Limpopo has 10,146 active cases and reports 2,500 cases daily with the Delta variant detected in the province. Dr Phophi Ramathuba, Limpopo Health MEC, blames funerals, which she calls super-spreaders.
The number of people who have died during the riots in Gauteng has gone up to 19 after ten people died in a stampede at the Ndofaya Mall in Meadowlands, Soweto.
When construction of their RDP houses were announced in 2010, shack dwellers in Cornelia, Free State were overjoyed. Finally, they were going to have a space to build their lives around.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that the government will deploy the South African National Defense Force (SANDF) and introduce new security measures to end the violent riots and looting across the country.