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Is the lockdown unravelling and is government losing the plot? Experts say yes

SA scientist: There’s still much we don’t know about the coronavirus

Courts

Chinese nationals handed hefty fines for forcing stowaways on to raft at sea off Durban

Crime

Liquor worth R1.5m uncovered at Soweto shebeen

Crime

Gauteng-Mpumalanga roadblock leads to some arrests

Port St Johns reeling after news of six confirmed cases of coronavirus

News

A glimpse into education department’s draft recovery plan – before the extension hit

Courts

ANC MP Bongani Bongo’s bribery case postponed due to lockdown

DA, EFF accuse Limpopo government of favouring ANC members in Covid-19 battle

Education

Leaked document says it will be back to school on 6 May

Politics

Two Nelson Mandela Bay councillors accused of breaking lockdown laws

News

Confirmed Covid-19 infections at SA prisons rises to 94

News

Publisher apologises, withdraws paedophilia scandal book Lost Boys of Bird Island

Travel

600 South Africans stranded abroad brought home, more than 3,000 waiting – Pandor

News

Two patients admitted to Durban’s Chatsmed Gardens Hospital

Crime

Three arrested for selling illegal cigarettes worth R900K in KZN

Gauteng coronavirus cases climb, with most recorded in Johannesburg

Family of Vosloorus man killed during lockdown fears law enforcement more than virus

Crime

Roadblock cops arrest man in alleged possession of dagga worth R250K

World

Stranded South Africans plead to be brought back home

Crime

Breakthrough as Limpopo men arrested for murder of two women

Taxis denied entry into Eastern Cape over Easter weekend told to return home

Politics

Police, Ipid to brief portfolio committee on alleged lockdown brutality

Risk for transmission at Strandfontein is very high – Doctors Without Borders

Crime

Homeless man arrested for allegedly breaking into the Hawks’ offices

Politics

Covid-19 pushes back Mkhwebane’s removal proceedings

Western Cape govt calls for Sassa to reopen some offices amid food protests

EC municipal speaker fails to explain why she went to church service

Food relief given to 19K Gauteng households since lockdown – Makhura

Outbreaks at supermarkets a concern for Western Cape government

Politics

MPs’ leave cancelled as parliament gears up to resume immediately

This is not the time to discriminate against migrants – human rights centres

News

Taxi driver charged with breaking regulations after crashing vehicle

Courts

Zandile Gumede corruption case postponed to May due to lockdown

SA’s big cities get ready for possible mass burials

‘We hang our heads in shame’ – Defence minister on alleged murder of Alex man

Liquor forum ‘driven by profit’ in bid to suspend alcohol ban – ANC Women’s League

Gauteng remains Covid-19 epicentre with 37% of cases

Crime

Family wants answers as naked body of a boy, 5, found at Gauteng tavern

Politics

Gauteng legislature to go digital for duration of lockdown

Crime

Security manager arrested for cramming 44 guards into closed truck

Politics

Alan Winde offers Christina Nomdo the first Western Cape children’s commissioner position

Crime

Three arrested after murder of suspected TV thief in Mpumalanga mob attack

News

City of Cape Town slammed for allegedly issuing fines to ‘penniless homeless people’

News

Informal settlement dwellers feel the pinch as two-week extension kicks in

Courts

Limpopo man in court for allegedly selling fake essential service permits

Education

Medical students want clarity on whether lockdown will cause graduation delays

News

Death toll in Eastern Cape taxi crash rises to 15

Government data tracking during Covid-19 poses risks, says researcher

Education

Lockdown: Universities prepare to switch to online learning from Monday

News

11 killed after taxi and truck collide on highway

10111 call centre in Cape Town closed after 2 employees test positive

Six new virus cases confirmed at East London prison

Six relatives test positive for coronavirus in Port St Johns

Over 300 people finally return to SA on repatriation flight from Miami

‘People are looking all over for food’ in CT as hunger leads to protests, looting

More than R120m pledged to fight poverty and hunger in Gauteng

News

‘Women aren’t even safe online’ – GBV webinar hijacked by hackers

Checkers in Ballito Junction closed after employee tests positive

Govt donates more to Solidarity fund, as directors-general pledge R30K each

Crime

Lockdown: At least 28 KZN schools burgled, damaged

Govt establishes ‘high-tech’ process to tackle fake news

‘You will face the law’, Tshwane councillors warned over illegal trading permits

Politics

Some parliamentary committees get back to work

Crime

GBV command centre receives close to 12,000 calls since beginning of lockdown

Crime

More arrests for lockdown looting, protests

Seasoned pilots deliver essentials to rural communities by helicopter

Health

KZN hospital temporarily shuts down after staff test positive for Covid-19

Crime

Five men arrested in Northern Cape for alleged ATM bank card scam

Crime

Cops beef up presence on Cape Flats following looting, public violence

Courts

Two British citizens who allegedly sped over SA border now in quarantine, case postponed

Education

WhatsApp group chats, Facebook pages: Teachers ensuring pupils pass at the end of the year

Crime

Cape Town looting: Residents urged to abide by the law

Politics

Parliament to resume with use of technology

Crime

Looters escape with cash registers, money, groceries after hitting CT supermarket