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Pressure mounts to lift lockdown and limit humanitarian crisis

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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

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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

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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

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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?

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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,