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100 000 tests. 600 000 people screened. And an increase in daily tests to 30 000 — inside what the state is doing with the time the lockdown bought

Imagine if Zupta the Maniacal Giggler was president. Or Mbeki the Myopic. Beyond imagination would be Donald the Deadly

With little money to respond to Covid-19, the government is looking at other sources of funding

Northern Cape residents who receive social grants say they’re being excluding from receiving food assistance packages

Learners and teachers are keen to get back to class as government tries to find a workable solution

Piet Greyling was more than the chief executive of Caxton, he believed in the print media and was a friend to the M&G, writes Hoosain Karjieker

Gauteng Premier David Makhura tweeted this week that 41 suspects linked to the burning and burglary of schools in the province have been arrested

The state has not done everything right, but much depends on how cases are put together

Despite R50 billion being pumped into the state airline, the current collapse was always likely thanks to political appointees, corruption and the ANC not deciding what it wanted out of SAA, writes Sabelo Skiti

‘Port St Johns and Port Elizabeth funerals are the cause of rising numbers,’ says the department of health

Measures include key digital innovations, including zero-rated channels and free peer-to-peer payments

The decision to rely on the police and army to enforce the lockdown was correct, but security force actions show both the weaknesses of the state and of systems for establishing social order

Read the amended national lockdown regulations

The post READ IT IN FULL: Final amended lockdown rules appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.

While the president takes charge of the national effort against Covid-19, provincial premiers are using the crisis to show they too a leading from the front

A group of workers have been dismissed, but they insist they never embarked on industrial action in the first place

Ministers Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and Ronald Lamola will brief the nation on regulations pertaining to the extension of the lockdown

As Covid-19 upends life, it has taught us critical lessons and offers an opening to confront other crises. Political will is required, of course

The City’s Covid-19 homeless site has been criticised for being inadequate to shelter the most vulnerable from the Coronavirus storm, while drug addicts say they’re being left to suffer due to inadequate medical attention

The Covid-19 outbreak should not be used as an occasion to diminish human rights, but as an opportunity to reaffirm them