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Cape Town icon mothballed by extended Covid lockdown

Coronavirus Lester Kiewit - 6 May 2020

With no tourists or boats coming in, Hout Bay’s famous wharf is unable to stay afloat

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Far right uses coronavirus to scapegoat refugees

Article Haris Zargar - 22 Mar 2020

Europe’s far-right nationalists are closing their borders and using Covid-19 as a guise to deport and deny entry to refugees and asylum seekers

The coronavirus and Africa: Exposing our vulnerabilities and inequalities

Africa Ayesha Jacub - 22 Mar 2020

Africa is no stranger to dealing with epidemics. A regional body has been established to co-ordinate responses, but fault lines are evident at a national level

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We’d be extinct if it weren’t for hope

Article Suntosh R Pillay - 20 Mar 2020

Hope requires empathy and a courageous optimism and faith that, as a species, our existence as humans transcends even the darkest of times

South Africa’s travel ban commences

Article Tshegofatso Mathe - 18 Mar 2020

The travel restrictions will allow South Africa to turn back passengers arriving from areas affected by Covid-19 that are deemed high risk

National Disaster declaration follows confirmation of internal transmission of covid-19

Article Paddy Harper - 15 Mar 2020

Schools closed, visas revoked, non-essential travel stopped as South African president announces the number of Covid-19 cases has jumped to 61

US Supreme Court upholds Trump travel ban

Article Staff Reporter - 26 Jun 2018

The justices ruled 5-4 that the most recent version of the ban, which the administration claims is justified by national security concerns, was valid

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US bans laptops, tablets on flights from Turkey and Arab world

Article Staff Reporter - 21 Mar 2017

Senior US officials told reporters that nine airlines from eight countries had been told to ban any device bigger than a cellphone or smartphone

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Australia issues visa ban on Ebola-hit countries

Article Staff Reporter - 28 Oct 2014

In a move that has been called "purely political", Australia is the first rich nation to shut its doors to West African countries hit by Ebola.

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Ebola takes its toll on healthcare workers

Africa Staff Reporter - 1 Sep 2014

A growing number of healthcare workers have been infected by the Ebola outbreak, which will affect healthcare services to more than 20 000 people.

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