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Boost for sports and entertainment as SA eases Covid-19 restrictions
President Cyril Ramaphosa announces the scaling back of restrictions and lifts the need to wear masks outdoors
Advisors suggest end to quarantine of asymptomatic Covid-19 contacts
According to the ministerial advisory committee, the quarantine period for “high-risk contacts” of Covid-19 patients is not an effective measure for containing the spread of the…
How the misuse of science compounded South Africa’s Covid crisis
Repeated claims that the country was “following the science” really meant it was following a particular science followed by some Western scientists
South Africa says UK red list travel decision on new Covid variant is premature
The department of international relations and cooperation says the travel ban on Southern African countries seems to be rushed
Insurrection envy in the land of the Taliban’nyana
The ANC’s inability to meet deadlines could have given us more municipal managers with bodybuilding certificates
Third wave ‘stubbornly persists’, young adults urged to get vaccinated
The past seven days show an 18.2% increase in new infections, compared with the previous week, says health minister
Young people can begin getting Covid-19 jabs from Friday 20 August
Previously, the government had said people aged between 18 and 35 years would be eligible to be vaccinated only from September
Joburg’s homeless people miss out on jabs
Gauteng has ‘no plan’ to vaccinate its 10 000 displaced persons
It will cost UIF up to R3.5-billion in Ters payments every week the lockdown is extended
Any further extensions of Ters payments will impede the UIF’s ability to pay normal claims for unemployment and parental leave
Level 4 for all to avoid a Gauteng situation in other provinces
The national coronavirus command council explained why additional restrictions were placed on the entire country
South Africa on level 4: What the Delta variant means for travel, booze
As the Delta variant of Covid-19 spreads rapidly across the country, government places South Africa on an adjusted level 4 lockdown
Booze ban likely to be lifted — with limits
President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to announce that alcohol can be sold — but with restriction — when he addresses the nation on Monday evening
Basic education department must not send conflicting messages
The rise in the number of Covid-19 cases resulted in school closures but mixed messages resulted and delayed gazetting of decisions caused confusion
Editorial: Enough. We need the vaccine
South Africans have been waiting too long and it is time for the government to deliver on its vaccine plan
Mogoeng not a devil’s advocate
The Bible-thumping chief justice really does seem to believe the anti-vaxxing nonsense he preaches