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Sun City inmates confident they are safe but express concerns about overcrowding

16,000 inmates screened for Covid-19 so far, says Lamola

Sanef sounds alarm over cops blocking media in Cape Town

Sassa changes payout days after lockdown pay crush

UCT records seventh Covid-19 case

Muslim community supports coronavirus prevention measures

Crime syndicate behind torching, vandalising of Gauteng schools – Lesufi

Western Cape cases rise above 500, local Shoprite closes after staffer tests positive

Tshwane launches Covid-19 hotline ahead of mass testing programme

SABC backs its programming after ANC-led alliance questions output

Fourth Soshanguve school burnt down during lockdown

Crime

Limpopo police arrest suspect wanted for serious crimes, including body dismemberment

SIU to probe R30m Gauteng e-government tender

Lifestyle

New lockdown regulations allow separated parents to move kids between houses – again

SA rugby players help family stranded in Japan, as ‘overwhelming’ support floods in

NGOs assist in thinning out dense informal settlements, says Sisulu

Lack of PPEs leads to absenteeism at 4 Joburg Covid-19 testing sites

Homeless people in CT try to escape from encampment erected to house them

Health workers are primary soldiers in virus fight, have to be safe – Mkhize

Home Affairs to screen everyone accessing its offices

Western Cape Covid-19 cases up again, 1,749 cases nationwide

Ramaphosa still to decide if lockdown should be extended

Santaco wants R250 a day compensation for taxi drivers

SABC must do more during lockdown, ANC-led alliance tells Ramaphosa

Joburg taxi driver slammed after rolling overloaded minibus

Joburg issues permits to informal food traders after lockdown regulations amendment

New local website aims to promote homemade masks to help flatten the curve

News

Six farmworkers dead in horror collision between two trucks near Montagu

News

Woman treated at Noordhoek retirement village after gas heater catches fire

World

SA planning Covid-19 mercy flight from Brazil

Health

Gauteng’s Duduza Clinic to reopen after Covid-19 deep clean

Cricket

Proteas speedster Paterson set for Kolpak deal

Samro offers financial help to musicians affected by the coronavirus outbreak

Some Alexandra residents ready to defy quarantine orders if they test positive

Business

Santaco to announce an independent relief fund for taxi industry

Hundreds arrive to move into newly erected Cape Town ‘homeless village’

First Covid-19 case reported at a prison in East London

News

Tshwane reboots help for the homeless at a new site

Virus cases in Khayelitsha, Mitchells Plain rise as more patients admitted to ICU

Crime

Gauteng education dept to provide counselling for murdered Soweto teen’s family

Courts

Another delay in trial of ex-Bryanston High sports coach accused of sexually assaulting pupils

Nelson Mandela Bay now has 16 virus cases, 3 more funeralgoers test positive

‘Nothing to salvage’ after blaze guts admin block at Gauteng school

Lockdown: More non-compliance as 16 taxi drivers arrested in Tshwane

How Covid-19 drive-thru testing station helps to ‘flatten the curve’

City of Ekurhuleni vows to ensure that taxi operators obey Covid-19 regulations

Tech and Science

Fake news spreaders are either criminals or just stupid – social media experts

‘I’m a druggie’ – man apologises for ‘coronavirus se p**s’ viral video

Paarl gets its own triage centre as testing gets under way in the Cape

Healthcare practitioner at KZN hospital tests positive for Covid-19

FAKE NEWS | No, Covid-19 testing kits are not contaminated

Celebs And Viral

‘The Flash’ actor Logan Williams, 16, dies

Five Mpumalanga game reserves to be used as Covid-19 treatment centres

Plan to ease congestion in populated areas, 29 informal settlements identified

Now is not the time to punish people for not paying water bills – Lindiwe Sisulu

Crime

Man arrested after allegedly looting liquor store in Western Cape

Missing Covid-19 positive patient found in Free State

Western Cape treasury allocates R53 million to food relief programmes

Ramaphosa updates ZCC leaders on government’s response to Covid-19 outbreak

Politics

Deputy speaker rejects DA’s request for setting up ad hoc committee

SANDF’s actions against citizens detract their Covid-19 efforts – deputy defence minister

81-year-old Bo-Kaap woman dies of Covid-19

More than R2bn donated to Solidarity Fund in two weeks

Crime

Eastern Cape mom found murdered next to her baby

Sport

Netball SA president recovers from coronavirus, shares experience

Presidential Coordinating Council ‘meets’ to outline progress, challenges on regulations of national lockdown

NPA ready to deal with lawbreakers in line with directives of justice ministry

Humanitarian groups calls for more funds towards essential food items

Crime

Metro cops arrest five suspects for lockdown liquor sales, confiscate booze worth R500K

News

Potchefstroom children’s home distributes ‘survival kits’ to families

Gauteng health dept asks for donations of masks, gloves and ventilators

Crime

Three Gauteng traffic cops arrested for allegedly demanding bribe

55 workers arrested at building site for contravening lockdown regulations

German government begins repatriation of citizens from SA

News

Employee dies after accident at Springs mine