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A view of Bree Taxi Rank during the strike. Hundreds of taxi drivers went on strike in Gauteng on Monday, which left thousands stranded.Taxi associations are protesting the state's R1 billion relief package, saying it is simply too little.Here's what you need to know about what led to the taxi strike.Thousands of South Africans were…

Minibus taxis parked at a taxi rank. (Duncan Alfreds, News24) Scores of commuters in Gauteng will be left stranded after taxis have threatened to down tools on Monday.Santaco is aggrieved over the loss of income, and fears banks will resume deducting debts from 1 July.Also, the National Taxi Alliance has allowed its members to increase…

UCSF released the final results Thursday from the mass testing of nearly 4,000 people in a Mission District neighborhood, revealing a high proportion of previous infections among low-income, essential Latino workers. About 6% of the residents tested positive for antibodies in late April and early May, showing they had been previously infected. Around 2% were…

Thousands of people joined anti-racism protests across the US on Sunday.Trump has blamed the extreme left for the violence, saying he planned to designate a group known as Antifa as a terrorist organisation.Governor Tim Walz has mobilised all of Minnesota's National Guard troops - the state guard's biggest mobilisation ever - to help restore order.Anti-racism…

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.Thousands of people in Southern California swarmed the beaches Friday to cool off from springtime heat amid the coronavirus pandemic.Temperatures in the region have soared heading into the weekend, nearly reaching 100 degrees in some parts of Los Angeles County, but beaches…