SA's Covid-19 death toll has climbed to 1,480 with a massive increase in new cases recorded.
Children queue for food at a school feeding scheme during a nationwide lockdown aimed at limiting the spread of the coronavirus disease in Blue Downs township near Cape Town, South Africa. File photoMinister says government 'ready' to open salons, but industry in the dark
In an interview with eNCA, small business development minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said the government was looking to open more sectors as part of a move to an “advanced level 3 lockdown”.Employment & labour minister Thulas Nxesi has appointed auditors to follow the trail of money paid to companies since the start of the lockdown after it emerged that some had allegedly failed to pay employees.
The provincial health department said in an update on Monday that out of a total of 19,359 contacts, 13,170 people had completed the14-day monitoring period with no symptoms reported and were therefore deisolated.A raft of EU nations reopened their borders to fellow Europeans on Monday after months of coronavirus curbs, but China was battling a new outbreak that has stoked fears of a second wave.
Some Mpumalanga community members are to blame for dozens of schools failing to open last week, the basic education ministry said on Monday.
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