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CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC: Eastern Cape premier Oscar MabuyaneImage: RANDELL ROSKRUGE

Nelson Mandela Bay Covid cases dropping, recovery rate 94%, says Mabuyane

Is Nelson Mandela Bay still a Covid-19 hotspot? Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane says science will have to provide the answer. Covid-19 cases seem to be dropping in the metro, which has just more than 300 active cases. This creates an…

The guns were stolen from police in central Johnnesburg earlier this year.Image: Gauteng health department

Weapons and ammunition found in unoccupied section of Bara hospital

An assortment of weapons was found in one of the unoccupied doctors’ quarters at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital in the early hours of Sunday. The health department said it consisted of 47 bullets, three 9mm hand guns, two pepper…

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WATCH: EFF closes down Komani Clicks stores

BREAKING: Members of the EFF Chris Hani region, led by the party’s provincial chairman Yazini Thetyana closed down the two cosmetics Clicks stores in Komani in retaliation of a “racist” advert that was posted on their website last week.…

Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane has warned that the pandemic will reach its peak in the province in August.Image: MICHAEL PINYANA

Eastern Cape ‘will send patients to other provinces’ as Covid-19 soars

The Eastern Cape will need to send Covid-19 patients to neighbouring provinces. This was the admission from project management unit team leader Dr Sibongile Zungu, who said as new Covid-19 cases increased by about 2,000 a day, it would…

The testing backlog in the Western Cape has decreased from more than 27,000 to just over 3,000 in two weeks. A new report has revealed those with diabetes are more likely to die from Covid-19.Image: GALLO IMAGES/AFP/BERND THISSEN

Chris Hani district latest Covid-19 EC hotspot

The Chris Hani district has become the province’s latest Covid-19 hotspot after two siblings contracted the virus and were admitted to intensive care, bringing to three the known number of infected people in the region. A relative of the…