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Volunteers from the St Lucia ratepayers’ association sanitise high-risk areas in the town. Image: Facebook

A new return-to-work norm in the battle against Covid-19

Each of us is in conscription in the fight against the invisible enemy In the weeks and months that lie ahead, our health care workers will be at war. From the clinic in the dusty streets of Phuthaditjhaba, to the halls of Steve Biko…

The union said many schools across the country had not been disinfected and did not have sufficient supplies of personal protective equipment. Image: paylessimages / 123RF Stock Photo

Sadtu calls for teachers across the country not to return to work

Provinces across the country are not ready to reopen schools‚ and therefore no teacher should return to work this week‚ the SA Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) said on Monday. This after basic education minister Angie Motshekga announced…

Going back to work? These are the new rules for staff and companies

Free cloth face masks, spaces or physical barriers between workers, loo queues, paper towels, sore throat screening and no discrimination against those who test positive for Covid-19. These are among a raft of measures that companies…

TIME FOR SOME TO WORK: The stringent laws that restrict the movement of private citizens remain, with only a few concessions that will be welcomed by citizens cooped up at home.Picture: AFP

Back to work for 1.5m South Africans as lockdown rules eased

STHEMBILE CELE AND QAANITAH HUNTER Masks on in public and everyone under curfew at night The economy was the biggest winner in the government’s relaxed Covid-19 regulations announced yesterday, as more than 1.5-million workers are…

Two police officers were shot in Johannesburg on Thursday.Image: SB Media Worx/Suleiman Bismilla

Wounded police officers commended for their actions after Joburg shoot-out

Two police officers who were shot in Johannesburg on Thursday are in a stable condition in hospital. “The members spotted a suspected vehicle, which was circulated as having been used in a robbery, and gave chase. While approaching the…