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NICD and DoH end daily Covid-19 case updates - will resume if something changes
South Africa ends daily Covid-19 case updates The National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) and National Department of Health will stop publishing daily updates on Covid-19 cases and deaths in South Africa after Friday. The NICD is a national public health institute that provides...- Jan
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Laptops get work-from-home boost in South Africa
Desktops suffer while laptops get work-from-home boost in South Africa Tech distributors in South Africa have noticed an increase in laptop sales and "work-from-home products" since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to Alviva Holdings. It said it does not measure actual unit sales...- Jan
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- alviva holdings axiz covid-19 lockdown jd group mustek pinnacle tarsus work-from-home (wfh)
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Tough China lockdown strangles MacBook shipments
Tough China lockdown strangles MacBook shipments Apple Inc. shoppers are facing longer wait times for the company's flagship MacBook Pro laptops, a sign that Covid-19 lockdowns in China may be contributing to delays. U.S. consumers trying to order Apple’s latest high-end models are now seeing...- Hanno Labuschagne
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- apple covid-19 lockdown macbook
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Plan to end the State of Disaster
Ramaphosa wants to end State of Disaster — what must happen President Cyril Ramaphosa affirmed his intentions to end the national state of disaster during his State of the Nation address on Thursday, 10 February 2022. "It is my intention to end state of disaster as soon as we have finalised...- Jan
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- covid-19 coronavirus covid-19 lockdown cyril ramaphosa joe phaahla state of disaster
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Dlamini-Zuma preparing to END State of Disaster
https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/breaking-dlamini-zuma-end-state-of-disaster-laws-what-date/amp/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The%20South%20African%20Daily%20Newsletter%20Wednesday%202%20February%202022&utm_content=The%20South%20African%20Daily%20Newsletter%20Wednesday%202%20February%202022%...- Agent67
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- cogta covid covid-19 covid-19 lockdown lockdown nkosazana dlamini-zuma state of disaster
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Cheapest flights from South Africa to the UK compared
Flights from South Africa to the UK — cheapest prices compared The cheapest flights from OR Tambo International in Johannesburg to London Heathrow are currently available from Dutch airline KLM but includes an almost six-hour layover in Amsterdam, a MyBroadband comparison has found. We...- Jan
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- air france british airways covid-19 lockdown covid-19 vaccine certificate covid-19 vaccines emirates heathrow klm lufthansa or tambo international airport qatar turkish airlines virgin atlantic
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SIM-swap fraud nearly doubled in South Africa during Covid-19 lockdown
SIM-swap fraud skyrockets in South Africa's Covid–19 lockdown SIM-swap fraud nearly doubled, and digital banking fraud victims lost over R309 million to criminals, according to the latest statistics from the South African Banking Risk Information Centre (Sabric). Sabric stated that the...- Jan
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- covid-19 coronavirus covid-19 lockdown sim-swap fraud south african banking risk information centre (sabric)
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Lockdown may lift by March 2022
Plan to end South Africa's Covid-19 lockdown The government expects it could lift South Africa's Covid-19 lockdown entirely by February or March 2022. This suggestion formed part of discussions at a Cabinet meeting on the relaxation of lockdown measures last week, leading up to President Cyril...- Jan
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- covid-19 coronavirus covid-19 lockdown cyril ramaphosa disaster management act (dma) national coronavirus command council (nccc) state of disaster
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Forget about herd immunity for Covid-19 - Discovery Health chief actuary
Forget about Covid-19 herd immunity — it's not going to happen Discovery Health chief actuary Emile Stipp said Covid-19 is becoming endemic and that people should forget about herd immunity. Speaking to Biznews, Stipp said they estimated that the coronavirus had infected between 70% and 80% of...- Jan
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- covid-19 coronavirus covid-19 lockdown covid-19 vaccines discovery health emile stipp
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How Covid-19 lockdowns saved South Africa from more load-shedding
How Covid-19 lockdowns saved South Africa from more load-shedding Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, South Africans consumed 20 million fewer megawatts than Eskom forecasted it would. Had the country consumed electricity in line with Eskom's predictions, load-shedding would have been rampant...- Hanno Labuschagne
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- Forum: Eskom and Electricity: Load Shedding
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Updated regulations for Level 4 lockdown allowing political leaders to host emergency community gatherings
Level 4 lockdown rules changed — emergency community gatherings now allowed The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Corporate Affairs, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, has issued updated regulations for South Africa's extended level 4 lockdown. These latest amendments allow various leaders to travel...- Jan
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- covid-19 lockdown cyril ramaphosa jacob zuma lockdown level 4 nkosazana dlamini-zuma
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School dropouts up by at least 30% in South Africa's lockdown
School dropouts increased drastically during lockdown in South Africa Between 650,000 and 750,000 children aged seven to 17 were not attending school as of May this year, compared to the 400,000 to 500,000 figure from before the national lockdown. This is according to the National Income...- Jan
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- covid-19 covid-19 coronavirus covid-19 lockdown debra shepherd schools
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New lockdown rules for network operators and ISPs in South Africa
New lockdown rules for South African ISPs Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has published new regulations governing the safety measure couriers, postal services, network providers, and film and TV productions must implement to curb the spread of...- Jan
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- covid-19 coronavirus covid-19 lockdown stella ndabeni-abrahams
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New lockdown rules for couriers and network operators in South Africa
New lockdown rules for delivery drivers in South Africa Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has published new regulations governing the safety measure couriers, postal services, network providers, and film and TV productions must implement to curb the...- Jan
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- covid-19 coronavirus covid-19 lockdown stella ndabeni-abrahams
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Ster-Kinekor warns that having theatres closed for another lockdown will be "devastating"
Ster-Kinekor drive-ins forced to close in lockdown level 4 Ster-Kinekor has appealed to the South African government to allow it to reopen its theatres. The cinema chain told MyBroadband that even its drive-ins had to close when South Africa moved to lockdown alert level 4 last week. This...- Jan
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- Forum: Entertainment: Movies and TV Series
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Alcohol bans in South Africa even more effective than curfews at reducing trauma deaths
Alcohol bans in South Africa extremely effective — research New research published in the South African Medical Journal (SAMJ) has found compelling evidence that a blanket ban on alcohol reduces the number of unnatural deaths related to trauma injuries while curfews have less of an impact...- Jan
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- alcohol ban covid-19 coronavirus covid-19 lockdown south african medical journal (samj) tom moultrie
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10 gadgets for surviving lockdown
10 gadgets for surviving lockdown Another lockdown has struck due to a surge of Covid-19 cases in South Africa due to the spread of the Delta variant. President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the move to lockdown alert level 4 on 27 June, promising that the restrictions will be reviewed in two...- Hanno Labuschagne
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- covid-19 lockdown gadgets
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Planning for December (Lockdown)
Given that the ANC government response to the pandemic can only be stricter lockdown regulations as infections rise, would it be unreasonable to assume that the ANC will again close beaches & 100m restrictions around water bodies, come December 2021?- LCBXX
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- Forum: Health, Wealth, Travel, Leisure, and Relationships