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24 hours in pictures, 21 May 2020

Africa

Mozambique elite police on trial for murder of poll observer

St Augustine’s: Unions, MEC not happy with UKZN report release

World

‘Captain Tom’, 100-year-old WWII veteran, to be knighted

Two bodies recovered from KZN river

Crime

Over 1,400 GBV, domestic abuse cases opened in Gauteng during lockdown

Courts

ANC asks ConCourt to overturn decision on Tshwane council

News

SA environmentalist Margo Fargo is changing the world, one straw at a time

Crime

DA wants protection guaranteed for journalist following assault allegations

Crime

Cops discover R4m in drugs in ‘perfume’ truck after crash

Vehicle registration and testing centres to resume operations in June

Crime

Mortar bomb found at a roadblock

After dressing-down, Rea Vaya adheres to Mbalula’s strict conditions

Courts

Suzman Foundation asks Concourt to clip Command Council’s powers

Crime

Community tip-off leads to arrest of suspects allegedly involved in school burglaries

News

Covid-19 cases rise to 19,137 with 30 more deaths

WC MEC expresses gratitude after cop uses own money to feed families in need

Makhura concerned about increasing Covid-19 cases in Ekurhuleni

Courts

Zuma: Appearing in court in modern SA is much the same as it was during apartheid

Some South Africans repatriated from Wuhan now want to go back

Messages about thousands of Chinese troops in SA are ‘ridiculous’, says SANDF

Six nurses and four patients at Durban hospital test positive for Covid-19

Courts

Government’s Covid Council faces yet another legal challenge

Sandton’s Tiger Kugel has animal rights groups on edge

Informal traders income severely impacted due to cigarette ban – Saita

Makhura says work is being done in preparation for Level 3

Independent schools meet with DBE over exemptions as they prepare to reopen from 1 June

Crime

SPCA steps in to remove five animals from ‘dog-throwing’ woman

Zuma’s appeal in Derek Hanekom defamation judgment dismissed

Repatriation costs under R10m, while over 5,000 South Africans come home

Crime

13 arrested in Eastern Cape after bodies of 4 men found in field

Courts

Court delivers good news for single fathers

Zille to table way forward on Tshwane council court ruling

Mahikeng Hospital decontaminated after doctor tests positive for Covid-19

Religious leaders urge Ramphosa to reopen places of worship

Lesufi rubbishes rumours surrounding Bidvest’s school cleaning contract

Zikalala confirms break-in at his official residence

No school must be left behind in 2020 recovery plan – Zero Dropout Campaign

Mbalula pleased to see Rea Vaya shape up to social distancing regulations

Crime

Ipid still looking for journo Paul Nthoba, who was allegedly assaulted by cops

Crime

Police commissioner warns cops over ‘torture’ tactics

PICS: Queues for kilometres as 11,000 food parcels distributed in Pretoria

Zikalala calls for an end to embargo against Cuba as he welcomes medics

Eskom: 21 employees catch Covid-19 but load shedding risk now dramatically down

News

Tshwane homeless people’s lives change for the better

After Mkhize slams Prof Gray, she says she criticised the regulations, not the lockdown

Crime

One shot dead, another injured in foiled Soweto robbery

News

NFL set to lose $5.5 billion if it plays to empty stadiums

Crime

60-year-old wife and three children arrested for allegedly beating husband, dad to death

Africa

Egypt hospitals near ‘critical threshold’ in virus fight

Tread carefully in dealings with Beijing, SA

Health

Japan newborn gets liver stem cells in world first

World

WHO reports record virus cases as Trump mulls in-person G7

Don’t rush the process of opening schools

News

5 nurses suspended, Bhisho Hospital shut after nurse dies and 3 staff test positive for Covid-19

Crime

Seven men dead after being shot in the head in KZN house

Are the authorities playing a political game with our lives?

Lockdown Diaries: We are seemingly our own virus

Limpopo businessman starts food bank for over 800K people

Keep your anxieties about schools reopening to yourself

Lawmakers push for new Bill to prop up struggling municipalities

Reopening schools a necessary risk, Western Cape says

These are the challenges in the back-to-school plan – GGA

SA is far from ready to open schools, teacher unions insist

‘Focused Covid-19 intervention’ from govt coming in Western Cape

KZN government greenlights reopening of schools

Parents need to work with schools to ensure virus safety – education expert

News

Covid-19 cases surge to 18,003 with 27 more deaths

News

Free State journalist forced to flee country after ‘SAPS abuse’

This is how some Gauteng schools are preparing for the return of pupils

Sadtu, teachers concerned about EC’s readiness to reopen schools

News

Maimane, Vernon Philander join forces to distribute food, starting with ‘wors’

World

Brazil sees record virus deaths as pandemic surges in Latin America

24 Hours in pictures, 20 May 2020

These are the services still available at home affairs under level 4