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Pressure mounts to lift lockdown and limit humanitarian crisis
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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,