Covid-19

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Health department boss calls for investigation into Glenda Gray

But leading scientist comes out in defence of MRC president

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News | 22 May 2020

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Here’s what the models predict about Covid-19

But beware: soothsaying has a checkered history

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Analysis | 22 May 2020

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Covid-19: Groote Schuur on the brink

Hospital manager implores doctors to show up for duty

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News | 21 May 2020

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Dunoon leaders say they were not consulted on de-densification plans

Provincial government says stakeholder engagement will take place on Thursday

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News | 21 May 2020

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“There can be no justification for torture, ever” – top brass tell police

Police who refuse to comply with internal directive may be held personally liable

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News | 21 May 2020

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Arcadia Place: City of Cape Town moves against occupiers

Several fines and one arrest

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News | 20 May 2020

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Covid-19 Report 4: Massive UK analysis of deaths from virus

And a Spanish study suggests what the real infection death rate is

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Covid-19 Report | 20 May 2020

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Patients at Mfuleni Day Hospital get medication through the fence

“I thought they were joking” says patient

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Brief | 20 May 2020

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School children sell cigarettes to help parents make ends meet

“Selling cigarettes helps buy food for my family,” says 12-year-old

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News | 20 May 2020

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Covid-19: Making sense of “R”

It’s a useful but much misunderstood concept for explaining the course of the epidemic

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Science | 19 May 2020

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Covid-19: Sanitation is a struggle in Kleinbegin in the winelands

People in Tulbagh informal settlement demand water tanks

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News | 19 May 2020

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Water tanks run dry in Motherwell informal settlements

“Residents spend time in long queues waiting to fetch water” says community leader

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Brief | 19 May 2020

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SASSA’s big test: When will the emergency Covid-19 social grant be paid?

Many South Africans have no income

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Analysis | 19 May 2020

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Homemade alcoholic brew finds a market as prices soar

“People are bored of sitting at home doing nothing”

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Brief | 19 May 2020

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“The City needs to stop destroying shacks, at least until the lockdown is over”

City of Cape Town demolishes shacks built by people evicted by their landlords in Strand

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Brief | 18 May 2020

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Doubts over Compensation Fund’s ability to pay out for Covid-19 claims

However, the Fund’s glitchy computer system is at last showing some improvement

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Brief | 18 May 2020