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Covid-19 Report | 12 May 2020

Covid-19: Nurses stop work in Eastern Cape town after one tests positive

Department says it will clean the facility and test staff at Dutywa Health Centre

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Brief | 12 May 2020

Prison riot in Lusikisiki

Awaiting trial inmates say their “rights are grossly violated” by the Covid-19 lockdown regulations

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Brief | 12 May 2020

Covid-19: “One day I will get my own food parcel”

Hungry KwaNobuhle residents wait all night for food

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Brief | 12 May 2020

Covid-19: The lockdown is being torn apart on the rocks of fiscal miserliness

If you want people to stay home and businesses to stay shut, you have to pay them to do so

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Opinion | 12 May 2020

Woman alleges cigarette corruption by Grassy Park police

Vanessa Adriaanse claims police unlawfully entered her home and arrested her

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News | 12 May 2020

Covid-19: PE clinic closes after a nurse dies and 11 staff test positive

Unions question Eastern Cape Health’s plan for staff at health facilities

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News | 11 May 2020

Police must pay R96,000 in damages to gospel singer after warrantless search

“Evil act” perpetrated by police who have constitutional duty to protect society, says judge

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Law | 11 May 2020

Covid-19: “If we continue like this the virus is going to kill us,” says worried shopper

Social distancing rules ignored at Nyanga mall in Cape Town

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Brief | 11 May 2020

Covid-19 relief can be aligned to BEE, court rules

Afriforum and Solidarity will appeal to the Constitutional Court

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Law | 11 May 2020

Giant turbine farm set to harvest West Coast wind

Environment minister dismisses appeals against new wind farm

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News | 11 May 2020

Pressing need for food parcels in Durban

Hunger grows in Blackburn Village informal settlement’s 2,000 households

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News | 11 May 2020

Covid-19: Many domestic workers not covered by relief measures

Unions propose amnesty for all employers who have not registered with UIF

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News | 11 May 2020

IPID reopens Miggels case as police brutality complaints spike during lockdown

“Even though we know that nothing will bring him back, this is still welcome news” says step-daughter

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News | 8 May 2020

Covid-19: Government starts large prisoner release

About 19,000 low-risk offenders may qualify

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Brief | 8 May 2020