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SANDF members investigated after Alexandra man dies

The South African Police Service(SAPS) has confirmed that an investigation into the killing of a 40-year-old man in Alexandra township, north of Johannesburg, is underway. It's alleged that the man was beaten to death by South African National Defence Force(SANDF)  officials in his yard on Friday after accusing him of violating National lockdown regulations. In an interview with Ynews, SAPS spokesperson Mathapelo Peters revealed that they are awaiting postmortem results […]

todayApril 13, 2020 40

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President Ramaphosa extends lockdown by 2 weeks

President Cyril Ramaphosa has extended the national lockdown by a further two weeks, in an effort to curb the spread of Covid-19. He made the announcement during his address to the nation on Thursday evening. Ramaphosa also revealed that South Africa's confirmed Covid-19 cases now stand at 1934. He stressed that the decision to extend, the 21 days lockdown, was not taken lightly. "Simply put, if we end the lockdown […]

todayApril 9, 2020 54

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Minister on geolocations and respecting citizen privacy

Minister of Communications, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, has reassured South Africans that their privacy will not be violated when using geolocations on their cellphones, in the fight against COVID-19. This follows government's announcement that tracer teams from the Health Department will be allowed to use phone locations of people who have tested positive for the virus, in order to track down the people they may have come in contact with. Ministers representing […]

todayApril 3, 2020 29

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Informal food traders get a thumbs up to operate during lockdown

Minister of Cooperate Governance and Traditional Affairs, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has announced that all informal traders have been given the go ahead to operate during the 21 days lockdown. This includes spaza shops, hawkers and informal food traders in communities. Dlamini-Zuma alongside various ministers in the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) expanded on the latest revised lockdown regulations. South Africa has been under lockdown since March 26 in effort to curb […]

todayApril 3, 2020 36

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All taxi passengers to wear surgical masks

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has announced that minibus taxis will be allowed to transport at full load capacity, provided that all passengers are wearing surgical masks. Mbalula addressed the public at the Noord Taxi Rank in the Johnnesburg CBD on Wednesday. He outlined the revised public transport regulations in the wake of the  nationwide lockdown which came into effect on March 26. The address followed a meeting with the South […]

todayApril 1, 2020 34

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Champions League fate to be discussed on Wednesday.

UEFA is expected to discuss the fate of this season’s Champions League that has been suspended due to the Coronavirus pandemic that has brought sports around the world to a standstill. The European soccer governing body will hold a video conference meeting on Wednesday. All UEFA competitions have been halted because of the deadly virus that has killed at least 37,000 people with more than 780 000 infected worldwide. In […]

todayMarch 31, 2020 30

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Government to assist informal businesses during lockdown: Ramaphosa

President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that additional measures are being developed to provide relief to self-employed individuals and informal businesses during the nationwide lockdown. On Monday he addressed the nation for the first time since the implementation of the lockdown which came into effect on March 26. Ramaphosa spoke about the loss of income of small business owners and informal traders and how they will be assisted during this time. […]

todayMarch 31, 2020 41

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Health Department confirms Covid-19 case in Alexandra|five quarantined

The Gauteng Department of Health has confirmed that five people from Alexandra, in the Johannesburg district have been quarantined after coming into contact with an individual who tested positive for Covid-19. The department had initially dismissed reports of a confirmed case in the township which emerged on Monday afternoon. According to the department the positive individual had defied instructions to self quarantine while awaiting results.  It's said the individual travelled […]

todayMarch 30, 2020 42

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Police arrest metro cop and security guard for the killing of a man in Vosloorus.

Police have arrested an Ekurhuleni metro police official and a private security guard for the killing of a 41 year old man in Vosloorus. According to the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid), the two were nabbed on Sunday for their involvement in the shooting of the man, who was reportedly standing on his veranda during COVID-19 lockdown enforcement operations in the area. It is alleged that officers attempted to arrest […]

todayMarch 30, 2020 35