{"id":163847,"date":"2020-08-23T08:35:20","date_gmt":"2020-08-23T06:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/south-africa-records-144-new-covid-19-related-fatalities-as-death-toll-climbs-to-12-987\/"},"modified":"2020-08-23T08:35:20","modified_gmt":"2020-08-23T06:35:20","slug":"south-africa-records-144-new-covid-19-related-fatalities-as-death-toll-climbs-to-12-987","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/south-africa-records-144-new-covid-19-related-fatalities-as-death-toll-climbs-to-12-987\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa records 144 new Covid-19 related fatalities as death toll climbs to 12 987"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/article.wn.com\/view\/2020\/08\/22\/South_Africa_records_144_new_Covid19_related_fatalities_as_d\/\">South Africa records 144 new Covid-19 related fatalities as death toll climbs to 12 987<\/a>: As the country spends its first Saturday in Level 2 of the lockdown, 144 new Covid-19 related deaths and 3 707 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus have been recorded in the past 24 hours. &#8230;&#8230;<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/article.wn.com\/view\/2020\/08\/22\/South_Africa_records_144_new_Covid19_related_fatalities_as_d\/\">WN.com &#8211; Southafrica News<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/article.wn.com\/view\/2020\/08\/22\/Suspect_shot_dead_after_wounding_farmer_who_was_a_witness_in\/\">Suspect shot dead after wounding farmer who was a witness in another case against the attacker<\/a>: A 21-year-old man, shot dead on a farm in Oudedorp near Potchefstroom on Friday night, was suspected of having gone to the farm to kill a witness in another farm attack that the suspect was involved in. &#8230;&#8230;<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/article.wn.com\/view\/2020\/08\/22\/Suspect_shot_dead_after_wounding_farmer_who_was_a_witness_in\/\">WN.com &#8211; Southafrica News<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/article.wn.com\/view\/2020\/08\/22\/WATCH_SANEF_honours_South_African_journalists_with_Nat_Nakas\/\">WATCH | SANEF honours South African journalists with Nat Nakasa Award for work on Covid-19 frontline<\/a>: The South African National Editors Forum is honouring reporters across the country with the Nat Nakasa Award, for their work during the coronavirus pandemic. &#8230;&#8230;<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/article.wn.com\/view\/2020\/08\/22\/WATCH_SANEF_honours_South_African_journalists_with_Nat_Nakas\/\">WN.com &#8211; Southafrica News<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/article.wn.com\/view\/2020\/08\/22\/Sanef_National_Press_Club_announce_new_leadership\/\">Sanef, National Press Club announce new leadership<\/a>: Pretoria &#8211; Two non-profit media organisations held their annual general meetings this week, and have announced their new leadership teams. The South African National Editors\u2019 Forum (Sanef) will be led for the next two years by Sbu Ngalwa, politics editor at&#8230;<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/article.wn.com\/view\/2020\/08\/22\/Sanef_National_Press_Club_announce_new_leadership\/\">WN.com &#8211; Southafrica News<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/article.wn.com\/view\/2020\/08\/22\/Unofficial_worlds_oldest_man_dies_aged_116_in_South_Africa\/\">Unofficial world&#8217;s oldest man dies aged 116 in South Africa<\/a>: Fredie Blom said earlier this year he had \u2018lived this long because of God\u2019s grace\u2019 A 116-year-old South African man believed to be among the world\u2019s oldest people has died, his family said. Born on 8 May 1904, Fredie Blom told Agence-France Presse earlier this year he had \u201clived this long because of&#8230;<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/article.wn.com\/view\/2020\/08\/22\/Unofficial_worlds_oldest_man_dies_aged_116_in_South_Africa\/\">WN.com &#8211; Southafrica News<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/article.wn.com\/view\/2020\/08\/22\/Two_children_die_in_shack_fire_while_mother_allegedly_drinki\/\">Two children die in shack fire, while mother, allegedly drinking at shebeen later found dead<\/a>: The mother of two children who were killed in a shack fire at the Ramaphosa informal settlement in Ekurhuleni, while she was allegedly drinking at a shebeen, was suspected of having taken her own life after hearing about the death of her daughters. &#8230;&#8230;<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/article.wn.com\/view\/2020\/08\/22\/Two_children_die_in_shack_fire_while_mother_allegedly_drinki\/\">WN.com &#8211; Southafrica News<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/article.wn.com\/view\/2020\/08\/22\/Passenger_killed_in_Centurion_crash\/\">Passenger killed in Centurion crash<\/a>: A man, believed to be in his early 30s, was killed when two cars collided at the intersection of Botha and Amkor avenues in Centurion in Pretoria on Friday night, ER24&#8230;<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/article.wn.com\/view\/2020\/08\/22\/Passenger_killed_in_Centurion_crash\/\">WN.com &#8211; Southafrica News<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/article.wn.com\/view\/2020\/08\/22\/Remorseless_killers_jailed_for_mutilating_beheading_uMlazi_t\/\">Remorseless killers jailed for mutilating, beheading uMlazi teen and dumping his head near local school<\/a>: Durban &#8211; Six cold-blooded killers showed no remorse at the Durban High Court on Friday when two were sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a 15-year-old teenager from uMlazi. Their victim, Phiwayinkosi \u201cMacala\u201d Mhlongo, was abducted at gunpoint, beheaded and had his genitals mutilated in what is believed to be a revenge killing in April 2017. His body was found near a stormwater drain close to his home in&#8230;<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/article.wn.com\/view\/2020\/08\/22\/Remorseless_killers_jailed_for_mutilating_beheading_uMlazi_t\/\">WN.com &#8211; Southafrica News<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/article.wn.com\/view\/2020\/08\/22\/Duduzane_Zuma_comes_out_in_support_of_Gumede_Keep_working_ha\/\">Duduzane Zuma comes out in support of Gumede: &#8216;Keep working hard, and keep pushing the envelope&#8217;<\/a>: Duduzane Zuma has come out in support of embattled former eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede following her deployment to the KwaZulu-Natal legislature. &#8230;&#8230;<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/article.wn.com\/view\/2020\/08\/22\/Duduzane_Zuma_comes_out_in_support_of_Gumede_Keep_working_ha\/\">WN.com &#8211; Southafrica News<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/article.wn.com\/view\/2020\/08\/22\/Gauteng_shopping_centre_store_robbed_of_cash_and_cellphones_\/\">Gauteng shopping centre store robbed of cash and cellphones, manhunt launched for suspects<\/a>: Police have launched a man hunt for six suspects who robbed a store at the Cosmo City shopping centre in Gauteng on Saturday. &#8230;&#8230;<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/article.wn.com\/view\/2020\/08\/22\/Gauteng_shopping_centre_store_robbed_of_cash_and_cellphones_\/\">WN.com &#8211; Southafrica News<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Make your life easier:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/buype.co.za\/advertise-your-special-offers-for-free\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Advertise your business special offers for FREE on BuyPE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/submit\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Submit your own Press Release<\/a> or get free content for your publication.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Video &#8211; How to post your Press Release on MyPR:<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9ovzdChGkuU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><small>My Press Release (MyPR) provides free South African targeted content and press releases for on and off line publishers and media. 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