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Swallowing a rock

Poor @tito_mboweni, free but not free. “Not so long ago, I was a free man,” he tweeted on Tuesday.

Coronavirus 2

American scientists have found a new strain of the coronavirus – and it looks to be more contagious than the early versions.  As well as...

437 new cases

South Africa confirmed 437 new Covid-19 cases last night, making a total of 7,220. There have been 138 deaths and 2,746 patients have recovered. Worldwide...

Mystery child illness

A mystery illness affecting children with Covid-19 has appeared in Europe and the US.

Economic Fitness Front

The EFF has a new rallying cry. The party is calling for lockdown regulations to allow selling of gym equipment.

Counting Cory

South Africa had 6,783 Covid-19 cases by Sunday night, with 131 deaths and 2,549 recoveries.  245,747 have been tested—that’s over 10,000 a day in the...

Testing testing – with pawpaw

Tanzania has tested imported coronavirus test kits using pawpaw and goats – and alleged they could be giving false readings. President John Magufuli says he...

Lockdown challenges

After six weeks of lockdown, frustrated South Africans are challenging lockdown conditions. In their neighbourhoods. In the press. And in court. A group claiming to represent...

Ghana cases jump after lockdown lifted

Ghana was the first African country to ease its lockdown. But there has been a big increase in cases of Covid-19 since then.

Mass protests sweep America

Mass protests against race and police brutality are sweeping across the United States. Trump has threatened the protestors with “vicious dogs and ominous weapons”.

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. Binedell says the government relief programmes he has seen excluded foreign nationals.

Level 4: more permits, no perms

Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma talked the nation through level 4 on Wednesday night. @DondaMashobane noted: “When #NkosazanaDlaminiZuma speaks in isizulu she comes alive and is a...