Lockdown: ‘Police shot me in neck and head for buying electricity’: Durban – A visit to a local spaza shop to buy electricity became a nightmare for a 33-year-old Ladysmith man who was shot in the head and neck with rubber bullets, allegedly by police officers. Sphesihle Zikalala, 33, said he had gone into town to buy groceries on Monday morning. “I realised that I had forgotten to buy electricity so when I returned to my area (Steadville), I went to the local spaza shop not far from home. I was leaving the shop when this VW kombi with its sliding doors wide open…
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Get ready to exercise next Friday – but remember that the lockdown continues: Stretching your muscles outside the house is part of level 4 of the risk-adjusted approach to the re-opening of the economy. ……
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Over 1,000 companies probed for non-compliance with lockdown regulations – Dept: The Department of Employment and Labour said its more than 100 inspectors probed several companies in both the public and private sector. ……
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WATCH | Police and SANDF raid Soweto shops, enforce lockdown regulations: During a joint operation police and the SA National Defence Force held in Soweto, several raids were conducted on businesses which allegedly failed to comply with regulations in effect during the country’s national lockdown. ……
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DA’s Steenhuisen welcomes Ramaphosa’s phased lockdown approach, calls for more details: The DA’s interim leader John Steenhuisen calls for details of the levelled approach by government to the Covid-19 pandemic to be clear and unambiguous. ……
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Risk factors: 9 major takeaways from Ramaphosa’s lockdown speech: Cigarettes will be sold, some sectors of the economy will be allowed to reopen – but caution is the word of the day as President Cyril Ramaphosa announces a partial easing of the lockdown from 1 May ……
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SA’s biggest metros could remain under strict lockdown measures, government documents show: The country’s metros have 75% of all Covid-19 cases and could remain at the highest risk assessment level post-lockdown. ……
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70% of internationally-trained graduates not practicing medicine. Can SA afford to leave it that way?: Fast-tracking unregistered healthcare workers into SA’s health system is not without its risks, but it is not without its solutions either, say foreign-trained doctors. ……
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Parly finance committees welcome Treasury’s tax relief packages: The presentation on the tax bills came a day after the president announced a R500 billion stimulus package to help South Africans in their time of need. ……
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Payday brings home impact of lockdown on cash-strapped South Africans: This morning, some South Africans are waking up to debit orders going off while there is little or nothing left in their accounts. ……
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