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Workers in protective gear work at Westpark cemetery in Johannesburg. Luba Lesolle, Gallo Images The testing of all bodies is for the government to have a better understanding of the number of people actually dying of the virus.While funeral undertakers have raised concerns, the health department says it will pay for the tests. However, tests on…

A school classroom. Papi Morake, Gallo Images Teachers' union Sadtu believes that matric pupils will not be ready for their final exams. The union's NEC met over the weekend to discuss various issues and raise concerns. It said the framework for the reopening of schools was too rigid. The national executive committee (NEC) of the SA Democratic Teachers' Union…

DA spokesperson on health Siviwe Gwarube. The DA wants Health Minister Zweli Mkhize to disclose the names of companies that were awarded Covid-19 tenders.The party will submit parliamentary questions requesting the information "as a matter of urgency".President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a Special Investigating Unit proclamation to investigate "Covid-19 corruption" last Thursday.The DA has challenged Health…

Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Patricia de Lille (Jan Gerber/ News24) The private sector has committed R340 billion to fund some of the the 276 projects announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa during the Sustainable Infrastructure Development Symposium (SIDS) in June.Fifty of the SIDS projects as well as 12 Special Projects have received funding commitments.They are…

Finance minister Tito Mboweni (Parliament of SA) Finance Minister Tito Mboweni says allegations by the DA that Treasury plans to fund SAA's business rescue process should be backed by evidence.Mboweni tweeted that the DA's urgent application for an interdict against Treasury using an emergency funding mechanism for SAA might be considered "trivial" by the courts.The…