ECR Newswatch Interviews
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Cheers but not quite for alcohol industry
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While the liquor industry is toasting the lifting of the ban on the sale of alcohol - it's worried the limitations attached could create problems.
DA says Level 3 announcement is too late
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The Democratic Alliance (DA) says the lockdown beyond the initial three weeks has caused "irreparable damage to our economy."
WHO explains how COVID-19 peaks could be determined
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The World Food Programme says governments need to allow trade and supply chains to function normally - to prevent a food and economic crisis.
WHO explains how COVID-19 peaks could be determined
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) says predicting when South Africa could reach its COVID-19 peak can be determined by data.
COVID-19 regulations arbitrary, inhumane says Nelson Mandela Foundation
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The Nelson Mandela Foundation has raised concerns about some of the lockdown regulations.
COVID-19 pandemic fuels SA's food insecurity: NGO
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A KZN NGO monitoring socioeconomic events in the country says food has never been affordable and COVID-19 has only deepened the problem of hunger in households.
BREAKING: President Cyril Ramaphosa's latest address
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80 000 South Africans could have been infected by now if we had not embarked on South Africa's lockdown. President Ramaphosa has been addressing the nation in a live broadcast, almost seven weeks into the national lockdown. He says the country's lockdown has given us many advantages, adding that we're…
International Nurses Day 2020: Nurses who've died from COVID-19 remembered
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Hospersa says these healthcare workers should be shown more appreciation as they are on the frontline in the battle against COVID-19.
DNA testing fast-tracked to identify body - Cele
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Police Minister, Bheki Cele says they are working to expedite the DNA analysis on the remains found in a river in Tongaat - believed to be of teenager - Andile 'Bobo' Mbuthu.
Tobacco association to continue with legal action
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The government has agreed to provide reasons for its decision to ban on the sale of tobacco products during the lockdown.
South Africa's COVID-19 death toll passes 200
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Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has confirmed 12 new COVID-19-related fatalities - bringing the national death toll to 206.
De Ruyter predicts low risk of load shedding this winter
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Power utility Eskom says it's working tirelessly to keep South Africans out of the dark this coming winter.
"Grateful to be alive" says kidnapped businessman after 19-hour ordeal
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A Durban man, who was kidnapped and held for more than 19 hours at a property in Inanda says he's grateful to be alive.
LISTEN 'We don't feel safe' – Mpumalanga quarantine group
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South Africans quarantined at the Zithabiseni Resort and Conference Centre in Mpumalanga have described conditions at the facility as shocking and unsafe.
WHO concerned with rise in COVID-19 cases in West Africa
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The South African publisher of Cosmopolitan, House & Leisure and other magazine titles is shutting down permanently tomorrow.
Restaurant industry weighing up options amid easing of lockdown
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The Restaurant Association of South Africa says some of its members have decided to only resume operations once the lockdown has been completely lifted.
BREAKING: SA to ease lockdown from 1 May: moving to Stage 4
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President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa’s lockdown was aimed at delaying the spread of the coronavirus. This has given us time to prepare the health services and mobilise some of the supplies needed to treat those affected, among other things. Ramaphosa says there is clear evidence that the lockdown is…
Oxford Freshmarket Bluff store says staff being screened for Covid-19
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Oxford Freshmarket store says it has begun screening and testing the rest of its staff, after one employee tested positive for the coronavirus at its store on the Bluff. The owner says the shop has been closed for now. They have begun cleaning and sanitising the premises.
Parents now able to move children between provinces, says Zulu
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Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu says children will under certain circumstances be allowed to move between provinces.
Eskom clears COO Jan Oberholzer of wrongdoing
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Eskom has cleared its Chief Operating Officer (COO) Jan Oberholzer on all charges of wrongdoing.