{"id":159258,"date":"2020-03-31T12:44:27","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T10:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/covid-19-spreads-tentacles-into-townships-old-age-homes\/"},"modified":"2020-03-31T12:44:27","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T10:44:27","slug":"covid-19-spreads-tentacles-into-townships-old-age-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/covid-19-spreads-tentacles-into-townships-old-age-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19 spreads tentacles into townships, old age homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Cape Town in the news:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRssaid=tid=5BC41E171EBD4EC6934A56B741970AB2url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.businesslive.co.za%2ffm%2ffeatures%2f2020-03-31-covid-19-spreads-tentacles-into-townships-old-age-homes%2fc=6804116048164595244mkt=en-us\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Covid-19 spreads tentacles into townships, old age homes<\/a>:<\/strong> The coronavirus, which first entered South Africa in wealthy people returning from ski trips to Europe, is now beginning to seep into communities from where it\u2019s likely to spread rapidly \u2026: <strong><small><em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRssaid=tid=5BC41E171EBD4EC6934A56B741970AB2url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.businesslive.co.za%2ffm%2ffeatures%2f2020-03-31-covid-19-spreads-tentacles-into-townships-old-age-homes%2fc=6804116048164595244mkt=en-us\">\u201cCape Town\u201d \u2013 BingNews<\/a> <\/em><\/small><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRssaid=tid=5BC41E171EBD4EC6934A56B741970AB2url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.crictracker.com%2ffully-support-steve-smith-to-gain-back-australia-captaincy-tim-paine%2fc=14617784601254192279mkt=en-us\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fully support Steve Smith to gain back Australia captaincy: Tim Paine<\/a>:<\/strong> Tim Paine, the Australian Test skipper, has spoken in favour of Steve Smith to take up the leadership mantle of the national team. Paine took over from Smith midway through the Cape Town in 2018 after \u2026: <strong><small><em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRssaid=tid=5BC41E171EBD4EC6934A56B741970AB2url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.crictracker.com%2ffully-support-steve-smith-to-gain-back-australia-captaincy-tim-paine%2fc=14617784601254192279mkt=en-us\">\u201cCape Town\u201d \u2013 BingNews<\/a> <\/em><\/small><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRssaid=tid=5BC41E171EBD4EC6934A56B741970AB2url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.belfasttelegraph.co.uk%2fnews%2fhealth%2fcoronavirus%2fthe-big-interview-with-mairead-meyer-our-broadband-network-is-vital-after-everything-thats-happened-39089316.htmlc=650239832994122252mkt=en-us\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Big Interview with Mairead Meyer: \u2018Our broadband network is vital after everything that\u2019s happened\u2019<\/a>:<\/strong> There was no hesitation, therefore, when she was offered a place on their graduate programme. Since then, she has worked in a number of roles in BT, taking a career break six years ago to relocate to \u2026: <strong><small><em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRssaid=tid=5BC41E171EBD4EC6934A56B741970AB2url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.belfasttelegraph.co.uk%2fnews%2fhealth%2fcoronavirus%2fthe-big-interview-with-mairead-meyer-our-broadband-network-is-vital-after-everything-thats-happened-39089316.htmlc=650239832994122252mkt=en-us\">\u201cCape Town\u201d \u2013 BingNews<\/a> <\/em><\/small><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRssaid=tid=5BC41E171EBD4EC6934A56B741970AB2url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.thesouthafrican.com%2fnews%2fpensioners-die-queuing-social-grants-sassa-collection-times-lockdown%2fc=13170782414145266483mkt=en-us\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SASSA fiasco: Three pensioners die during long wait for social grants<\/a>:<\/strong> The three fatalities occured in Cape Town, Soweto and Hammersdale (KZN) respectively. According to SASSA minister Lindiwe Zulu \u2013 who hasn\u2019t gone without causing controversy herself this month \u2013 one of \u2026: <strong><small><em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRssaid=tid=5BC41E171EBD4EC6934A56B741970AB2url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.thesouthafrican.com%2fnews%2fpensioners-die-queuing-social-grants-sassa-collection-times-lockdown%2fc=13170782414145266483mkt=en-us\">\u201cCape Town\u201d \u2013 BingNews<\/a> <\/em><\/small><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mypr.co.za\/submit\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to submit your Cape Town News<\/a> \u2013 free.<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Have you tried:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/reachtrust.co.za\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reach Trust for Solar and Building Management<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Quick Cape Town Fact:<\/strong> The \u2018Cape Floral Kingdom\u2019 is unique \u2013 This floral kingdom is the smallest of the world (only 90,000 km2) but contains approximately 9,600 plants and flowers \u2013 and 7,000 of them appear nowhere else in the world. The area is a UNESCO World Heritage site.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cape Town in the news: Covid-19 spreads tentacles into townships, old age homes: The coronavirus, which first entered South Africa in wealthy people returning from ski trips to Europe, is now beginning to seep into communities from where it\u2019s likely to spread rapidly \u2026: \u201cCape Town\u201d \u2013 BingNews Fully support Steve Smith to gain back [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3331],"tags":[25,1737,77,3333],"class_list":{"0":"post-159258","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-cape-town","7":"tag-cape-town-2","8":"tag-government","9":"tag-municipality","10":"tag-mycapetown-co-za","11":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159258\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}