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Proceedings took all of six minutes.   The court heard that five other accused had been added to the indictment, and would present themselves at the next date, subsequently set down for 8 February 2021 at the Durban high court, for a provisional pre-trial hearing. Looking drawn and tired Panday, former cop Navin Madhoe and former KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Mmamonnye Ngobeni took to the dock before a gaggle of journalists who clamoured for photos. Ngobeni, uncharacteristically slouching, averted her eyes as best as she could. Panday, hands in pockets, stood looking away from the camer...

First published in the Daily Maverick 168 weekly newspaper. Ten days after South Africans got the December party started, Minister of Health Dr Zweli Mkhize announced that a second wave of Covid-19 infections was sweeping the country with a worrying rate of infections among young people. With more than 8,000 new cases confirmed on Thursday, outbreaks in four provinces are driving the current wave of coronavirus infections, with the majority of new cases from the Western Cape (30%), followed by the Eastern Cape (24%), KwaZulu-Natal (23%) and Gauteng (17%). The National Department of Health (DO...