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The Polokwane High Court in Limpopo has struck an urgent application off the roll that sought to prevent the Department of Basic Education from reopening schools under Level 4 of the national lockdown.The application was lodged by the Tebeila Institute for Leadership, Education, Governance and Training and the African Institute for Human Rights and Constitutional…

Coronavirus: Hundreds screened for Covid-19 at Gauteng roadblocksOfficers at the roadblock said it’s the busiest they had seen the N1 since the lockdown started on 27 March.Vehicles at the busy Carousel Toll Plaza. (Alex Mitchley/News24)Officials from the Department of Health were also at the roadblock, doing screening and capturing details. If any traveller presented symptoms for…

Voice of the Cape, approximately 435 000 people in the Western Cape received duplicate payments, which were now being reversed. News24 has requested comment on this, which will be added when received.Only older people and the disabled will be paid their social grants today and on Tuesday 05 May so that we avoid the crowding…

All the latest coronavirus and lockdown updatesThe city centre, however, was anything but bustling, and traffic was also not congested. Most people lined up outside ATMs and banks as social grants were disbursed.While there was no congestion on the usually bumper-to-bumper roads in the city centre, many more cars appeared to be on the roads…