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decided not to resume campus-based activity during Level 4, including at all universities and TVET (technical vocational education and training) colleges, both public and private, News24 previously reported. The only exception has been for final-year clinical students, who have had a controlled return under strict conditions.Last week, the Department of Higher Education and Training presented…

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in stay-at-home orders that are putting young children at risk of contracting measles, polio and diphtheria, according to a report released Friday by the World Health Organization (WHO).Routine childhood immunizations in at least 68 countries have…

eNCA, where he said there was no good reason for children not to return to school if there were health protocols - such as hand sanitisation and social distancing - in place to curb the spread of the virus. He added scientific evidence showed children seemed to be infected at a much lower rate than adults…

READ | Has the ban on cigarette sales deterred smokers? This is what the studies showThis is not the first time the NCCC has heard lively discussions around the ban on tobacco and alcohol. An announcement by Ramaphosa to allow the sale of those products under Level 4 was rescinded days later after vehement opposition…

Inside Ramaphosa's meeting with opposition leadersThe country’s tourism industry has been hard hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, with Tourism Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane informing Parliament last week that her portfolio was the hardest hit by the pandemic.South Africa closed off its borders when Ramaphosa announced a lockdown in March, with citizens from several hotspot countries being…