The SANBS asks donors to continue donating to prevent a blood stock shortage, risking the lives of fellow South Africans.Relebohile Matsimbi told Lowvelder, “The lockdown should not discourage members of the public from donating lifesaving blood as we tackle this global health pandemic as a nation during this difficult period”.The SANBS is...
Video games are often held up as the bogeyman of entertainment, a frightening range of violence-promoting, brain-destroying diversions. However, there are a number of benefits to regular gaming.Firstly, video games are designed to suck players in and get them involved in the immediate gameplay loop. This has been shown in some cases to help with...
A 23km journey, to a new home.That was the translocation made by about 500 refugees on Thursday afternoon after police escorted them out of the Central Methodist Church on Greenmarket Square in the Cape Town CBD.The refugees were transported in buses along the N1 highway, which was deserted due to the Covid-19 lockdown, to a new site off...
Police have arrested 2 289 people since the beginning of the lockdown, Police Minister Bheki Cele announced on Thursday evening.Cele announced this at a media briefing by the inter-ministerial committee in charge of the response to the novel coronavirus outbreak.The minister said most arrests were made in the Western Cape, with 774. The other...
It is day five of the lockdown in Mamelodi, Pretoria. The status quo remains unchanged.Children can be seen playing between shacks, groups of adults socialise with friends, while non-essential shops remain open for business. There is no police presence.News24 visited informal settlements within the usually busy township in Tshwane, where residents...
"If I don't go out and work that means going to bed hungry. I now have food," says vendorAcross the country street hawkers have been prohibited from trading during the national lockdown to slow the spread of Covid-19."It is hard for everyone but for them it's harder," says Sibongumusa Zuma. He organised youths to donate groceries to ten street...
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