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Private schools can open even if public schools don't, says deputy minister 20 January 2021 - 20:33 Basic education deputy minister Reginah Mhaule says private schools can go ahead and reopen for the academic year if they so wish. Image: Sandile Ndlovu Private and independent schools were well within their rights to resume their academic year, even while public schools have pushed back their reopening by two weeks because of the Covid-19 pandemic. This is according to education deputy minister Makgabo Reginah Mhaule, speaking to parliament on Wednesday. Protesting a...

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has vowed to be vaccinated against Covid-19 "as soon as one becomes available".

Don't call it the 'SA variant', scientists and researchers plead Top researchers say new variant could have begun in any country, and could appear in any country, and labelling it “the South African variant” was unjust and damaging 19 January 2021 - 07:00 The new variant spreads 50% faster than its predecessor but is not more severe, researchers say. Image: 123RF/ktsdesign A group of South African and international scientists have taken a strong stand against calling 501. V2, the latest variant of SARS-CoV-2 spreading like wildfire across the country, “the ...

It’s official: the Western Cape has come off the peak of the Covid-19 second wave, with most indicators such as hospital admissions, positivity rate, oxygen usage and mortality either starting to decline or to plateau.

Latest deployment of soldiers costing SA R95m for just a month 19 January 2021 - 13:25 Soldiers patrol the streets of Alexandra in Johannesburg soon after the lockdown was announced. The latest deployment of soldiers for about a month under level 3 of the lockdown regulations will cost SA nearly R100m. Image: Alaister Russell The latest deployment of soldiers in SA streets for about a month under level 3 of the lockdown regulations will cost the country nearly R100m, the parliamentary standing committee on defence said on Tuesday. It made the revelation after receivin...