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M&G asks for money in funding crash
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Apr 4, 2020
The Mail & Guardian, the weekly newspaper, has announced that is facing a severe funding crunch and has asked for people to subscribe to it
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Focus on economic crisis
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Apr 4, 2020
South Africa’s battle against the coronavirus outbreak has been made that much more difficult by the country’s mounting economic crisis, with the rand hitting a
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Gauteng, the viral hot-spot
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Apr 4, 2020
The sheer size of Gauteng’s population and the fact that the province is characterised by high-density living, with the largest number of informal settlements in
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Provinces told to toe national line on regulations
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Apr 3, 2020
Police Minister Bheki Cele made it clear last evening that provinces had to be abide by national regulations associated with the fight against Covid-19 and
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Rwanda extends lockdown
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Apr 3, 2020
Rwanda, which began an almost total lockdown on 21 March to contain the coronavirus outbreak, is now seeking to extend the lockdown by a further
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Inflation-beating pay rise for public sector still in effect – Cosatu
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Apr 3, 2020
Mugwena Maluleke, the chief negotiator for Cosatu’s public sector unions, says the absence of a response from the government on the existing wage agreement means
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Mobile testing units launched in Gauteng
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Apr 2, 2020
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize launched the first mobile sampling and testing units in Gauteng as part of the mass testing project announced earlier this week
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Florida man held over claiming deliberate attempt to spread Covid-19
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Apr 2, 2020
Jacksonville, Florida police officers were dispatched to a local business on Sunday after a man claimed he had intentionally infected others with the coronavirus. Witnesses said
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Bangladesh’s Covid-19 anxiety
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Apr 2, 2020
The Economist reports that the world’s most densely populated country, Bangladesh, has a population of 165 million but only 29 intensive-care beds equipped with ventilators.
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SA must get ready ‘ahead of time’ – Mkhize
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Apr 1, 2020
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize last evening emphasised the importance of building up South Africa’s stock of ventilators. The government had been in discussions with medical