Class dismissed? Schools facing 'three-week shutdown'
Angie Motshekga promised a resolution to teachers and schools about a week ago. But no decision on keeping schools open was made over the weekend.
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Angie Motshekga promised a resolution to teachers and schools about a week ago. But no decision on keeping schools open was made over the weekend.
The National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) is expected to advise the Cabinet to close all schools in the country for three weeks.
South Africa has recorded the highest number of coronavirus-linked deaths in a 24-hour cycle, with the Health ministry confirming a staggering 572 fatalities.
Small liquor traders around Durban have taken a knock due to government's latest ban on booze sales.Some of these liquor traders say that they had already stocked up and now worry their goods will expire.
A 31-year-old man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for raping an elderly Mpumalanga woman twice.The sentence was passed by the Mhala Regional Court in Bushbuckridge on Tuesday.
The African Development Bank on Wednesday approved a $288 million (R5 billion) loan to South Africa to help fight coronavirus and ease the economic fallout caused by the pandemic.