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#CoronaVirusSA: Gauteng government charts the way forward
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The Gauteng Provincial Command Council outlines measures to combat the spread of Covid-19 and mitigate its impact on the province’s most marginalised communities. OurHealth journalist Marcia Zali reports.
#LockdownSA: Informal food traders live in fear without protective gear
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Fresh produce hawkers who meet government regulations are allowed to continue business, but in Limpopo and the Eastern Cape food vendors are worried about their safety, as the local government has failed to give them personal protective equipment.
#LockdownSA: New regulations allows children to move between parents’ homes
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Parents will be required to carry documentation to prove their relation to their children in the process of moving them
Evictions in Empolweni leaves community broken
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Residents of Empolweni, Khayelitsha faced a brutal eviction in the lead-up to Easter — and law centres and civil society groups alike strongly condemned the move from the City of Cape Town.
#LockdownSA: Police arrest ‘prophet’ for circulating fake news
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A self-proclaimed prophet has been arrested by the police in Thohoyandou, Limpopo, for circulating a video defying the regulations put in place to help combat the spread of Covid-19 in South Africa.
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