WATCH LIVE: Ramaphosa extends COVID-19 lockdown by two more weeks
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Facebook launches new chat app for couples
The app is currently available only on Apple’s App Store in the United States and Canada, according to data from industry site Sensor Tower.
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Eskom records significant rise in unplanned power cuts in Gauteng
It has attributed the repeated power failures to illegal connections, bypassed meters and vandalism of the power utility's electricity infrastructure.
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COVID-19 death toll rises to 18 in SA, cases at 1,845
In a statement released on Wednesday night, the minister said the cases had gone up to 1,845.
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SA's wine exports now free to flow
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has on Wednesday gazetted the new regulations, which stipulate the transportation of wines, fresh produce and agricultural cargo can pass through seaports and international airports.
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3 ways the coronavirus is affecting animals around the world
The coronavirus is having a dramatic impact on animals across the globe.
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Social distancing is just a dream here, Lesufi says while in Tembisa
MECs across Gauteng are running COVID-19 awareness programnes with acting social development MEC Panyaza Lesufi visiting Tembisa on Wednesday.
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COVID 19 Situation Desk - 8 April 2020 PM
The facts - at the start and end of your working day. #Coronavirus #Covid19 #SouthAfrica
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Zimbabwe mulls re-opening hotels as coronavirus isolation hubs
A number of chains have closed their hotels countrywide as tourist arrivals have plummeted in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
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EU urges members to prolong entry ban until 15 May
Some EU members are beginning to chafe at lockdown restrictions, while others are tightening them, hoping to cut off the spread of a disease that has killed more than 80,000 people.
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Shoprite store in Bothasig closed after staffer tests positive for COVID-19
Those who worked closely with the infected staff member are now at home – and will remain in self-isolation for 14 days, monitoring themselves for any symptoms.
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Durban hospital shut down after fifth COVID-19 related death
KZN Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane-Zulu said the hospital had been shut indefinitely and officials were now in the process of transferring patients to other facilities.
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Tourism department opens COVID-19 fund applications for SMMEs
Capped at R50,000 per entity the fund will assist small and medium sized businesses to survive during and after the nationwide lockdown.
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Dirco: Over 3,000 S. Africans stuck abroad want to come home
Officials said they would assist and prioritise people stuck at airports, students, the elderly and the sick.
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HLENGIWE MKHIZE: Women face a double burden in coronavirus crisis
Hlengiwe Mkhize is disappointed that the toxic patriarchal mind-set seems unstoppable, even when the nation is walking in the shadow of a deadly disaster.
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How employers can help parents working from home with kids
Creative parenting expert, Nikki Bush, looks at what employers and team leaders need to take into account when assigning work over this period.
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Here’s how WC municipalities are responding to COVID-19 challenges
The homeless in Knysna and Sedgefield are being housed at a municipal park where food and medication is being provided.
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Fear of the unknown: Locked-down athletes face mental health challenge
Chalmers is one of thousands of athletes whose dreams have been put on hold following the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics, while thousands more around the world are in lockdown with their sporting careers shelved indefinitely.
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‘Stay at home’, WC traffic chief warns Easter weekend chancers
Western Cape traffic chief Kenny Africa said the province was preparing for the weekend to ensure that motorists would not be on the roads during the lockdown period.
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Too late to apologise - EFF opens criminal case against Ndabeni-Abrahams
President Cyril Ramaphosa has placed Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams on special leave for two months, one of which will be unpaid, for breaking the rules of the government's lockdown.
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Minister Lamola launches COVID-19 screening campaign for prisons
Justice Minister Ronald Lamola visited Johannesburg Prison on 8 April 2020 to launch a coronavirus screening campaign in prisons. This is to ensure that inmates and officials adhere to the directions issued to prevent and combat the spread of the coronavirus within correctional services facilities.
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SIHLE ZIKALALA: The dangers of stigmatising COVID-19 are deadly
Now is not a time to be suspicious of one another - we need to end coronavirus stigma before it kills, writes Sihle Zikalala.
