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Teachers mock government’s fake sanitiser

Teachers at Mbodleni High School in Mount Frere, Eastern Cape, have accused local government of supplying ineffective hand sanitisers to local schools.

Lockdown love feeds hungry Cape kids

Hunger has gripped many people during the lockdown, and it’s children who are often the most vulnerable.

Covid kids struggle to take disease seriously

The good news is that all 204 learners who got Covid-19 at Makaula Senior – the biggest school outbreak in SA – have recovered. The bad news is that it makes it harder to get children and parents to take the virus seriously.

Commuters threaten taxi boycott

Taxi bosses are due to receive a taste of their own medicine when thousands of commuters reject the latest taxi fare increases

Helping a late hero’s family

Hundreds of firefighters have come together to rebuild the destroyed house of the late firefighter Samuel Mthobo Sambo, who died in a car crash in 2005.

Hero school principal gets Covid-19 as his learners recover from mass infection

Just about all the 204 learners who were infected by the coronavirus at a boarding school in the Eastern Cape have beaten Covid-19. But now the school's principal has become infected.

Beds for superheroes

Healthcare workers with Covid-19 need a place to quarantine and recover. At the same time, rooms and beds in hotels and guest houses are lying empty, as most tourism and travel has stopped. Ubuntu Beds tries to solve these two problems.

Grandmother and toddler killed in Meadowlands house blaze

A house fire killed a 68 year old grandmother and a five year old toddler in Meadowlands on Saturday.

Covid fear haunts harvest time in Mount Frere

It is harvest time at Lugangeni village in Mount Frere in the Eastern Cape, but everywhere you go villagers are wearing masks and are clearly shaken by news that over 200 learners from their local boarding school have tested positive for the coronavirus.

Forever smiling

On Friday we reported on Zinhle Kweza's murder, in the video and article above. Today we report on her life.

Who would want to kill this woman?

The story of the murder of this young woman starts with a dream that came true – but in a far more terrible way than she ever imagined

Pupils flee Covid infected school

Dozens of pupils who may have been infected with the coronavirus have escaped from a boarding school in Mount Frere in the Eastern Cape.

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