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Pressure mounts to lift lockdown and limit humanitarian crisis
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . May 15, 2020
As the government moved yesterday to reopen trade for online shopping – except for alcohol and cigarettes – pressure mounted on Cyril Ramaphosa’s administration to

Unicef warns of children’s crisis because of Covid-19
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . May 15, 2020
The United Nations’ Children’s Fund (Unicef) has warned that actions taken to help combat the Covid-19 virus, such as harsh lockdowns, could harm children’s health

Thabane to resign next week
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . May 15, 2020
Tom Thabane, the Prime Minister of Lesotho, will resign from office by next Friday. This was according to the speaker of the Lesotho Parliament, Sephiri

Level 3 for most of SA by end of May, except hotspot metros – Ramaphosa
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . May 14, 2020
President Cyril Ramaphosa told the country last night consultations were under way on a proposal to place most of South Africa on a level 3

More funds to support businesses?
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . May 14, 2020
Discussions are in progress between the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition and the National Treasury to secure additional funds to support firms hit by

South Africa on the brink – Neal Froneman
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . May 13, 2020
Sibanye-Stillwater CEO, Neal Froneman, says that the ongoing lockdown is doing enormous damage to the economy. In a media interview, he voiced concern about the

Cuban doctors to enter Covid-19 battle in the Eastern Cape
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . May 13, 2020
Twenty of the 217 Cuban doctors who arrived in South Africa in April to assist in combating the Covid-19 pandemic are to be dispatched to

Ewie Cronje dies
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . May 13, 2020
Ewie Cronje, the former Free State cricketer, administrator, and father of the late South African cricket captain, Hansie Cronje, died at his home in Bloemfontein

Ramaphosa should address nation weekly – Steenhuisen
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . May 13, 2020
With much news and comment focusing on the pressure being brought to bear on the government to account for the decisions of its National Coronavirus

Intervene in Western Cape: Health Committee Chair
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . May 12, 2020
The growing number of COVID-19 infections in the Western Cape is a matter of concern and the National Command Centre should ‘intervene’ in the province,