Covid-19 lockdown to level 3 – soon, school in June, SA faces ‘humanitarian crisis’; SA Express
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In today's news headlines:
* As South Africa enters its 55th day in lock down, government has announced plans to open schools in June, starting with grades 7 and 12;
* Health Department Acting Director General Anban Pillay says many parts of the country could move to alert level 3 of the lockdown as early as this week;
* Gauteng will move to a less restrictive lockdown level at the beginning of June, premier David Makhura told a virtual sitting of the Gauteng provincial legislature. And provincial leaders in the Western Cape - which has the highest rate of Covid-19 infections - say that province is also ready to ease restrictions to level 3;
* Between 900,000 and 2m jobs will be lost in Gauteng as a result of the Covid-19 shutdown;
* Covid-19 containment is taking its toll particularly on the poorest South Africans. This has been underscored by Premier Alan Winde, who says that the Western Cape’s call centre is receiving a staggering 14,000 calls a day from desperate people; and
* SA Express goes bust. Comair might survive business rescue.
* As South Africa enters its 55th day in lock down, government has announced plans to open schools in June, starting with grades 7 and 12;
* Health Department Acting Director General Anban Pillay says many parts of the country could move to alert level 3 of the lockdown as early as this week;
* Gauteng will move to a less restrictive lockdown level at the beginning of June, premier David Makhura told a virtual sitting of the Gauteng provincial legislature. And provincial leaders in the Western Cape - which has the highest rate of Covid-19 infections - say that province is also ready to ease restrictions to level 3;
* Between 900,000 and 2m jobs will be lost in Gauteng as a result of the Covid-19 shutdown;
* Covid-19 containment is taking its toll particularly on the poorest South Africans. This has been underscored by Premier Alan Winde, who says that the Western Cape’s call centre is receiving a staggering 14,000 calls a day from desperate people; and
* SA Express goes bust. Comair might survive business rescue.
