Teachers in South Africa want the planned reopening of schools on 1 June halted, Independent Online news website reports. Educators Union of SA (Eusa) general secretary Siphiwe Mpungose is quoted as saying that they will file a court application on Monday against the Department of Basic Education (DBE). The DBE …
Read More »Migrants and those without ID face hunger in South Africa
South Africa has marshalled huge resources towards preventing its poor from starving because of COVID-19, but undocumented citizens and stranded migrants face hunger as they slip through the net, aid workers say. Some 11,000 families waited for charity food parcels on Wednesday in a queue stretching for several kilometres outside …
Read More »South Africa backlash over ‘sandal sale ban’
South Africa’s government is facing a backlash over new lockdown regulations detailing what clothes can and cannot be sold in shops. The opposition has compared the rules to Soviet-style bureaucracy. The governing African National Congress (ANC) party is under mounting public pressure to ease lockdown rules despite warnings that infections …
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Read More »LIVE | President Cyril Ramaphosa to address the nation at 20:30
The President will address the nation at 20:30 #COVID19 | President @CyrilRamaphosa will address the nation this evening, Thursday 23 April 2020, at 20h30, on measures the country continues to undertake to contain the spread of the #coronavirus #Day28ofLockdown pic.twitter.com/E2FoJHhzay — Presidency | South Africa ?? (@PresidencyZA) April 23, 2020
Read More »SA government plans for Covid-19 to peak in September but questions about data remain
March was arguably the busiest month for President Cyril Ramaphosa in his tenure as head of state. Every other day, the President is putting out fires – some created unnecessarily by members of his own cabinet. The extended five-week national lockdown has postponed South Africa’s worst-case Covid-19 scenario to September, …
Read More »COVID-19 cases rise to 1 749, 13 confirmed deaths
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says as of Tuesday, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases is 1 749. “There is also another death, bringing the total to 13 deaths. It was a male who had stage 4 prostate cancer at Parklands Hospital. We convey our condolences to the family of …
Read More »17, 000 arrested for defying SA first week lockdown
More than 17,000 people have been arrested during the first week of the coronavirus lockdown in South Africa for defying the restrictions imposed. South African officials have warned that unless people stay at home infections could soar over the next few weeks. There are currently nearly 1,500 confirmed cases in …
Read More »South African workers freed from mask-making factory
The authorities in the South African city of Durban have freed 14 workers who had been “locked up in a [mask-making] factory since Monday”, a local government minister said. They also arrested the owner of the business. The workers “were forced to manufacture hundreds of masks to meet the demand …
Read More »SA man struggles to get tested for Covid-19 at hospital
A Western Cape man has told News24 that his attempts to get tested for Covid-19 on Thursday proved futile. Cameron Jansen, 26, says he went to the Melomed Mitchells Plain Hospital to get tested as a precautionary measure, after being in contact with a colleague from India. It is believed …
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