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EFF to disband Limpopo structures after decline in election support
The provincial leadership has been singled out over the loss after it defied the orders not to contest the provincial elective conference This content is restricted to registered…
Ramaphosa asks all South Africans to help to avoid 50 000 Covid-19 deaths this year
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
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
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
Opposition parties and ANC ‘factions’ will attempt to use the crisis to their advantage
Where is the deputy president?
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…
How schools could work during Covid
Ahead of their opening, the basic education department has given schools three models to consider to ensure physical distancing
‘Level three will require great discipline and responsibility’ — Dlamini-Zuma
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
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
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
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
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
Some industries will open but the tobacco ban remains in place, contradicting the president’s earlier remarks
Virus leaves fishing high and dry
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
Read the amended national lockdown regulations