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After a sustained 18 months of “unusual work” amid the Covid-19 pandemic, healthcare staff in the Western Cape will finally get some downtime.

Cape Town mayor Dan Plato has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to end the lockdown.

After a sustained 18 months of "unusual work" amid the Covid-19 pandemic, healthcare staff in the Western Cape will finally get some downtime as the provincial health department encourages them to "rest and reset". Following the end of the third wave earlier this week, department head Dr Keith Cloete said staff fatigue was inevitable.

Scientists say the country needs to significantly improve vaccination rates

Cape Town Mayor Dan Plato has called for the lifting of the state of disaster, echoing Western Cape Premier Alan Winde in urging the national government to end the lockdown.



South African-born Stanley Tollman has died at the age of 91 following a battle with cancer.

The vaccination programme did not greatly ease the burden of Covid-19 in the Western Cape as too few people have been inoculated to have made a significant difference, Professor Marc Mendelson of Groote Schuur Hospital lamented.



The Western Cape has recorded the majority of new confirmed Covid-19 cases as infections increased by 4 667 in South Africa.

Western Cape Premier Alan Winde says nightclubs should be considered as vaccine sites, in an effort to attract younger people.

In a province where the majority of voters are neither white nor male, both the DA and the Good party are fielding white male candidates for their Cape Town mayoral campaigns. It is a gamble that will not escape the notice of the ANC and other parties.