lockdown

The Covid-19 pandemic has not only revealed flaws in the way the ANC governs, but has also shown the DA and EFF's true colours, argues Ivor Sarakinsky.  In a strange way, early lockdown was so much easier to handle. The threat was clear. The message was coherent. We all braced ourselves for the storm.When it didn't…

Health workers conduct mass Covid-19 screening and testing at Rose Park in Lenasia. PHOTO: Papi Morake/Gallo Images Working on the frontline in a Covid-19 ward in one of the country's hospitals is not for the faint-hearted, writes one doctor, who asked to remain anonymous.Working in the Covid-19 wards in our country's hospitals has been a…

Somizi Mhlongo did not appear in the Randburg Magistrate's Court on Friday.Mhlongo is accused of contravening the Disaster Management Act after he told Metro FM colleague Dineo Ranaka in an online video that a "Fikile" told him the lockdown was going to be extended. He is due in court again in July.The case against radio and…

Geoff Makhubo unveils the land which will be used to house residents relocated from Covid-19 hotspots around Johannesburg. Johannesburg mayor Geoff Makhubo does not believe another hard lockdown is a solution.Hospitals in Gauteng are filling up, however, this was mainly due to trauma cases. Makhubo said many Johannesburg residents were not practicing physical distancing or mask…

The Liberty Fighters Network is overjoyed that Judge Norman Davis ordered Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to amend lockdown regulations within 10 days, only allowing her to appeal an aspect of his judgment.The group said Dlamini-Zuma's appeal against Davis' original judgment was merely academic. It claimed the court ruling meant violating the lockdown regulations was not a prosecutable…