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Starving foreigners queue for food
“Starvation and desperation” – that’s what Professor Nick Binedell sees in the community of 40 000 people in Mooiplaas, Pretoria.…
Mass testing in Alex
Mass screening and testing returned to Johannesburg’s region E, described as the city’s Covid-19 epicentre, on Monday. The city’s department…
Bad vibrations
Jackson Mthembu, the Minister in the Presidency, had a lot on his mind this weekend. Minister Mthembu announced that the…
eThekwini: more lockdown
Thekwini and areas of KwaZulu-Natal will probably remain on full lockdown after Friday. KZN premier Sihle Zikalala is worried about the high numbers of new…
Freedom Day for prisoners
Happy Freedom Day. Even if we aren’t feeling very free today, a lot of prisoners will. Cyril Ramaphosa is expected…
Today’s numbers
There were 2,463,357 cases of Covid-19 worldwide on Monday night, with 168,906 deaths. In Africa, 23,517 cases, 1,160 deaths and…
’Phindile’ – true or false?
The University of Johannesburg (UJ) says reports ‘Phindile’ hacked its systems to rig results and hand out distinctions are false.
SAA job cuts
Nearly 5.000 South African Airways jobs could be cut.
SA corona bulletin
The government has confirmed four new cases, all in the same group that travelled to Italy with the first two…
Chocorona
Edible coronavirus — that’s what French chocolate-maker Jean-Francois Pre is spreading throughout France. Those red coronas are made of painted…
