NEWS RELATED TO lockdown

News

UN chief urges govts to protect women during virus lockdown

Lockdown Diary: Home is no longer home, and work never ends

The great hooch heist during the 2020 Thirst Games

WATCH: Couple arrested for flouting Covid-19 lockdown regulations on their wedding day

News

Less booze during lockdown means less violent crime, but GBV calls still pouring in

Jordan to use drones, cameras to monitor Covid-19 curfew

National lockdown could be extended in one scenario – report

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

Plans in motion to move thousands from Dunoon, but some residents refuse to go

City of Joburg kicks out illegal occupants, vows to clamp down on invasions

Probe into why cake company remained operational as ‘essential service’

Child abuse advocacy group halts court monitoring and media engagements

Pietermaritzburg youth donate groceries to street hawkers as lockdown bites

56 minibus drivers caught flouting regulations, says Mbalula

Govt must not kowtow to industries – IFP on changing lockdown regulations

Crime

Docket transferred to Ipid after Ethiopian shopkeeper dies following scuffle with police

Crime

Police arrest 84 people in Bela-Bela for disobeying lockdown rules

Travel

South Africans abroad are now allowed to return home – but the how is unclear

Wilderness father, daughter and pets found after trying to camp through 21-day lockdown

Cargo ships, airfreight, port regulations relaxed for delivery of essential goods

Crime

Police clarify that lockdown arrests are actually already at more than 17,000

Covid-19 crisis is showing the best of humanity

If only the postman will come around again …

Relaxing taxi rules a dangerous, yet necessary evil

WATCH: Steve Komphela’s message for SA men

SPCA to investigate SANDF dog shooting incident

Keep your pets from getting cabin fever

Eskom uses Covid-19 drop in electricity demand as chance to fix decrepit network

Ciara talks about her “new normal” in a time of coronavirus

News

Cops joke about shooting at, and missing, News24 reporter during lockdown

Malema tells ‘cowards’: Don’t relax the lockdown or ‘millions will die’

World

I have no money for a ticket home or to stay here much longer, says SA man stuck in Vietnam

We must all do the right thing to survive

Help feed families during lockdown, without leaving your couch

How radio works remotely during SA’s lockdown

Here are all Vodacom’s new slashed prices for data

Consumers are complying with lockdown, data shows

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Lockdown and the application of the law

Forcing people to keep off township streets is cruel

Let’s make the right noise in these trying times

I’m slowly going quite batty

Virus increase ‘will slow’ after 14 days if we stick to lockdown

Cape Town calls for limited shopping hours, cap on number of shoppers

Nxesi: Companies can’t force you to take annual leave; nonessential working is illegal

Travel

At least 1,471 South Africans now stranded abroad due to Covid-19 lockdown

News

Government to visit families of two social grant beneficiaries who died on Monday

Covid-19: What happens after the lockdown?

Crime

KZN call centre CEO arrested for allegedly making employees work during lockdown

News

SAHRC reminds army, police of ‘fundamental human rights’ during lockdown

Home Affairs to continue offering essential services

Travel

South Africa’s Covid-19 lockdown: cigarettes and outdoor exercise could ease the tension

Health

Physical distancing should not mean emotional distancing, say psychologists

News

Cell C doubles data bundles to help SA stay connected during lockdown

Massive Middelburg hailstorm dubbed ‘a disaster within a disaster’

Courts

How Cape Town Magistrate’s Court is coping with coronavirus rules

News

Not selling alcohol and tobacco during lockdown ‘harmful to addicts’

Don’t judge. Check yourself. Check your wallet, and then check your privilege

Crime

Cape Town mom accused of neglecting kids to go to shebeen

South African youths stuck in Peru, Lima claim embassy not taking their pleas to come home seriously

Cops face three counts of murder, other serious charges amid lockdown

It seems pride has gone AWOL from the army

Crisis in informal sector as 2.5m entrepreneurs can’t work

Govt must start planning for extended lockdown – DA

Apply for your workers’ UIF payments – labour department

WATCH: 12-pack of beer delivered by drone to ‘thirsty dudes’

Numsa accuses bus services company of attempted murder ‘by defying lockdown’

EFF tells council speaker she’ll have to attend her ‘urgent’ meeting on her own

ConCourt dismisses NGO’s application to access it directly to challenge constitutionality of lockdown

Taxi drivers in Ermelo upset they can’t make any profit due to to lockdown restrictions

Hundreds arrested in Western Cape and Gauteng for breaking lockdown regulations

Health

5 tips for surviving lockdown, from true experts of isolation

Crime

Woman in hot water for false Covid-19 voice message

Netflix reduces streaming bitrate for South African subscribers during lockdown