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1,663 Episodes
1440 – 1460

Mask sewing initiative injects over R1m into township economy

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Seamstress Aletta Mashao and others do not spend much time thinking about distribution channels, market linkages or exchange rates. As the main breadwinners in their households, what they do know is that when they make face masks for the COVID-19 pandemic, they and their extended families have food on the…
15 Aug 2020 9AM 3 min

Department to take disciplinary action against staff involved in baby swap incident

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The Gauteng Department of Health will be instituting disciplinary proceedings against staff involved in the swapping of newly born babies at Tambo Memorial Hospital, in Boksburg. The two babies, a boy and girl were born 24 July 2020. The baby girl’s mother realised at around 9pm when she changed the…
6 Aug 2020 9AM 1 min

Something must be done to save 2020 school year, say experts

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President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the closure of schools and the extension of the school year last week, but at what cost to South African students and the larger economy? Dr Nic Spaull, a senior researcher at Stellenbosch University, and associate professor Maximus Sefotho at the University of Johannesburg outline the…
30 Jul 2020 2AM 10 min

'Please help me': mom struggling to submit maternity claim

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During her last week of pregnancy, an exhausted Neo Mokgautsi stood in a queue at the labour department in Roodepoort on the West Rand for more than five hours, hoping to submit her maternity leave claim. Fast forward and baby will soon be three-months-old. Mokgautsi, a sales assistant at a…
27 Jul 2020 10AM 4 min

FULL ADDRESS | School year disrupted & relief funding increased

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All public schools must close for a month, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday, with matrics taking a week off, and grade 7s two weeks. “Cabinet has decided today [Thursday] that all public schools should take a break for the next four weeks,” he said. This means that schools will…
23 Jul 2020 2PM 29 min

SA’s early Covid-19 patients bring relief to thousands

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Fame and the limelight have never been on Megan Smith’s radar. Neither has the thought of being a go-to person for thousands of anxious, overwhelmed and frightened South Africans. But because of Covid-19 her life changed overnight. The disease has thrust her into new directions as thousands of South Africans,…
20 Jul 2020 3AM 10 min

Parties, booze and living carefree under lockdown: a dangerous gamble

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Lunga from Gauteng has spoken candidly, and with regret in hindsight, about the personal consequences of ignoring the lockdown regulations. He knew he was breaking the law, but so were his friends. He ended up in hospital.
16 Jul 2020 10AM 4 min

Josina Machel keeping up fight against her abuser for GBV 'victims' sake'

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When her boyfriend took her to hospital after allegedly punching her so hard in the face that he destroyed an eye, Josina Machel summoned the courage to tell the doctors that he did it - while he tried to convince them that she injured herself in a fall.
16 Jul 2020 10AM 11 min

Uncertain times for artists working in the entertainment industry

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Friday catch-up sessions and weekend nights out have turned into Zoom meetings with a cup of ginger and lemon concoctions.  Since the implementation of lockdown, the entertainment industry has been put on standby as human contact is prohibited. Online platforms, however, have seen a huge surge with more people streaming…
16 Jul 2020 3AM 6 min

Blanket liquor ban is not a solution – DA

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In light of the ban on the sale of liquor and gazetting of updated lockdown regulations, the DA has accused President Cyril Ramaphosa of paying lip-service to public participation. The DA in the Western Cape said: “The blanket liquor ban fuels criminal syndicates, results in job losses and will do…
15 Jul 2020 5AM 1 min

Voices from the frontline in the war against COVID

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As the pandemic gathers pace in SA, pressure on the country's doctors has become intense. Boitumelo Makaulule, who works in a government hospital, and Suhayl Essa, who does shifts in private clinics, shared their stories with Sunday Times reporter Paul Ash
14 Jul 2020 5AM 11 min

Nelson Mandela Foundation mourns the passing of Zindzi Mandela

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Zindzi Mandela, the youngest daughter of Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela Mandela, died on July 13 2020 in Johannesburg. The Nelson Mandela Foundation expressed shock at the news of her death.The statement also noted that her death came on the anniversary “of another tragic moment – when Madiba’s son, Thembekile,…
13 Jul 2020 9AM 2 min

Gauteng is running out of beds

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A looming shortage of ICU and general ward beds means severely ill Covid patients — even those with medical aid — may not make itthrough thedoor athospitals inhotspot areas that are close to capacity. In Gauteng, which is SA’s centre of infections, health MEC Bandile Masuku said his department expected…
11 Jul 2020 2PM 8 min

A successful vaccine won’t be free to access, says top African scientists

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Africans should be clamouring to be part of vaccine trials so we have equal access, rather than saying we’re being used as guinea pigs, say top African scientists. They said that only 2% of clinical trials happen in Africa, yet the continent has 17% of the world’s population and thus…
10 Jul 2020 6AM 10 min

Ensuring there is grave capacity is just a matter of being prepared, says health department 

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In a voice note sent to TimesLIVE journalists, Kwara Kekana, spokesperson for the Gauteng MEC for health, confirmed that six members of the Gauteng health war room have tested positive for Covid-19. She also provided clarity on the number of graves that have been dug in the province, saying that…
9 Jul 2020 5AM 1 min

DA condemns truck protests on highways

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The Democratic Alliance condemns the violence and destruction of public property on national highways including the N1, N2 and N7. The majority of these incidences have been caused by truck drivers in protest of employment of foreign nationals. Daylin Mitchell, MPP says: “Whilst truck drivers, like everyone, have the right…
8 Jul 2020 7AM 1 min

ANC SG tells comrades to weaponise whatsapp groups

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ANC deputy secretary general Jessie Duarte has sent a strong message to ANC members, to use your WhatsApp groups to spread information about Covid-19 instead of gossiping and socialising. In a voice note circulated to party members, Duarte said South Africans have not fully internalized the impact of Covid-19, she…
8 Jul 2020 7AM 2 min
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