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52 Covid-19 deaths recorded in past 24 hours as cases up by more than 1,000

Fifty-two Covid-19 related deaths were recorded in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Monday. This means that there are now 481 deaths from the respiratory ...

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Twelve more prisoners test positive for Covid-19

A dozen more inmates and one prison worker have joined the growing number of people within the department of correctional services who have tested ...

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Building housing BCM city manager, department heads closed after ...

The Trust Centre building in the East London CBD was immediately closed on Monday while it was being deep cleansed and decontaminated after an ...

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Nine killed by lethal moonshine mixes in Eastern ...

The strict government liquor ban during the Covid-19 lockdown has proved deadly for some in the Eastern Cape. Five people in the province have died in the space of a week after drinking their lethal moonshine. On Saturday, two people near ...
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Eastern Cape education department recruits 800 to ...

The Eastern Cape education department is scrambling to hire 800 unemployed people to help in the first phase of schools reopening next week. These recruits, employed as support staff, will be contracted for three months to help sanitise pupils ...
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'We survived Covid-19' - messages of hope from some who have recovered

Today we share messages of hope from a group of South Africans who recovered from Covid-19.

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Call to inspect more hospitals after closure of Frere

More hospitals should be inspected by the department of employment & labour across the Eastern Cape. This is the call ...

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Covid-19 positive Eastern Cape pensioner questions why she was not isolated

An Eastern Cape pensioner who tested positive for Covid-19 questions why she is home despite a directive from the ...

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BREAKING | No smoking for lockdown level 3

President Cyril Ramphosa on Sunday night said that South Africans under level 3 lockdown would not be able to ...

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Eastern Cape mayor's wife loses battle against Covid-19

Matilda Maneli, wife of Amathole district municipality mayor and ANC regional chairperson Khanyile 'KC' Maneli, died ...

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Two dead, 10 in hospital after drinking home-made alcoholic concoction near Stutterheim

Two people are believed to have died and more than 10 are in hospital after drinking a home-brewed concoction  in a ...

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Peddie twins to take livestock industry by storm

Peddie-born twin sisters are on a mission to tap into the male-dominated livestock industry. Zipho and Zovuyo Makwabe, ...

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Covid-19 : Shut down Frere Hospital now, labour department insists

Labour department health and safety inspectors have ordered a total and immediate shutdown of East London’s Frere ...

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Lockdown a hard knock for Eastern Cape lawyers

The financial effect of the lockdown on legal practitioners has been devastating, with many fearful that they will ...

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Dlamini-Zuma's alleged links to illicit cigarette industry spark debate over smoking ban

Alleged links between Cogta minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and tobacco kingpin Adriano Mazzotti has fueled debate ...

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Covid-19 forces closure of three home affairs offices in BCM

Plans to obtain a temporary ID so he could apply for the R350 unemployment grant hit a snag for Sakhele Dyakopu as the ...

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Burning questions over Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma's cigarette ban motives

By and large South Africans supported the national coronavirus lockdown at its start. While there were grumbles about ...

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First blow struck by Eastern Cape transport MEC in defamation case

The Grahamstown high court this week interdicted United Front provincial executive member Lungile Mxube from making ...

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Will the tobacco ban be rolled into SA's level 3 lockdown regulations?

"Smokers should be prepared to pay R20 for a single cigarette or R200 a box for many months to come ... don't expect ...

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We welcome Saturday night’s agreement between Premier Oscar Mabuyane and national minister of employment & labour Thulas Nxesi, which temporarily averted the ...

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DA wants a special inspector-general to ...

The DA has proposed the creation of a special inspector-general office with sweeping powers in the National Treasury to ...

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Reserve Bank delays data releases due to ...

The consequences of the Covid-19 crisis, which has affected data collection from important state agencies such as ...

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JSE slips as US-China tension persists

The JSE was lower on Monday morning as investors monitored growing tension between the US and China.

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Growthpoint collected less than half of ...

South Africa’s largest property company, Growthpoint, collected less than half of its rent from retail tenants in ...

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Food producer Tiger Brands is bracing for a tough second half as Covid-19 disrupts supply chains and hits consumer ...

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S&P Global affirms South Africa’s ...

S&P Global affirmed South Africa’s rating, maintaining a stable outlook that came with the country's most recent ...

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JSE weaker amid Beijing’s Hong Kong plans

The JSE tracked weaker global markets following reports on Friday suggesting Beijing plans to institute new security ...

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Sudan’s bloody tribal clashes threaten ...

An upsurge in bloody tribal clashes in Sudan has killed at least 59 people and wounded over 100 this month, heaping ...

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Zimbabwean hotels and lodges to open as ...

With Zimbabwe's tourism industry reeling from Covid-19 lockdown losses, hotels and lodges have been permitted to open ...

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UN prosecutor: remains of Rwandan war ...

The remains of a fugitive major suspect from the 1994 Rwandan genocide have been identified in a grave in Congo, a ...

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Hundreds killed in South Sudan tribal ...

Hundreds of civilians, including three aid workers, were killed in a series of tribal clashes in villages in South ...

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Burundi expected to announce Ndayishimiye ...

Burundi's election commission is expected on Monday to declare Evariste Ndayishimiye the country's next president, with ...

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Renault has called for a meeting with unions on Thursday regarding its cost-saving plans, a representative for far-left ...

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German luxury automaker Daimler on Monday announced tougher carbon emissions targets, saying it aimed to reach carbon ...

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In this episode of Cargumentative Thomas Falkiner is again joined by Denis Droppa and Brenwin Naidu. This week they ...

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A German federal court judge ruled that Volkswagen has to pay compensation to motorists who purchased vehicles with ...

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Orders rocket as a new study of hydroxychloroquine points to increased risk of death and heart problems

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The large mafia organisations are muscling in on the economic fallout caused by the coronavirus

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As beach visitors decline the dolphins have been bringing more items to shore in exchange for fish

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China is set to impose new national security legislation on Hong Kong after last year’s often violent pro-democracy ...

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President Donald Trump has decided to withdraw from the Open Skies treaty, an arms-control pact designed to promote ...

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The sons of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi said Friday they "forgive" the killers of their father, an ...

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South African Rugby World Cup winner Cheslin Kolbe's Toulouse announced on Monday their players had returned to the ...

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South African Rugby World Cup winner Cheslin Kolbe's Toulouse announced on Monday their players had returned to the ...

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Why Proteas star Dean Elgar prefers to ...

Dean Elgar has said that he avoids being active on social media to steer clear of negativity.

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Dean Elgar also raises hand for Proteas ...

Dean Elgar says captaincy comes naturally to him and‚ if it was offered to him‚ he would also jump at the opportunity ...

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‘Jis‚ now I can braai’ – SA rugby refs ...

Usually they’re crisscrossing the globe to destinations where they boss blokes twice their size as just part of the job.

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Covid-19: Cricket’s saliva ban creates a ...

With the International Cricket Council (ICC) giving the use of saliva when shining a cricket ball the thumbs down‚ ball ...

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City of Tshwane wants meeting with ...

City of Tshwane administrator Mpho Nawa has confirmed that they will seek a meeting with Mamelodi Sundowns president ...

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Bongani Zungu’s Amiens SC felt hard done by when the Ligue1 season was cancelled as they believed they had fixtures ...

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Parts of the Eastern Cape may be on the brink of a cholera outbreak as a result of local government’s abuse of the ...

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Eastern Cape rivers are becoming deadly sewers.A Daily Dispatch team investigated three vital rivers in the province ...

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