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2020-05-25 15:59 The government expected quiet, unquestioning obedience from South Africans. Instead of trusting the public, being open and honest with them, the government has wasted goodwill and turned the public against it, writes Geordin Hill-Lewis.Common struggle through times of crises often has the effect of upending old acrimonies, and turning adversaries into allies. South…

By Sam Wong , Adam Vaughan , Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool Greg Clark MP, chair of the UK House of Commons science and technology committeeParliamentary Copyright Latest coronavirus news as of 5 pm on 19 May UK government advised to ‘urgently’ build up contact tracing capacity The UK House of Commons science and technology…

Government is shying away from releasing some Covid-19 modelling and projections data to avoid panic in communities and possible stigma, saying the projections were fluid and not "Gospel truth", according to a Sunday report.According to the Sunday Times, experts believed that limiting the flow of scientific data on the pandemic meant that government would be…

If cigarette sales spread coronavirus prove it -Tobacco AssociationThe Fair Trade Independent Tobacco Association (FITA) launched an urgent legal challenge to the ban earlier this week, in which the organisation – which counts cigarette trader Adriano Mazzotti as one of its founder members – demanded that the NCCC be ordered to provide minutes of its…

Solidarity Helping Hand says it is preparing to take legal action against the government for allegedly centralising food distribution to the poor.In a statement on Monday, the organisation said it would take legal action "should [the government] continue to implement regulations prescribing that the distribution of food to the poor be centralised under government control"."It…