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An inquest docket has been opened by police following the drowning of a 46-year-old domestic worker at the property she worked at.
The president also stressed the importance of keeping the economy open after months of stifling movement restrictions.
He urged citizens not to drop their guard and continue adhering to the health rules, such as wearing face masks and respecting curfew times.
South Africa has recorded just over 800,000 coronavirus infections - more than a third of the cases reported across the African continent - and over 20,000 deaths.
AFP
South Africa has recorded 58 more Covid-19-related deaths, bringing the death toll to 21 535.
South Africa's economic hub, Gauteng, is experiencing "a period of sustained increase" in infections, while KZN, Eastern Cape and Western Cape officially entered a second wave of infections, the SA Covid-19 Modelling Consortium says.
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has confirmed that the nation recorded 21,832 new cases of Covid-19, and 844 deaths.
The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa has said the findings of the Public Protector in five provinces were not surprising.
[SAnews.gov.za] Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, has expressed concerns about the climbing number of COVID-19 cases in the Eastern Cape and the Western Cape provinces.
A man from Mdantsane in the Eastern Cape was chased, assaulted and eventually murdered by a mob who believed he had killed a 6-year-old girl.
In the Free State, 27 people died, while 75 succumbed in Gauteng, 72 in KwaZulu-Natal, 11 in Limpopo, 11 in Mpumalanga, five in the North West, four in the Northern Cape and 146 in the Western Cape.
The South African Democratic Teachers' Union (Sadtu) in the Northern Cape has urged its members not to return to work on Monday after the provincial Department of Education indicated it was not ready.
While Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga announced teachers would return to school on 25 May, and Grade 7 and 12 pupils on 1 June, Sadtu said an assessment by the provincial department indicated it was not ready to open schools for teachers.
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[T]his delay will definitely have an impact on the reopening for the learners on the 1st June 2020,\" it added in a statement on Thursday.
The union added it was not opposed to reopening schools and teachers were keen to go back, but the department \"has the obligation to ensure that its employees and the learners return to hygienic and safe schools\".
The department previously said the reopening times for school management teams and teachers would be postponed and a new date announced, Sadtu said.
South Africa has recorded 1 376 new Covid-19 infections, along with 183 new confirmed Covid-19-related deaths.
It's scarcely believable that nothing has been done to rectify this situation - as drivers on the supposed 'worst road in SA' battle non-stop with potholes.
South Africa has recorded 216 Covid-19-related deaths, taking the toll to 24 907.
President Cyril Ramaphosa said he is not having sleepless nights over divisions within the ANC and added that despite the organisation's challenges, the party was alive, kicking and strong.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has announced that leaked matric papers will be rewritten later this month.
It will be family first this festive season for some of our favourite personalities.
Oliver Tambo , (born October 27, 1917, Bizana, Pondoland district, Transkei [now in Eastern Cape], South Africa—died April 24, 1993, Johannesburg), president of the South African black-nationalist African National Congress (ANC) between 1967 and 1991.
[UN News] In Nigeria, too little is being done to help teenagers left traumatized by the recent spate of attacks on schools and mass abductions, UN-appointed independent rights experts said on Wednesday.
Umalusi may nullify the certificates of candidates found guilty of having benefited from the leaking of the two matric exam papers, even after receiving their results.
Umalusi has been at the receiving end of criticism for announcing a rewrite of the second Mathematics and Physical Sciences examination papers
An ANC councillor in the Eastern Cape and three other men have been charged with murder of an ANC activist.
There is a very real possibility of fairly widespread snow across South Africa and Lesotho from Monday next week.
According to Richard le Sueur and Rob Ansell of SnowReportSA, although the data has shown significant volatility over the last few days, the freezing level has remained very low and, if this continues and enough moisture arrives, there is a good chance of low-level snow.
\"At this point we are also seeing the possibility of snow in the Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, the Free State and Lesotho,\" Le Sueur and Ansell say.
\"If more moisture arrives with the system than currently predicted, and if it pushes further inland, we could see heavier snowfalls and more widespread snow.
Similarly, if the system does not deliver the moisture that is expected, we can expect less snow.\"
Quality assurer Umalusi has said however that pupils who may have been implicated in the leak of two question papers, would not receive their matric results just yet
Three suspects are set to make an appearance at the Tsomo Magistrate's court for the killing of initiates Jojweni Village, facing charges of murder
The South African Police Service (SAPS) has been out in full force in the Eastern Cape and have managed to arrest 1 117 people for a number of crimes
Five out of eight family members were found dead on Sunday after a 38-year-old woman allegedly ingested and spread poison, said police.
Police in the Eastern Cape are mum about how a suspect, accused of raping a minor boy, managed to escape custody at the East London Magistrate’s Court.
The governing party is planning its birthday bash in line with Covid-19 restrictions on big gatherings
The Department of Basic Education on Wednesday moved to suspend all contact sports at schools due to cluster outbreaks linked to sporting activities in Gauteng.
South Africa's Covid-19 recovery rate is 90%.
The Amathole District Municipality in the Eastern Cape says it can't pay its employees for four months.
