Dr Zweli Mkhize
NATIONAL NEWS - Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize has raised concerns after a number of districts within provinces had seen more than 20% average increase in cases over the past two weeks.
Addressing this in a statement released on Wednesday evening, Mkhize said there was a “worrying trend” in the rising cases, which has prompted the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) to flag the districts as “under observation”.
“In the past two weeks, we have noticed a worrying trend of increasing numbers of detected cases in a number of districts. Free State, Gauteng, Northern Cape and North West are of particular concern but every province, with the notable exception of Eastern Cape, has at least one district of concern,” said Mkhize.
Late Queen Mantfombi Dlamini Zulu to be remembered at official service today President Cyril Ramaphosa granted the late monarch a special provincial official funeral category two following a request by provincial KZN authorities. FILE: In this file photo taken on 22 September 2013, Zulu Queen Mantfombi Dlamini Zulu attends the festival of Zulu 200 celebrating the existence of the Zulu Nation at the King Shaka International Airport in Durban. Picture: AFP
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DURBAN – A memorial service in honour of the late Queen Mantfombi Dlamini Zulu is expected to take place at her Khangelamankengane Royal Palace in Nongoma, in northern KwaZulu-Natal on Friday.
Zulu regent, Queen Mantfombi Dlamini Zulu, laid to rest in private ceremony The third wife of the late King Goodwill Zwelithini was interred during a private ceremony attended only by close members of the Zulu and Swati royal families in the early hours of Thursday morning. FILE: In this file photo taken on 22 September 2013, Zulu Queen Mantfombi Dlamini Zulu attends the festival of Zulu 200 celebrating the existence of the Zulu Nation at the King Shaka International Airport in Durban. Picture: AFP
DURBAN - Regent of the Zulu nation, Queen Mantfombi Dlamini Zulu has been laid to rest.
The third wife of the late King Goodwill Zwelithini was interred during a private ceremony attended only by close members of the Zulu and Swati royal families in the early hours of Thursday morning.
DA Home Affairs spokesperson Angel Khanyile urged the government to immediately impose travel curbs on travellers from India â including stopping direct and connecting flights from India to South Africa, as well as seaports and land borders. Picture: Motshwari Mofokeng/African News Agency (ANA)
Worrying rise in detection of Covid-19 cases at ports of entry
By Thobeka Ngema
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DURBAN - WITH the Covid-19 crisis in India worsening due to their second wave, there has been a lot of talk about Covid-19 variants, especially the one dominant in India, B.1.617.
The World Health Organization (WHO) listed the B.1.617 variant, first detected in India, as a Sars-CoV-2 variant of concern.
There are no known cases in SA of the B.1.617 Covid-19 variant, but several people are having their positive samples tested, health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said.