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Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga. Sydney Seshibedi, Gallo Images via Getty Images Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga is locked in meetings with the Cabinet. This follows consultations with the education sector on whether schools should close or remain open during the Covid-19 infection peak. According to a Sunday Times report, five teachers' unions have proposed…

Two Free State police stations closed temporarily after staff members tested positive for Covid-19. Two Free State police stations – one in Bayswater and another in Smithfield – closed temporarily after staff members tested positive for Covid-19.LIVE | All the latest coronavirus and lockdown updatesThe police stations will be decontaminated.According to a statement that the…

Dr Zweli Mkhize. There have been some inconsistencies in data in the health department's daily media releases.Asymptomatic cases were only reported once.Hospitalisation data has been few and far between.Inconsistencies in some of the key measurables in the health department's daily Covid-19 updates, especially in the early weeks of the pandemic, have raised questions about whether the…

A health worker holds a nasal swab sample to be tested for Covid-19. Health experts say the official number of deaths linked to Covid-19 in South Africa does not reflect the true scale of the crisis. South Africa has recorded 10 994 excess deaths between May and July, according to the South African Medical Research Council,…

A group of SA scientists have made a major breakthrough in detecting Covid-19 through sewage. GreenHill Labs in Hilton, KwaZulu-Natal, piloted a study using samples from five wastewater treatment works in Gauteng.The method may help the government detect and track Covid-19 hotspots.A group of South African scientists working from a KwaZulu-Natal lab is using faecal matter…