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There have been calls for schools to close as the country confronts the Covid-19 peak. Papi Morake, Gallo Images The National School Nutrition Programme was suspended when the lockdown started in March.NGO Equal Education went to court on an urgent basis to ask for a declaratory order forcing the Department of Basic Education to feed…

Commuters at Bara Taxi Rank on June 01, 2020 in Soweto. The Gauteng provincial government has been granted an interdict against a Johannesburg taxi association. The Johannesburg Minibus Taxi Association has been preventing another association from operating. Transport MEC Jacob Mamabolo says a "war zone" has been averted. Gauteng Public Transport and Roads Infrastructure MEC Jacob Mamabolo has been granted…

Minibus taxis parked at a taxi rank. (Duncan Alfreds, News24) According to the Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport, taxi violence concerning the Mamelodi Amalgamated Taxi Association has already claimed 19 lives.A high court granted an order to dissolve the current executive committee in an attempt to restore order.An attorney has been tasked with rebuilding…

Head of the National Prosecuting Authority's Investigative Directorate Hermione Cronjé. (Jan Gerber/News24) The Investigating Directorate has been granted an order restraining alleged Gupta "fixer" Kuben Moodley and his letterbox company, Albatime, from dealing with R232 million worth of assets.Advocate Hermione Cronje brought the urgent application on 10 June after the state capture commission released approximately R20…

Manufacturing is a crucial sector for SA's economic growth.There are hundreds of grants and incentives available for industrial businesses in SA, but they don't always reach those they're intended for. Sometimes people don't know how to access them or that they exist, and other times officials intended to assist with applications aren't able to do so. Niche…