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ANC Youth League national youth task team (NYTT) spokesperson Sizophila Mkhize believes she was hacked.

'Time for talk is over' — ANCYL plans to mobilise South Africans over load-shedding

"We're done speaking to [the ANC leadership] nicely. We will mobilise young people and if we get suspended from the ANC, so be it.If we are accused of bringing the ANC into disrepute, so be it,” said Mkhize.

EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu.

'He won't come out alive' — Shivambu says Ramaphosa won't survive upcoming motion of no confidence

Shivambu said the Phala Phala farm scandal reinforces claims by the EFF that Ramaphosa is unfit to run the country.

Former EFF secretary-general Godrich Gardee with his daughter Hillary, who was found murdered in May days after she was reported missing.

Police respond to Hillary Gardee murder case claims

Police spokesperson Brig Selvy Mohlala told TimesLIVE officers keep in daily contact with the Gardee family on progress in their investigation.

Royal House of Mandela calls for alcohol ban after Enyobeni tavern tragedy

Inkosi Zwelivelile Mandla Mandela said alcohol exacerbated many underlying social ills.

Rev Kholeka Gaveni asks for peace and healing during the
mass prayer meeting for the families on Monday.

WATCH | Sombre mood at Enyobeni tavern tragedy prayer meeting

Bereaved parents and families in Scenery Park, East London, gathered for a prayer meeting on Monday after the deaths of 21 young people at the Enyobeni tavern in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Energy minister Gwede Mantashe snubbed President Cyril Ramaphosa's green energy signing.  File photo.

If that money was in the wrong place at the wrong time, authorities must intervene: Mantashe on ‘farmgate’

“Let’s allow Sars to do its work, let’s allow the Reserve Bank to look into exchange controls. If there was any law broken then we take action based on evidence, not emotion,” said Mantashe.

Police minister Bheki Cele has deployed a tactical response team to Soweto after the mass shooting at a tavern in the area at the weekend. File photo.

WATCH | Bheki Cele breaks down at Enyobeni Tavern tragedy

The police minister said what he witnessed inside the tavern was horrifying.

Safa president Danny Jordaan after winning the presidential election at the Sandton Convention Centre on Saturday.

DA says ‘a new broom’ is needed at Safa, not another term for Jordaan

DA shadow minister for sports Tshepo Mhlongo said Jordaan had not achieved anything since becoming head of the association in 2013 and SA football had gone from bad to worse since he took over.

Johannesburg's MMC for health and social development Ashley Sauls says the first case of monkeypox in SA is no cause for panic.

POLL | Government says there's no need to panic about monkeypox — are you worried?

Sauls said the strain of the disease was not considered fatal and sufferers start to experience symptoms within seven to 14 days of exposure.

The arms and torso of a patient with skin lesions due to monkeypox during an outbreak of the virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1996 and 1997.
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WATCH | SA monkeypox case trends as ‘men who have sex with men’ sparks stigmatisation concerns

"Why is the trend among men who have sex with men? That's probably how it was introduced in countries outside Africa,” says the National Health Laboratory Service’s Prof Kholeka Mlisana.

Health minister Dr Joe Phaahla. File photo.

Was there an increase in Covid-19 infections after the scrapping of the national state of disaster?

Phaahla said the rapid spread of Covid-19 during the Omicron-dominated waves led to increased natural immunity.

A video of ANC spokesperson Pule Mabe singing went viral. File photo.
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'A crude publicity stunt' — ANC responds to DA roping in FBI on 'farmgate'

Pule Mabe said it was bizarre that the DA overlooked local law enforcement authorities and reached out to a foreign agency.

ANC spokesperson Pule Mabe has called for unity.

'Insult to committed cadres': Pule Mabe hits back at ActionSA in 'comrade' war

Mabe said ActionSA's "populist manoeuvres" were deliberate attempts to mislead society.

Among 3,069 patients treated in a Boston intensive care unit (ICU) between 2008 and 2019, people of color were given significantly less supplemental oxygen than would be considered optimal compared to white people. Stock photo.

How many Covid-19 infections have been reported in Africa?

The continent has recorded a substantial increase in Covid-19 cases following a three-week decline in daily infections.

About 8% to 10% of patients hospitalised for pneumonia and 25% of patients with flu-like illness (fever and cough) will test positive for influenza during the flu season. Stock photo.
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Do I have flu or Covid-19?

The Covid-19 pandemic has made it harder to determine if you've come down with flu or have the coronavirus.