From Businesstech President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that government will introduce new restrictions for South Africa ahead of the Easter weekend. In a national address on Tuesday evening (30 March), the president said that the…
The Eastern Cape provincial government will embark on mass testing, screening, tracking, tracing of people who are contacts of people infected by coronavirus, enforce mandatory wearing of cloth masks in public places, public transport and…
Port Alfred CBD was busy this morning as people came to town to collect their social grants and, although some queues were organised specifically to enforce social distancing, many gathered in small groups where social distancing was not…
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…
SA has eased into level 4 of the national lockdown that was implemented in an attempt to curb the spread of Covid-19. One of the conditions of the lockdown is that people are allowed to jog, run and walk their dogs outside between…
The novel coronavirus, named Covid-19, has caused lockdowns in many, if not most, countries in the world and affected almost every aspect of our daily lives. Trade between countries has been on an extremely limited basis and stockpiles of…
SA has recorded 13,524 positive cases of Covid-19 as of Friday. The health ministry said on Friday evening that the national death toll had climbed to 247. There were nine Covid-19 related deaths since the last figures were released on…
Taking the opportunity to walk around town on Saturday, it was clear that, while shops proving essential items were maintaining social distancing rules as best as they could, the queues waiting to enter shops where long. Maintaining…
People must maintain a reasonable distance between themselves and others when queueing during the 21-day shutdown South Africa is on Day 5 of the 21-day lockdown, but many are ignoring the government’s ruling on social distancing; some in…
