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Motshekga: We’re using different measures to address capacity issues at schools
Some schools have not been able to resume with full time learning due to physical distance requirements.
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Plans to reopen Gauteng schools next week to go ahead, says provincial dept
The department's Steve Mabona said all primary school pupils and special needs pupils would also return to their daily attendance timetables from 2 August.
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Sama wants charges against doctor arrested outside curfew hours dropped
The association said the issue had again been thrust into the spotlight, with the arrest of ear, nose and throat specialist Dr Ivan Jardine in Johannesburg last week.
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The curtain falls as Ticketpro Dome shuts due to COVID lockdown
In a statement on Monday afternoon, RX Venue Management said due to the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown restrictions, the Ticketpro Dome had been unable to operate optimally.
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Beer association plans to challenge extended alcohol ban
The Beer Association of South Africa wants to see the data and evidence on which the National Coronavirus Command Council has based its decision to extend the fourth alcohol sales ban.
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'The struggle continues': Carl Niehaus released on R3,000 fine
He was arrested outside the Estcourt Correctional Centre in KwaZulu-Natal where former President Jacob Zuma is serving a 15-month sentence.
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Food and alcohol industries say they're not coping under lockdown restrictions
The industries are among the hardest hit and were slowly trying to pick up again when the COVID-19 third wave swept through the country.
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Rise in SA's COVID cases threatening relaxation of level 4 restrictions
Government's decision to enforce stricter rules was informed by frightening surge in COVID infections as the Delta variant spread across the country.
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226 more people succumbed to COVID-19 in SA
These latest fatalities - recorded over the past 24 hours - takes the country’s death toll to 60,264.
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SA moves to alert level three: Everything you need to know
President Cyril Ramaphosa has moved the country to alert level three on 15 June 2021 following a surge in COVID-19 infections. He also gave an update on the country’s vaccination programme.
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Lockdown level 3 brings tighter alcohol restrictions
President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced stricter restrictions on alcohol sales. This as he moved the country to alert level three on 15 June 2021 amid rising COVID-19 infections and deaths. #Covid19news #Level3 #CoronavirusSA
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SA remains on level 1, gatherings limit increase but no alcohol sale for off-site
President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the nation on 30 March 2021 on developments in the country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. He announced that the country will remain on alert level 1 but with adjustments ahead of the Easter holidays. #Ramaphosa #Covid19news #Lockdown
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FULL SPEECH: Ramaphosa keeps the country on level 1 lockdown
President Cyril Ramaphosa kept the country on alert level 1 but amended a few retractions relating to alcohol sales and religious gatherings.
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VIDEO: COVID deaths: 'You can’t relate if you haven’t experienced it personally'
South Africa marks a full year of lockdown and Eyewitness News unpacks how those who have lost their loved ones have dealt with their loss.
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Will April come with stricter lockdown regulations?
Last year just before Easter, government imposed stricter regulations on large gatherings and transport.
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Economist: Latest CPI figure reflects actual prices
On Wednesday, Stats SA released the February CPI rate, which was 2.9% year on year slowing from 3.2% in January.
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Pandemic lockdowns expose CT's worsening food insecurity crisis
A year after South Africa first went into lockdown, some communities in Cape Town are struggling to stave off hunger on a daily basis as the pandemic and a worsening economy make an already tough life harder.
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Cry for help: Sadag receives over 500,000 calls since start of lockdown
The pandemic has had a severe impact on South Africans' mental health, many of the calls made to Sadag were from people suffering from anxiety about their finances, job losses and the wellbeing of their children.
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Hits, misses & own goals: Analysts reflect on a year of SA dealing with COVID
This week marks the first anniversary of the lockdown, which saw the president shutting the country's borders, schools and most economic activity only permitting essential services to operate.
