SACoronavirus

#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.

Mogale Mojela and Mogale Mojela
April 17, 2020

#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.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
April 15, 2020

#CoronavirusSA: Traditional healers ‘snubbed’

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A regional traditional healer association says that they are unable to work and treat patients because they haven't received permits to do so under the national lockdown.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
April 14, 2020

CoronavirusSA: Food parcel drive

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It is vulnerable groups in society such as the elderly, poor, and unemployed who are most affected when global pandemics such as Covid-19 take place. But various sectors in the country have come together to lessen the impact.

Nthusang Lefafa
April 14, 2020

#LockdownSA: ‘Some of us will die of hunger’ says Limpopo beer brewer

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In a small village outside Elim, Limpopo, the shockwaves of the national lockdown are being felt by those most vulnerable to capitalism’s precarity.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
April 10, 2020

#LockdownSA: Expectant mothers worried about regulations

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Baby care items are now on the country’s essential items list, but few know about the amendment to the lockdown regulations.

Marcia Moyana
April 10, 2020

CoronavirusSA: Randfontein man feeds struggling community

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Kagiso Modise couldn't bear to see his community go hungry so decided to do something about it.

Marcia Moyana
April 9, 2020

CoronavirusSA: Government places patients under supervision

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The North West is now closely monitoring Covid-19 patients and their contacts after a few could not be found at the addresses they shared.

Nthusang Lefafa
April 9, 2020

CoronavirusSA: Restrictions lifted on informal food traders

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Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA), Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has announced amendments to the regulations on the Covid-19 lockdown. Amongst these is the addition of spaza shops and informal food traders to operate with permission from a municipal…

Marcia Moyana
April 8, 2020

#CoronaVirusSA: ‘I desperately wish that our people would listen, so we can fight the virus’

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In the Free State, the Dihlabeng Mayor urges his constituency to self-isolate, and healthcare workers plead with patients to follow instructions about Covid-19 prevention.

Bontle Motsoeneng
April 8, 2020

#CoronaVirusSA: Screening sites up and running in Free State, North West

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High-density areas, such as Diepsloot and Khayelitsha, are also earmarked for Covid-19 screening sites. A screening procedure determines whether a person qualifies for a Covid-19 test.

jamesthabo
April 4, 2020

CoronaVirusSA: Tanks to ease water woes in rural Vhembe villages

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LIMPOPO-Due to shortage of water within several villages, in Vhembe district, scores of residents are facing difficulties adhering to the call by the department of health to always wash hands, but all that is set to change with the Department of Water and Sanitation supplying water

NdivhuwoMukwevho
April 3, 2020

CoronavirusSA: ‘We have never seen such a disease’

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Some pensioners say they are complying with lockdown regulations because they know nothing about the coronavirus but would rather do what they are told.

Marcia Moyana
April 3, 2020

CoronavirusSA: More mobile testing units launched to flatten the curve

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A new fleet of mobile sampling testing units are to be rolled out across South Africa this week in hopes that increased testing will curb the spread of the coronavirus disease COVID-19.