COVID-19 LIVE UPDATES | Court bid to reinstate school feeding programme
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June 15 2020 - 7:02
In some households it’s a choice between buying food or the data needed to study online
Education activists and some schools are taking basic education minister Angie Motshekga to court after she “backtracked” on a promise to reinstate the National Schools Nutrition Programme (NSNP) to feed nine million pupils from this month, irrespective of whether or not they are back at school.
June 15 2020 - 7:00
From bed to worse: the mess we're in as virus surge looms
SA’s health-care system faces a total medical needs onslaught as it races towards the Covid-19 surge.
We drill down on how the fight is bedevilled by PPE, bed and test problems, and meddling unions.
June 15 2020 - 6:50
SA records 57 more Covid-19 deaths and more than 4,000 new cases
SA's Covid-19 death toll has climbed to 1,480 with a massive increase in new cases recorded, health minister Zweli Mkhize said on Sunday evening.
The country has recorded a further 57 Covid-19 related deaths: 42 in the Western Cape, 10 in the Eastern Cape and five in KwaZulu-Natal.
June 15 2020 - 5:48
Hope in Covid hell: antibody tests near 100% accuracy
SA has tested one million people for Covid-19 - and that's no mean feat.
But we can only hope the far simpler antibody tests become more reliable.
June 15 2020 - 5:18
Covid-19 in schools | Five must-read stories on school closures
A number of schools across the country have been forced to close after teachers or people in contact with the schools tested positive for Covid-19.
Some of the cases were confirmed last week, preventing schools from opening on Monday June 8, while others were confirmed earlier this week.