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Visuals of the smoke from the New England Road landfill site in Pietermartizburg on Friday The Msunduzi Municipality says smoke from the New England Road landfill site should be gone soon.A meeting will be held to discuss whether it should be declared a disaster site.Residents and motorists have been urged to keep their windows closed.Smoke…

The quarantine centre for Covid-19 in Pietermaritzburg. Main concerns are around restricted access to "the pleasures of life", minister confirms.Meanwhile, 13 deaths now recorded at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.Cold storage for more than 700 Covid-19 corpses will be in place by early July. Many people are refusing to be quarantined and isolated in the…

GroundUp reports."I do adhere to the rules of [the] Covid-19 lockdown … If a friend asks for a smoke, I give because it is their risk, not mine, but I don't ask for a skyf (puff) anymore," he says."The price of a Savannah fag jumped from R1.50 to R4.00 and the cheapest RG fag jumped…

conducted in April, said "a quarter of people in informal settlements were able to buy cigarettes".This was double the number in formal areas.Across South Africa in general, cigarettes were four times easier to access than alcohol – the sale of which is also banned, the data showed."One in five people in South Africa currently smoke,…

Tobacco decision was a collective decision, says RamaphosaCalled for comment, Department of Correctional Services spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo said the inmates were demanding cigarettes and to be speedily taken to court.On Tuesday, the rioting took place amid allegations by inmates that they were being squeezed together inside overcrowded cells due to delays in court appearances, among…