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Another Eastern Cape mayor tests positive
The OR Tambo district municipality in Umtata in the Eastern Cape has confirmed its mayor, Thokozile Sokanyile, has tested positive…
Easter Cape premier quarantined
Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane has decided to quarantine himself at his house after a colleague tested positive for the…
Trump hides in underground bunker while America burns
President Donald Trump went to an underground bunker at the weekend as protests raged in Washington DC and across the…
Life at level 3
South Africa has changed gear to lockdown level 3. But there’s still lots of uncertainty – as government walks the…
Silent killer
What makes Covid-19 so deadly is that so many infected people get no symptoms. Without knowing they have it, the…
License to puff
The government’s obsession with stopping cigarette sales under lockdown has led to a new warning. Police Minister Bheki Cele said…
Level 3 celebrations
The lighter lockdown meant that for some it was time to celebrate the end of a very long two months…..
Cory chaos at Alex cop shop
Alexandra police station in Johannesburg had its second coronavirus scare of the week when a woman came to open a…
Trump calls churches “essential services”
Donald Trump has tried to boost his popularity by ordering churches to open - ignoring federal government advice to keep…
Virus showing lower death rate in Africa
The World Health Organisation says coronavirus death rates in many African countries do not seem to be increasing as fast…
