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Covid reaches the Cabinet
Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe is the first member of the Cabinet to test positive for Covid-19.
Women suffer brunt of Covid job losses
When it comes to losing jobs, the Covid-19 storm in SA has hurt women much more than men.
From Lagos with love
An American woman who flew to Nigeria to marry someone she met on Facebook ended up being captured for more…
Covid in prisons – which province is doing best?
KwaZulu-Natal is the only province with zero deaths of inmates or officials in prisons.
Judge calls SA “femicide capital of the world” as he puts Eskom killer in jail for life
Muti, love, lies, and death. The court heard it all in the explosive murder trial of Thembinkosi Emmanuel Mhlongo, an…
Storm whips Cape
The cold front has lashed the Cape, with gale force winds whipping the sea across the streets of Cape Town.
Letting off steam
While South Africans absorbed the shock of the alcohol ban – and the latest body blow to the economy –…
“Alcohol ban will make 35,000 township businesses bankrupt”
The new ban announced last night could end 35,000 township businesses. The previous Covid-19 alcohol ban cost SA 100,000 jobs.…
DOPple blow
President Cyril Ramaphosa has locked down alcohol once again – and ordered a night time curfew.
Some good news about Covid – kids might not be big carriers
The early research shows that young children are not passing on the virus in big numbers.
