There are 6,279 students who are still accommodated at different university campuses during the lockdown. This was revealed in a report released by the department of higher education & training on their plans for this academic year and…
Teachers have expressed concern about an education department plan to hire celebrities to be part of a teaching programme, saying it would be difficult to explain mistakes to their students. Debate has been raging on social media about…
Grant recipients queue up and shop, while SPAR puts up screens Snaking queues, masks, gloves and some nonadherence to social distancing were some of the scenes in King William’s Town recently as many grant recipients shopped despite the…
The Western Cape government says only four drivers were arrested and fined for illegally crossing provincial borders over the Easter weekend. This information, which does not specify the provincial borders, is contained in a report issued…
Lockdown is the last thing a victim of domestic violence needs, says the director of a women’s rights organisation. “There is going to be an increase in violence as people lose jobs, income and food security is compromised. People are…
The Constitutional Court has dismissed a civil society body’s application to have President Cyril Ramaphosa’s lockdown declared unconstitutional. Ramaphosa declared a 21-day lockdown last week in an effort to curb the spread of Covid-19.…
