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Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane. Masi Losi/ The Times/Gallo Images/Getty Images A company allegedly invoiced the district R4.8 million for doing a door-to-door campaign to raise awareness about Covid-19.Mabuyane said the provincial government anticipated opportunists would take advantage of the pandemic crisis for quick wealth.Photographs of the invoice, and two Hawks hatchback cars parked outside…

The Eastern Cape education department confirmed on Monday that pupils in Grades R, 6 and 11 will return on 20 July.Some schools in the Eastern Cape applied for a deviation from the directive and were granted permission to reopen on Monday.A total of 557 pupils, teachers and support staff were infected with Covid-19 at schools…

A worker sanitises a classroom.  The 557 positive cases were recorded from schools in 10 districts.   The infected are 270 pupils, 271 teachers and 16 support staff. As things stand, 154 schools from six districts have temporarily shut due to Covid-19.   More than 550 pupils, teachers and support staff have tested positive for Covid-19 in the Eastern…

An Eastern Cape man has been jailed for life for raping his estranged wife.  The man raped and sodomised the woman in March 2018.The acting Director for Public Prosecutions in the Eastern Cape has welcomed the sentence. A 35-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison for raping and sodomising his estranged wife in Motherwell, Eastern Cape,…

A worker sanitises a classroom. 24 pupils have tested positive for Covid-19 at one boarding school in the Alfred Nzo District Municipality.Of the 5 037 Eastern Cape schools, 84 are yet to reopen under Level 3.Forty have reopened from the 196 schools that were closed.The Eastern Cape education department was forced to close 196 schools…