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WATCH Lady Gaga’s Global Concert Raises Over $127-Million

By SAPeople 21-04-20 12:17

The One World, Together at Home global concert – organised to raise funds to fight the COVID-19 pandemic – has raised over US$127 million. The eight-hour concert which took place on Saturday – and featured South African DJ Black Coffee – was co-organised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) with Global Citizen’s Hugh Evans and […]

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Ramaphosa to Announce Expanded COVID-19 Economic and Social Relief Tonight

By SAPeople 21-04-20 10:48

President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the nation this evening – Tuesday, 21 April 2020 – on additional economic and social relief measures that form part of the national response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The President’s address comes as a result of recent deliberations at Cabinet, the National Coronavirus Command Council, the President’s Coordinating Council, and […]

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South Africa’s COVID-19 Cases Rise to 3,300 with 4 New Deaths

By SAPeople 21-04-20 00:29

South Africa on Monday confirmed four new COVID-19 deaths, leading to a total of 58 people who have succumbed to the virus to date. According to a statement released by the Minister of Health, Dr Zweli Mkhize, the country now has 3 300 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 121 510 tests having been conducted in both […]

PHOTOS Poverty Knows No Race as Lockdown Feeding Scheme Delivers

By Tom Brown 20-04-20 21:02

As I accompanied members of a community-sponsored, volunteer-based feeding scheme around Pretoria recently, I saw several communities who might have been of different races. But they had one thing in common – they are desperately in need of food as they reel under the economic effects of lockdown in South Africa. We arrive at the […]

Covid-19: Economists Propose R400 Billion Relief Plan

By SAPeople Contributor 20-04-20 11:40

The South African government should massively ramp up its “insufficient” spending to cushion the country from the economic and social ravages of the Covid-19 lockdown and the pandemic, says the Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ) in a policy document. The think tank has released a detailed emergency rescue package which it says the state should […]

COVID-19 Taxi Industry Relief in the Works

By SAPeople Contributor 20-04-20 11:00

As the taxi industry counts the costs of the COVID-19 pandemic, intergovernmental consultations on a Taxi Industry Relief intervention are at an advanced stage. This was confirmed by Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula during a virtual meeting with the National Taxi Alliance (NTA) on Sunday. “The Departments of Transport, Small Business, Labour, Trade and Competition as […]

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South Africa Confirms 3,158 COVID-19 Cases

By SAPeople 20-04-20 00:50

South Africa has confirmed a total of 3 158 COVID-19 cases, having conducted 114 711 tests to date. Gauteng is still leading with 1 148 people testing positive for the virus, followed by the Western Cape at 868 cases. KwaZulu-Natal has 617 cases of COVID-19, the Eastern Cape province has 293 cases, Free State has […]

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South Africa’s Confirmed Cases Rise Above 3,000

By SAPeople 18-04-20 22:55

South Africa has 3 034 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 903 recoveries and 52 deaths, the Minister of Health, Dr Zweli Mkhize, said on Saturday. Mkhize held a virtual briefing on Saturday evening, where he released the country’s latest COVID-19 statistics. Gauteng has the majority of COVID-19 cases at 1 101, while the Western Cape has […]

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WATCH James Blunt’s ‘The Greatest’ Tribute to Health Workers During Pandemic

By SAPeople 18-04-20 19:01

Watch British singer James Blunt’s moving tribute to the brave workers in the NHS during the COVID-19 pandemic, following his father’s lifesaving kidney transplant in January. The world-famous musician, who first released The Greatest, in October 2019, has released a new version containing visuals celebrating the ‘brave and powerful’ workers on the frontline of the […]

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WATCH A Kudu Strolls Through Pretoria During Lockdown

By SAPeople Staff Writer 18-04-20 18:56

There have been numerous videos posted of wild animals taking advantage of lockdown in South Africa, but this has to be one of the strangest. Posted on Twitter today, a kudu was seen wandering through a street in Pretoria. There was no explanation of how it could have got there. We will update you if […]

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Civil Society Left To Feed Thousands Of Children On Cape Flates

By SAPeople 18-04-20 10:35

On a large open field in Lavender Hill known as ‘the battlefield’, where clashes between rival gangs the Mongrels and Junky Funky Kids take place, over 300 children sit, spaced one-and-a-half-metres apart to reduce the possibility of Covid-19 transmission. Ranging in age from three years to early teens, the children are waiting in the autumnal […]

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Are Australians Eating South Africa’s Sharks as Flake ‘n Chips?

By SAPeople Contributor 17-04-20 23:43

Could Australia’s Flake ‘n Chips be causing the demise of South Africa’s Great White Shark? In an investigative exposé on Sunday evening, Carte Blanche reveals that when the popularity of the Australian fast food “flake” – which is in fact shark – decimated that country’s local shark population, suppliers turned their sights on the fishing […]

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Parliament Cuts MP Leave and Starts Virtual Meetings

By SAPeople Contributor 17-04-20 19:39

Parliament has resumed its business with immediate effect, starting virtual meetings and cancelling the upcoming leave period for MPs, the presiding officers have announced. Parliament was suspended last month as a precautionary measure to curb COVID-19. Briefing the media on Thursday, National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise and National Council of Provinces Chairperson Amos Masondo said […]

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Total of Schools Vandalised During Lockdown Reaches 403

By Guest Contributor 17-04-20 21:51

There have been 403 incidents of vandalism, burglary and destruction of schools across several South African provinces since the start of the COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, according to the Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga, who has condemned the criminal activity. The damage of school property includes torching of schools, the theft of learning as well as […]

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