the panic begins, so here’s the latest from Minister in the presidency, Jackson Mthembu, on the government’s position.
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