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The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said seven more deaths were recorded leaving the fatalities to 101 484.

During his digital press conference on Tuesday, Western Cape Premier Alan Winde said he has called on the government to do away with all Covid-19 restrictions on mask-wearing and gatherings.

Two Cape Town schools have made it to the finals of the World’s Best School Prizes.

The Struisbaai SOS Funding Trust is a privately funded community trust that was established to find viable solutions to help the youth of Struisbaai build and develop their own economically viable future within the town. 

Western Cape Premier Alan Winde said on Tuesday Covid-19 restrictions are no longer necessary in the province, pointing to data that showed that there has been a continued decoupling between Covid-19 infections, hospitalisations and deaths in the Western Cape. Last week Winde requested an urgent meeting of the President’s Coordinating Council (PCC) where he would table the province’s latest data in support of the complete removal of the remaining Covid-19 restrictions.

South Africa still has a number of COVID rules in force - and President Ramaphosa is being put under pressure to end them all.

Four men were murdered in Khayelitsha on Tuesday evening taking the mass shooting death toll in the area to 26 since March 2022.

After the recent release of the 2021/2022 fourth quarter crime statistics, which showed a 10% increase in the community reported serious crimes category the Western Cape, Premier Alan Winde and Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis have called for the axing of Police Minister Bheki Cele.

Western Cape Premier Alan Winde will, again, request that President Cyril Ramaphosa remove all current Covid-19 restrictions.

Western Cape Premier Alan Winde said the province was currently experiencing a decline in infection rates and the time to prioritise the economy had arrived.