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A school classroom being sanitised. Political parties have largely welcomed Sadtu's resolution calling for the closure of schools, with the DA outwardly rejecting the move as "reckless".The EFF said the Department of Basic Education should be using this period to fix structural issues within the country's schools instead of forcing pupils to "learn in the…

Opposition parties slammed President Cyril Ramaphosa's announcement on the reopening of more sectors of the economy.The DA said the announcement came too late.The EFF and IFP questioned the science behind the decision. Political parties have criticised President Cyril Ramaphosa's decision to open more sectors of the economy under Alert Level 3 of the lockdown.The president delivered…

Soccer World Cup (Gallo Images) Thursday marks the 10th anniversary of South Africa hosting the 2010 Soccer World Cup, the first and only time Africa has staged the biggest single-sport global tournament.A decade on, the report card about football in the country is mixed with successes including a thriving national league and multi-sport use of…

All the latest coronavirus and lockdown updatesThe Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) is "extremely happy" with the announcement but the Jesuit Institute is confused by the decision, given the spate of new infections linked to churches abroad."I think the community was yearning for it," MJC secretary general Shaykh Isgaak Taliep said on Tuesday night."The Muslim community…

By Sam Wong , Adam Vaughan , Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool A trial participant receives a shot in the first-stage safety study of the Moderna Inc. clinical trial for a vaccine against coronavirus.Ted S Warren/AP/Shutterstock Latest coronavirus news as of 5 pm on 18 May Mixed progress on coronavirus vaccines as US stocks jump…