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Gauteng health launches recruitment drive to fight Covid-19

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In an attempt to contain and mitigate against the global pandemic Covid-19, the Gauteng Health Department is calling on qualified professionals to apply for roles on its online portal.

Marcia Moyana
April 2, 2020

#CoronaVirusSA: Gauteng’s ‘low-level’ healthcare workers fear infecting their families

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Healthcare workers are currently at the forefront of the Covid-19 battle, as President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that they provide an essential service. But as the number of positive cases increases, vulnerable healthcare workers want to get tested too.

jamesthabo
April 2, 2020

Elderly KZN social grantees happy with early payment

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Taxi drivers, post office officials and social grant recipients have been adjusting to life in lockdown, with varying levels of success.

SandileMbili
April 1, 2020

CoronavirusSA: Pensioners struggle to receive grants

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As the younger generation flocked to cash pay points to receive their grants, it was the elderly and others who were disadvantaged. Many pensioners braved the long wait because they needed the money to guy groceries.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
April 1, 2020

#LockdownSA: Transport woes for elderly social grant collectors

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The elderly, and those living with disabilities, in the North West struggled to get transport to their grant payment points on the fourth day of the national lockdown.

Nthusang Lefafa
March 31, 2020

CoronaVirusSA: Limpopo initiation schools closed amid virus risk

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Initiates in the province will have to wait for their traditional transition into manhood, as initiation schools have been put on ice for this year.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
March 30, 2020

Social grant beneficiaries to get paid

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As South Africa continues to take precautions against the COVID-19 pandemic, government says it will ensure that those who receive social grants are protected against the spread of the virus as they access their South African Social Security (SASSA) payments

Portiakobue
March 30, 2020

CoronaVirusSA: “I am happy to see you, alive and healthy”, Ramaphosa

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More than one hundred South Africans are set to return to their homes following their evacuation from coronavirus epicenter Wuhan, and subsequent quarantine at the Ranch Hotel, outside Polokwane.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
March 29, 2020

#LockdownSA: Day 1 sees panic-buying in Daveyton

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On the first day of the national lockdown, a frustrated Daveyton resident laments that the government’s plans aren’t well implemented.

jamesthabo
March 28, 2020

#CoronaVirusSA: ECD closures a headache for working parents

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The closures of schools and Early Childhood Development Centres (ECDC) have put additional pressure on parents who still have to go to work despite the outbreak of Covid-19.

Marcia Moyana
March 26, 2020

#CoronaVirusSA: Flu and Covid-19 — what’s the difference?

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Globally, and in South Africa, the number of Covid-19 infections are increasing at an alarming rate. We spoke to a medical epidemiologist, who clears up fact from fiction about the virus’ symptoms, and if you should get tested

jamesthabo
March 25, 2020

#CoronaVirusSA: Limpopo Health MEC worried that ‘it’s still business as usual’

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Despite calls from the Presidency to limit social interaction — following social distancing protocols — Limpopo residents continue to gather en masse.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
March 23, 2020

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