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Covid-19: Lockdown blamed for desperate Cape Town land occupation

Law enforcement officers demolish dozens of shacks

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News | 11 April 2020

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Woman allegedly shot during shack demolition

eThekwini municipality denies it is breaking eviction moratorium

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News | 10 April 2020

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Covid-19: Protest action threatened as informal traders receive “preferential” treatment

Some PE residents angry over food parcel distribution to hawkers

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Brief | 10 April 2020

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Patients turned away from PE clinic after nurse contracts Covid-19

Staff say they will return to work when they get their test results

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News | 10 April 2020

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Covid-19: Spaza shop owners under pressure to stay open after hours

Shop owners near Louis Trichardt said they will not disobey the regulations

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Brief | 10 April 2020

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Dodgy off-the-shelf companies cash in on Lottery millions

Huge grants given to Lottopreneurs with no track record

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News | 10 April 2020

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Covid-19: Come on South Africa, let’s make masks

Home-made masks can help protect us from the virus

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Science | 10 April 2020

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Covid-19: Cape Town’s homeless camp: some answers, more questions

City aims to keep 2,000 people at Strandfontein site

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News | 10 April 2020

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Covid-19: Doctors released from isolation in Limpopo TB hospital

This follows widespread criticism of MEC Phophi Ramathuba

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Brief | 9 April 2020

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Covid-19: Health minister calls for volunteers

NGOs and retired medical professionals especially needed

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Brief | 9 April 2020

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Covid-19: Worldwide call for ban on wildlife markets

Appeal sent to World Health Organisation to publicly confirm threat posed to health

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News | 9 April 2020

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Covid-19: Residents lend a helping hand to waste picker in Benoni

“If many people offer help to waste pickers during this difficult time of the coronavirus, South Africa will be a better place,” says waste picker

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Brief | 9 April 2020

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Covid-19: School feeding reopens in Western Cape

But South African Democratic Teachers Union accuses province of undermining national plan to limit the spread of Covid-19

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News | 9 April 2020

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Covid-19: It’s hard to practise hygiene in unhygienic conditions, say Mathambo residents

Informal settlement north of Durban needs more toilets and taps

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News | 9 April 2020

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Covid-19: Shack dwellers desperate for water in Uitenhage

Mayoral coordinator promises sanitisers and water

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Brief | 9 April 2020

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Covid-19: Homeless, unemployed and stuck in South Africa

Limpopo moves people living on the streets into shelters

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