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Trade and industry minister Ebrahim Patel.Image: BLOOMBERG/WALDO SWIEGERS
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Trade minister Patel tests positive for Covid-19

Trade minister Ebrahim Patel on Saturday tested positive for Covid-19, the cabinet said, the fourth minister to contract the virus in Africa’s hardest-hit country. Cabinet spokeswoman Phumla Williams said in a statement that Patel, 58,…

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Trade and industry minister Ebrahim Patel says Cape Town’s Covid-19 infection rate is worrying. Image: Picture: BLOOMBERG/WALDO SWIEGERS
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Ebrahim Patel hints at Cape Town remaining on level 4 lockdown as country moves to level 3

Trade minister Ebrahim Patel has hinted that Cape Town could remain on level 4 lockdown when some parts of the country move to level 3 at the end of May. This after the Western Cape recorded the most confirmed Covid-19 cases and deaths —…

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