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Ramaphosa asks all South Africans to help to avoid 50 000 Covid-19 deaths this year

Coronavirus Sarah Smit & Lester Kiewit - 12 Jul 2020

Calling this ‘the gravest crisis in the history of our democracy’, the president said level three lockdown remains, but enforcement will be strengthened

People’s behaviour stoking Gauteng pandemic

Coronavirus M&G Data Desk & Thando Maeko - 9 Jul 2020

The active case count of Gauteng surpasses that of whole countries. Workers at clinics report a ‘concerning’ relaxation of basic health protocols

Don’t take the bait, Dr Killjoy

Coronavirus Paddy Harper - 5 Jun 2020

I’m going fishing on Friday. Watch the sun rise, smoke a spliff, tangle a line in the sea. Unless NDZ is tempted to do a level U-turn

Richard Calland: CR’s tough test amid politics of pandemic

Coronavirus Richard Calland - 28 May 2020

Opposition parties and ANC ‘factions’ will attempt to use the crisis to their advantage

How schools could work during Covid

Coronavirus Bongekile Macupe - 28 May 2020

Ahead of their opening, the basic education department has given schools three models to consider to ensure physical distancing

Where is the deputy president?

Politics Paddy Harper, Athandiwe Saba & Sabelo Skiti - 28 May 2020

David Mabuza is hard at work — it’s just not taking place in the public eye. The rumblings and discussion in the ANC are about factions in the ruling party, succession and ousting him

‘Level three will require great discipline and responsibility’ — Dlamini-Zuma

Coronavirus Chris Gilili - 28 May 2020

The local government minister has laid out how lockdown level three will work, but she warned that it comes with a danger of Covid-19 spreading further

Lockdown set to move to level three countrywide from June 1

Coronavirus Lester Kiewit & Paddy Harper - 24 May 2020

President Cyril Ramaphosa notes that the behaviour of citizens during level 3 will determine the fate of the nation

Watch it again: Ramaphosa on risk-adjusted Covid-19 strategy

Coronavirus Kiri Rupiah - 24 May 2020

President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to address his fellow South Africans on developments in the risk-adjusted strategy to manage the spread of the coronavirus

Profit vs pandemic: British American Tobacco’s Covid-19 stunt

Coronavirus Mukovhe Morris Masutha - 19 May 2020

The tyranny of the markets is evident, with the cigarette company exemplifying this through its bid to weaken the government’s measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus

Government’s Covid-19 science mask is slipping

Coronavirus Steven Friedman - 10 May 2020

The government’s professed reliance on science to justify its response to the pandemic reveals both its overconfidence and its insecurities about getting citizens to cooperate

Level four lockdown: Dlamini-Zuma stubs out South Africa’s hopes for a puff

Article Paddy Harper - 29 Apr 2020

Some industries will open but the tobacco ban remains in place, contradicting the president’s earlier remarks

Virus leaves fishing high and dry

Article Paddy Harper - 28 Apr 2020

The recreational fishing industry, employing 94 000 people and generating R36-billion a year, pleads for permission to return to work before it collapses

READ IT IN FULL: Final amended lockdown rules

Article Staff Reporter - 16 Apr 2020

Read the amended national lockdown regulations

President asks for more time on lockdown liquor ban court case

Article Franny Rabkin - 14 Apr 2020

Responding to a threat of court action, the presidency says the Gauteng Liquor Forum’s concerns about the alcohol ban are being discussed this week

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Combatting wildlife crime in Southern Africa activity annual programme statement (APS) No. 04

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