Stranded SA citizens resorting to desperate measures: Cape Town – While a South African stranded in India with stage four cancer has pleaded for help getting home, one desperate family has resorted to taking out a loan to secure a place on a repatriation flight from Thailand. Sarita Owen from Montagu and her friend Eva-Lotta Lof, from Swellendam, flew to India at the start of March and were expecting to fly back later that same month, before lockdown interrupted their plans. Lof has cancer, and Owen said they were desperate to get home. “My…
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Spar workers angry over hearings on returning from quarantine: Cape Town – Employees at the Khayelitsha SuperSpar have slammed the store’s management for hauling them before a disciplinary hearing upon returning from quarantine for 14 days. The employees had downed tools demanding to be tested after two of their colleagues contracted the virus. They told the Cape Times yesterday that when they returned to work after the 14-day quarantine period, they were issued with warnings and were set to appear before a disciplinary committee today. An employee who asked to remain anonymous said they were suspended…
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Covid-19 | Two East London prison inmates die amid ‘significant increase’ in recoveries: Two inmates held at an East London-based prison have died of complications arising from Covid-19, according to the Department of Correctional Services. ……
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National depts must improve communication with provinces – Zikalala: The premier has complained to President Cyril Ramaphosa that national government departments often failed to communicate with provincial departments on their programmes. ……
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How COVID-19 is putting the brakes on SA’s land claims process: Members of Parliament’s committees on agriculture and land reform were informed about the situation during a briefing on Tuesday afternoon. ……
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Zulu: COVID-19 unemployment grant will be paid from 15 May: The recent malfunction in the payment of social grants has cast doubts about the Social Development Department’s state of readiness to administer the payments of millions to unemployed citizens. ……
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Western Cape MEC honours nurse who died from Covid-19 a day before she was to retire: Cape Town – Beloved local nurse Petronella “Aunty Nellie” Benjamin, who died as a result of Covid-19-related complications, was buried yesterday. Condolences poured in for the 62-year-old following her death last Wednesday. The Eerste River nurse died a day before she was due to retire after decades of service as a health-care worker. Benjamin is…
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Some Sassa pensioners sleep outside post office after ‘glitch’ delay: Some social grant beneficiaries in Pietermaritzburg slept outside the Langalibalele Post Office after a “glitch” in the system delayed their payouts. ……
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COVID-19 claims 10 more lives in SA, bringing death toll to 148: The number of confirmed cases has also increased by 352. ……
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FEEL GOOD | Could new black eagle couple be readying for firstborn at Walter Sisulu gardens?: Lockdown love seems to be in the air for the resident black eagle couple in Roodekrans as all indications are that a chick could join the feathered family soon. ……
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