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Hudson Park High School is the latest East London school to close after an educator at the school tested positive for Covid-19. In a letter sent out on late on Thursday, Headmaster Dennis Vorster said that the school would be closed until…
President Cyril Ramphosa on Sunday night said that South Africans under level 3 lockdown would not be able to purchase tobacco products. The president said that alcohol would be permitted, subject to strict restrictions, but the sake of…
The Eastern Cape on Monday night had more than 2,000 confirmed Covid-19 cases and with the number of new infections increasing it has just 291 cases less than Gauteng. The province had 2,052 cases with 39 deaths registered to the…
Video clips circulating on social media seeming to show health MEC Sindiswa Gomba being racist and “farting” while being interviewed were “manipulated” by “creative social media gurus” to distort her image and portray her as racist and…
King William’s Town police station was closed on Saturday after a 28-year-old female constable tested positive for Covid-19. According to a statement released by national police spokesperson Brigadier Vishnu Naidoo the community service…
Three weeks ago, East London mom Cheree Mc Ewen was told that she’d contracted Covid-19 while undergoing surgery to remove more than 20 tumours from her body at Mediclinic Morningside. The hospital was later closed after 88 people there…
South Africa’s total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases has risen by 785 infections to 13,524, according to health minister Zweli Mkhize. The minister also reported nine new coronavirus related deaths in the country, bring the national…
The Eastern Cape health department on Friday provided DispatchLIVE with a breakdown of Buffalo City Metro’s currently active confirmed Covid-19 cases. The metro, which has been identified as a provincial coronavirus hotspot, had a total…
Health minister Zweli Mkhize on Tuesday announced that South Africa had reached a total of 11,350 confirmed Covid-19 infections. The latest Covid-19 coronavirus coverage The Eastern Cape had 148 new infections, with a new total of 1,504…
South Africa now has 9,420 confirmed Covid-19 cases, health minister Zweli Mkhize said in a live address from Cape Town on Saturday. There have now been 324,079 tests conducted, of which 16,327 were performed in the last day, the minister…
Health minister Zweli Mhkise on Friday night announced that his team would be conducting “oversight visits” in both the Eastern Cape and Western Cape over the weekend, while the president would visit next week, after the two provinces…
With thousands of businesses being forced to close for the duration of the Covid-19 national lockdown, South Africans are struggling with huge financial burdens, with many not being paid their full salaries or put on forced unpaid leave.…
Eighty people travelling to the Eastern Cape from the Western Cape have now tested positive for the Covid-19 coronavirus. This is 24 more than the figure released earlier in the day, according to the Eastern Cape health department who on…
The Eastern Cape health department on Sunday revealed the province’s latest breakdown of provincial Covid-19 infections by district. On Saturday day night the provincial count rose to 732 with no new deaths. To date the Eastern Cape has…
The Eastern Cape health department on Wednesday released the latest breakdown of provincial Covid-19 infections by district. On Tuesday night the provincial total increased by 28 confirmed cases, from 588 to 616. Health department…
