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President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement to close public schools for a month from Monday, July 27 till late August has received massive backlash from unions and the Human Rights Commission called the decision regrettable and unjustifiable.
President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the nation on public schools closing for a month and the management of the resources that government has dedicated towards the fight against COVID-19.
The N3 outside Pietermaritzburg has been forced to close during the peak hour of traffic of Friday morning because of thick smoke from the city's landfill site that has been on fire since Tuesday.
On Friday, Oscar Mabuyane, Eastern Cape Premier called on people who knew of any COVID-19 corruption in his province to come forward and report it to the Special Investigating Unit (SIU).
The National Alliance of Independent Schools Associations (NAISA) has clarified that most private schools will continue with the 2020 academic programme despite government's decision to close public schools for a month.
The government of Tanzania announced on Friday that the Former Tanzanian president, Benjamin Mkapa has died..Late former president Mkapa aged 81 years was born in 1938 in south-eastern Mtwara. He died in a Dar es Salaam hospital.