New research shows that school kids have lost out on 1.3 years of learning, setting SA’s education goals back 6.5 years; health experts have criticised the government’s latest lockdown changes, which came with little to no explanation; more groups join the fight to end the state of disaster; and SARS uncovers a multi-billion rand fraudulent gold scheme.
: In South Africa, there have been 4,502 new cases of Covid-19, taking the total reported to 3,612,809. Deaths have reached 95,463 , while recoveries have climbed to 3,461,490, leaving the country with a balance of 55,856 active cases. The total number of vaccines administered is 30,031,894.A new report from the University of Stellenbosch claims that schoolchildren in South Africa have lost approximately 1.
[More civil action groups are joining the battle against South Africa’s state of disaster, with non-profit DearSA joining Afriforum in its court bid to force the government to bring the state of disaster to an end. Following further easing of restrictions this week, citizen and business groups are increasingly belligerent over the government’s continued hold on civil liberties through Covid regulations.
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