2 SA cruise ship passengers who travelled to Mozambican Islands have COVID-19
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2 SA cruise ship passengers who travelled to Mozambican Islands have COVID-19
The first case was detected in a passenger who had travelled on a vessel that disembarked from the Port of Durban on 28 February and returned on 2 March.
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Prominent SA scientist Gita Ramjee dies of COVID-19 related complications
Ramjee, a vaccine scientist and an HIV prevention researcher had returned from London last week but reportedly showed no symptoms of the coronavirus.
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IIF urges SA to seek IMF funding, EFF rejects Mboweni finance suggestion
The Institute of International Finance said that it expected South Africa's economy to contract by 2.5% in 2020 but said that waning demand, travel restrictions and pandemic-related closures could lead to a deeper recession.
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COVID-19 brief bites - 31 March 2020
After days of lockdown, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said that while the coronavirus infections were increasing, they were not at the level that government models had predicted.
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Nehawu ready to file urgent interdict against Mkhize over health workers’ safety
More than 1,300 people have tested positive for the coronavirus in South Africa so far but the union said the number would rise significantly once more tests were carried out.
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Ntshavheni: Govt to offer lifeline to spaza shops during lockdown
Small Business Development Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said her department would introduce a dedicated spaza support scheme to assist those businesses in the sector to weather the storm during the government’s strict lockdown regulations.
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Govt's COVID-19 plan to de-densify Du Noon a mystery for residents
Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisiulu announced last week that certain areas that are simply not conducive to social distancing will have to be thinned out.
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Lockdown lessons: SA pupils turn to online learning to keep studies on track
The Education Department is encouraging pupils to use the time to self-study and has made learning material available online, as well as revision classes on radio and TV.
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Ipid explains murder accused Ekurhuleni metro cop's non-appearance in court
The Ekurhuleni Metro police official and his co-accused are alleged to have gunned down Sibusiso Amos at his home in Vosloorus during COVID-19 lockdown enforcement earlier this week.
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Makhura vows to escalate COVID-19 testing in Gauteng's informal settlements
Speaking at the launch of the mass mobilisation campaign at the Setswetla informal settlement in Alexandra on Tuesday, Premier David Makhura said the program would target the most densely populated areas.
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City of Cape Town wants lockdown rules amended to restrict shopping hours
City of Cape Town Mayco member JP Smith said that regulations needed refining and it needed to happen fast.
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Mbalula relaxes some taxi restrictions as Santaco threatens strike
The organisation had threatened a national strike over the regulations announced by government.
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Gauteng records first COVID-19 death as SA’s mortality rate edges up to 0.37%
There are 1,353 confirmed cases of the virus in the country, however, this number is expected to increase as mass mobile testing services are rolled out.
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SA duo stranded at Malaysian airport hoping for assistance to return home
Capetonian Allan Huysamen and Allister Nunn from Johannesburg met when they faced an unexpectedly closed boarding gate at Kuala Lumpur International Airport when Malaysia went into lockdown to stop COVID-19 from spreading.
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SA's number of COVID-19 cases lower than expected - Mkhize
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said that thousands more were expected to have been infected by now and this was encouraging.
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Ex-WC ANC chairperson Marius Fransman tests positive for COVID-19
He advised anyone whose came into contact with him over the last month to also get checked out.
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COVID-19: Mary Oppenheimer and daughters donate R1bn to Solidarity Fund
In a statement, Oppenheimer said that she and her daughters thought long and hard about where they could make the greatest difference and decided to support the humanitarian needs of everyone living in South Africa.
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Rand firms after trade data, stocks rise
At 1550 GMT the rand was 0.78% firmer at 17.7700 to the dollar.
