The union has been calling for a delay in learners' return to the classroom as the coronavirus has not yet been contained.

Community Safety MEC Albert Fritz said the police ombudsman will look into allegation two women were turned away from the Khayelitsha and Langa police station in separate incidents.

As pupils from more grades prepare to return to school on Monday, the WCED has a record of active cases stands at 382 – which includes educators and non-teaching staff.

There are 382 active cases which includes educators and non-teaching staff.

The department on Thursday announced revised plans to phase in remaining grades to allow schools to reach normality by August.

Samke Mzukwa said she was raped by a childhood friend in the early hours of Saturday morning and was manhandled at the Langa Police Station where she had gone to report the alleged crime.

Pickets have been taking place outside schools throughout the province this week as parents and teachers call for schools to be closed at least until the COVID-19 peak was over.

Metrorail's Riana Scott said that about 300 commuters travelled during this morning's peak-hour trial service.

Candidates have been requested to register their profiles on the department's online system as part of the Classroom Assistant initiative.

Detectives are investigating the possibility that the two shooting incidents were linked.

It's the last mode of transport to resume since lockdown regulations were relaxed under level three.

These numbers continue to grow week by week while calls by teachers, governing bodies, unions and parents for schools to remain closed are also escalating.

More than 520 pupils and 1,169 staff members across the country have tested positive for COVID-19 since schools re-opened three weeks ago.

This after inspectors closed several businesses in the southern Cape town of Knysna this past week.

A number of non-compliant businesses in Knysna have been served with prohibition notices after Department of Labour inspectors found them in contravention of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

Mujahid Alexander and Brandon September, members of the Ugly Americans gang, were convicted this week after entering into a plea bargain.

On Wednesday, Overberg Fire and Rescue Services members, Hermanus Neighbourhood Watch members and other officials joined the man's family to search for him when he failed to return home.

Minister Angie Motshekga said that officials were working hard to ensure that all schools were COVID-19 compliant before receiving pupils.