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The Sapref refinery in south Durban has stopped operations amid ongoing violence in KZN. File picture.Image: Sandile Ndlovu

Fuel refinery confirms shutdown amid ongoing violence in KZN and Gauteng

SA’s largest crude-oil refinery‚ Sapref‚ has shut down operations amid the ongoing violence in KwaZulu-Natal. The refinery‚ in the South Durban Basin‚ sent out an alert on Tuesday citing force majeure linked to the violence‚ which started…

Covid-19 infections have shot up in Gauteng since the country moved to alert level 1.Picture: MICHELE SPATARI/AFP

Concern raised as Covid-19 cases jump 6% in Gauteng under lockdown level 1

Active Covid-19 cases have shot up by 6% in Gauteng since the lockdown regulations were dropped to level 1, an increase “noted with concern” by the provincial health department. “There is still no vaccine, the only way we can contain the…

Gauteng has recorded an additional 64 deaths overnight, while the number of those admitted with coronavirus in private and public facilities increased by 1,516, the health department said.Image: Picture: MICHELE SPATARI/AFP

1‚500 people admitted with Covid-19 in Gauteng hospitals in just one day

An extra 1‚516 people were admitted in Gauteng hospitals in just 24 hours‚ the provincial government confirmed on Monday. In the same period‚ from Saturday to Sunday‚ 64 deaths were recorded. Spokesperson Kwara Kekana said on Monday that…

Eleven Gauteng schools were unable to open on Monday, while the majority of schools in the province opened successfully, the education department said. Image: TimesLIVE/Nico Gous

85% of pupils in Gauteng attended school on Monday, while 39 Covid-19 cases were reported

Eleven Gauteng schools were unable to reopen on Monday, while the majority of schools in the province reopened successfully, the education department said. “This serves to confirm that Gauteng recorded an 85% attendance of learners and…

Informal traders in Gauteng on Thursday called on the government to allow them to work. Image: EUGENE COETZEE

‘We are desperate’: Gauteng informal traders battling under lockdown

A non-profit organisation representing thousands of informal traders in Gauteng on Thursday called on the government to open up the economy to allow them to work and feed their families. “We are desperate to resume trade so that we can…

There are more than 6 million coronavirus infections across the world.Picture: 123RF/ JARUN ONTAKRAI

Covid-19 cases rise in Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni

The Gauteng province has recorded 813 cases of Covid-19, the health department said on Sunday, an increase of 12 cases since data released on Saturday. Of the total number of Covid-19 cases recorded in the province, 467 cases were from…