COVID-19 LIVE UPDATES | Court bid to reinstate school feeding programme

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.