Among the latest fatalities come 11 from Eastern Cape, 41 from Gauteng, 12 from KwaZulu-Natal, and 8 from Western Cape. COVID19SA schoolsreopening
This takes the total number of cases in the country to 609 773 with a cumulative death toll of 13 059.
Among the latest fatalities come 11 from Eastern Cape, 41 from Gauteng, 12 from KwaZulu-Natal, and 8 from Western Cape.To date, 3 553 425 tests have been conducted with 18 358 new tests conducted in the past 24 hours.Graphic supplied by Health DepartmentThe Inkatha Freedom Party has called on KwaZulu-Natal education MEC Kwazi Mshengu to tell the public when substitute school teachers will be sent to schools and a number of other issues addressed before schooling resumes on August 24.
"If such reports prove to be true, it is nothing but a recipe for disaster, and it will be an indication that the department is not ready for schools to re-open. The IFP believes that it is incumbent upon the KZN MEC for education to come clean and to tell parents what learners can expect when they return to school on Monday," she said.
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