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Covid-19 a stress-test for legislative emergency provisions in African countries

Research by a Cape-based academic centre found that the implementation of legislative provisions was done selectively in South Africa, Mozambique, Kenya, Malawi and Zambia

Local residents wearing protective face masks wait at a bus stop in the Imizamo Yethu township area of Hout Bay, in Cape Town, South Africa, on Friday, July 24, 2020. South Africas surging coronavirus infections and the resumption of rolling blackouts are clouding the outlook for the economy. Photographer: Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Restrictions eased as South Africa moves to lockdown level 2

As national lockdown regulations ease, President Cyril Ramaphosa urges South Africans to vaccinate

President Cyril Ramaphosa. (GCIS)

South Africa to remain on level one: Do’s and don’ts for the long weekend

Aside from slight tweaks to alcohol regulations and measures on religious gatherings, not much has changed as South Africans prepare for the long weekend

Herd immunity once 40-million have been vaccinated – Ramaphosa

Easing lockdown regulations and allowing alcohol, the president said the majority of vaccines will arrive between April and June

Out of order: Chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng
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Mogoeng not a devil’s advocate

The Bible-thumping chief justice really does seem to believe the anti-vaxxing nonsense he preaches

Nurses wearing personal protective equipment. (Photo by Marco Longari/AFP)
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Tighter Covid restrictions for N. Mandela Bay — other hotspots may follow

With the number of cases spiralling out of control in hotspots in the Eastern Cape and Western Cape, longer curfews and restrictions on alcohol sales are being implemented

The curfew reveals to us a state that is willing to act irrationally. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Eusebius McKaiser: Why the bullshit curfew is seriously dangerous

Anti-democratic creep sets in when the state feels no need to explain its irrational decisions. Is that the type of state we want to live in?

Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) has made strides in embedding environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles into its core operations, positioning itself as a leader in sustainable airport management on the African continent.  (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Level one loading: Almost back to normal

President Cyril Ramaphosa announces South Africa will move to level one of lockdown on September 20 after nearly six months of restrictions on movement, trade, learning and…

The commencement date of the amendments has not yet been proclaimed. File photo.
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It’s not a case of jobs or lives. Jobs are lives

Starvation is driving the spread of the coronavirus and the government needs to let people work and create jobs

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused pain for minibus taxi passengers and drivers. (Paul Botes/M&G)

Taxis and Covid-19: ‘The ideal doesn’t exist’

After months of complaining about the regulations imposed on the industry, taxi owners have been given a lifeline

A member of the South African Police Service (SAPS) arrest suspects after they were found in possession of alcohol, that goes against the rules of the nation wide lockdown, in Hillbrow, Johannesburg, on March 27, 2020. – South Africa came under a nationwide lockdown on March 27, 2020, joining other African countries imposing strict curfews and shutdowns in an attempt to halt the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus across the continent. (Photo by Luca Sola / AFP) (Photo by LUCA SOLA/AFP via Getty Images)

Mask rules are not meant to ‘criminalise’ the public

Shop owners and taxi drivers can now refuse entry to people who defy mandatory mask-wearing regulations

Up in smoke: Government has backtracked on its decision to allow the sale of tobacco products under level four of the national lockdown.
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Level four lockdown: Dlamini-Zuma stubs out South Africa’s hopes for a puff

Some industries will open but the tobacco ban remains in place, contradicting the president’s earlier remarks

A Sudanese aid volunteer picks up medicine inside a first aid tent during a sit-in outside the army headquarters in the capital Khartoum.(Ozan Kose/AFP)

Coronavirus reaches Sudan, one of the countries least equipped to cope with it

After years of neglect, the country’s health service was already under water. With fewer than 200 critical care beds, doctors say Covid-19 will ‘sink’ Sudan

Police efforts to clamp down on #FeesMustFall protests intensified this week.

​Sasco to ANC: Test free education

They presented a list of new demands, including raising the fees funding cap to R900 000.

Beauty under curfew in Tunis

A flash blow wave but no time for a wash, a quick eyebrow shaping or rushed facials: women dart in and out of Tunis’ beauty salons before curfew.