Lancet Laboratories says it is seeing an increasing number of people coming to test for COVID-19. About 116 people have so far tested positive in South Africa. The pathology services company says the spike in requests for tests came after President Cyril Ramaphosa declared the pandemic a National State of[…]
Being told to self-isolate or work from home as the world grapples with Covid-19 is meaningless to people who rely on shelters for a bed and food. So how are some of South Africa’s shelters adjusting to the declaration by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday that there should not be[…]
Social and recreational activities in Cape Town is expected to come to a halt after the City of Cape Town decided to close all council-owned facilities as of Wednesday. The City of Cape Town said it is now implementing “containment and mitigation measures” in an effort to reduce the spread[…]
Zweli Mkhize announced just before midnight on Tuesday that South Africa had 85 confirmed cases of Covid-19, an increase of 23 from Monday’s announcement. Six more infections were confirmed among people who had not left South Africa, with the majority residing in Gauteng. Two patients are just three years old,[…]
The Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Dr Blade Nzimande, says all public institutions of higher learning will go on early recess as of Wednesday until 15 April. About 2.5 million students at universities and TVET colleges across the country will be affected. The decision will however not affect[…]
Government will on Wednesday gazette travel restrictions on all travellers from countries considered to be at high risk for the deadly coronavirus. The travel ban on citizens from eight countries including the United Kingdom and the United States was announced earlier this week by Transport Minister, Fikile Mbalula at a[…]
South Africa faces a significant shortage of Covid-19 test kits if testing for the novel coronavirus needs to be ramped up, scientists and virologists warn. Test kits are imported and experts say that both the public and private sector are already under strain to provide enough kits for the demand[…]
A 17-year-old girl was found stabbed to death in Mitchells Plain, Cape Town over the weekend, police said on Monday. The teenager succumbed to stab wounds to the chest on Sunday morning, provincial police spokesperson Sergeant Noloyiso Rwexana said in a statement. According to IOL, it is alleged that the perpetrators[…]
While concerned South Africans find ways to safeguard themselves from the novel coronavirus, it’s not that simple for commuters. Having to take various modes of transport to work and home, commuters find themselves a little too close for comfort to fellow passengers in usually overcrowded taxis, trains and buses. Many[…]
Western Cape police on Tuesday denied that its police stations in Cape Town would close as a result of the novel coronavirus. Police spokesperson Brigadier Novela Potelwa said reports on social media to that effect were “fake news”. The police stations mentioned include, among others, Delft, Mfuleni, Kuils River and[…]
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