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Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said that while pressure on hospitals had been reduced and the recovery rate was now above 70%, more work still needed to be done before alcohol and cigarette sales were allowed again.
Thabiso Zulu believes that his friend Madoda Makhanyela was attacked after raising questions about a local multi-million rand housing project.
Sipho Ntuli had previously abandoned his bail bid but appeared to have changed his mind in the Ubombo Magistrates Court on Wednesday.
This comes after a 67-year-old Sibusiso Khumalo died of hypoxia at the weekend while being treated in a makeshift area in the hospital’s parking lot.
Ntuli allegedly lost control of the truck he was driving, ploughing into other vehicles and bystanders. Eight people died, and 32 others were injured.
Motshekga has been monitoring the return of matric pupils to schools this week.
The Health Minister on Tuesday said that the Department of Health had noted a decline in this service due to fears associated with contracting the coronavirus.
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said that research had shown that the coronavirus was not found in breast milk and therefore could not be transmitted through breastfeeding.
Motshekga is monitoring the return of matric pupils to schools in the North West province.
The department said it was unhelpful to continuously blame it as it was dealing with the scourge of the coronavirus for the first time.
The DA said the ban has devastated businesses and workers in the alcohol and cigarette sectors and now needs to be discarded to prioritise livelihoods.
Matric pupils returned to their classrooms on Monday while lower grades will be phased in throughout the month.
This after two women were shot dead and another was wounded after a man opened fire on their home in the south coast in June.
Former CFO Zaitun Shaik faces money laundering charge, together with attorney Azgar Khan, his wife Sharlene Bechoo and businessman Shaariq Ansari after funds disappeared from the college’s account.
Four suspects appeared in court on Friday for the alleged theft of R30 million from the account of a KZN TVET college.
The college's ex-chief financial officer, Zaitun Shaik, faces corruption and money laundering charges together with attorney Azgar Khan, his wife Sharlene Bechoo and businessman Shaariq Ansari.
The union said that it was concerned about the state of readiness for next week because it was not clear whether safety issues and structural challenges like poor water supply in some communities had been addressed.
