News24.com | WRAP | Cele laments booze sales; nurses protest; and this is what Level 3 looks like
South Africa now has 11 350 cases of coronavirus, with 4 357 recoveries. The death toll remains at 206 for Tuesday.
In other top stories; you now have a bigger range of clothing and bedding to buy from under Level 4 lockdown; News24’s James de Villiers looks at what happens under Level 3 restrictions and how long until we get there; and nurses at Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town protest over the lack of protective equipment.
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Here is the entire list of clothing and bedding you can now buy again under new Level 4 rules
As of Tuesday night South African retailers may sell a bigger range of clothes, and bedding, at Alert Level 4 – but only specific items that appear on a list.The new rules apply immediately and are specific to Level 4, said Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Ebrahim Patel in the Government Gazette.
EXPLAINER | Do we know when SA is dropping from Level 4, and what happens at Level 3?
As South Africa enters 48 days since the national lockdown was enforced, and 12 days since the country entered lockdown Level 4, many are asking when restrictions will be eased.
This as a number of the country’s top scientists have argued that an extended lockdown will not serve well in the country’s response to the coronavirus any longer.
WATCH | Tygerberg Hospital staff protest over PPE, transport on International Nurses Day
A special event to commemorate International Nurses Day at Tygerberg Hospital was interrupted by protesting staff, who charge that they do not have adequate protective gear and are suffering with the expense of travelling to work during the lockdown.
Council for Medical Schemes chairperson dies of Covid-19 complications
The chairperson of the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) Dr Clarence Mini has died from Covid-19 complications, the council body confirmed on Tuesday.
“He had been in hospital for the past six weeks,” said a distraught Grace Khoza, general manager for stakeholder relations at the CMS.
Back to school: Only Gauteng and Western Cape ready to reopen – report
Education MECs representing Gauteng and Western Cape are the only ones who have indicated that they are ready to reopen schools.
According to TimesLIVE, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga met the Council of Education Ministers on Monday to discuss schools’ readiness to open their doors again under Level 4 of the lockdown, implemented to halt the spread of the novel coronavirus.
‘Nothing good comes from alcohol’ – Cele says booze central in death of KZN teen ‘Bobo’
Police Minister Bheki Cele has again expressed his disdain for liquor, this time saying that it was at the centre of the death of KwaZulu-Natal teenager Andile “Bobo” Mbuthu.
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– Compiled by Maxine Becket