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Coronavirus morning update: SIU probes PPE contracts worth R5bn, and KZN likely reached peak

20 August 2020 by Alan

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Coronavirus morning update: SIU probes PPE contracts worth R5bn, and KZN likely reached peak: The Special Investigations Unit is investigating contracts related to Covid-19 procurement worth R5bn; and KwaZulu-Natal is likely to have passed its peak infections.

Man cleared of a string of child sexual offences: Two years after he was found guilty of a string of child sexual offences, a KwaZulu-Natal man has been cleared of all charges and had his 15-year prison term set aside.

Over 12 000 COVID-19 deaths recorded in South Africa: Another 282 coronavirus-related deaths have been recorded in South Africa in the last 24 hours. KwaZulu-Natal reported 57 of those fatalities, taking the national death toll to 12 264. After 3 430 347 …

SA nears 600,000 Covid-19 cases, with nearly 4,000 infections in 24 hours: Spread This NewsTimesLive South Africa is likely to hit 600,000 Covid-19 cases on Thursday or Friday, after 3,916 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours. Health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize …

Flu was all but eliminated in South Africa this year. Coronavirus is to thank.: The country’s National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has three laboratories that would normally record more than 1,000 cases of flu between April and August, winter in the Southern …

Vryheid police arrest three suspects for drug dealing: Police officers from the Provincial Drug and Firearm Unit swooped down in the Vryheid area on Tuesday,19 August and arrested three suspects for dealing in drugs. In the first incident, police received …

Local trauma centre working alongside police: “I am here as a victim supporter. I was raised in a foster home and had first-hand experience as to how social workers help families.” …


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