Rural

They clustered together in the restaurant of the Big Moose Inn and spilled into the small lobby, their numbers exceeding the state’s 50-person cap for indoor events during the coronavirus pandemic, state health officials would later declare. They weren’t keeping much distance from each other, other hotel guests noticed, or wearing masks.It wasn’t until the…

Pieter Groenewald. (Lulama Zenzile) FF Plus leader Pieter Groenewald thanked Police Minister Bheki Cele for the national rural safety strategy.DA MP Andrew Whitfield called on the government to stop talking and take action.ANC MP Kebby Maphatsoe and Cele said it seemed Whitfield was unaware of the rural safety strategy.FF Plus leader Pieter Groenewald thanked Police…

SALEM — Heather Griggs presses a phone to her ear in a makeshift office in the small brick courthouse that once served as a jail in rural Pendleton, a place best known for its annual rodeo.Her assured tone masks her exhaustion when she tells the person on the other end that they may have been…

Several outlying counties are seeing larger percentage increases than Dallas and Tarrant counties. CLEBURNE, Texas — Texas has seen a surge in COVID-19 cases, and not only are rural counties not immune, several have been hit even harder than major cities. The state health department says Johnson County added 182 cases in the past 8…

Vukile Property Fund's Gugulethu Square. Photo: Vukile Property Fund Vukile says its shopping centres in rural areas have recovered much faster from the lockdown.Footfall in its centres across SA is now at 70% of pre-lockdown levels and spending per head in May was actually ahead of what it was in 2019.FNB economist John Loos says…