SA heading towards 2 000 Covid-19 death
South Africa’s Covid-19 death toll has surged to 1 930 as of Sunday, according to Health Minister Zweli Mhkize.
“Regrettably, we report a further 53 Covid-19 related deaths – 8 from Gauteng, 1 from KwaZulu Natal, 17 from Eastern Cape and 27 from Western Cape.”
The cumulative number of confirmed Covid-19 cases is 97 302 with 4 621 new cases identified.
1 328 060 tests have been completed in total of which 34 452 new tests are reported.
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DA loses court bid to stop govt using race, BBBEE status as criteria for Covid-19 aid
A full High Court bench has dismissed the DA’s bid to have government stop using BBBEE status, race, gender, age or disability in determining who will receive Covid-19 aid.
The court also ruled that the criteria used on who gets aid is unlawful and has been set aside because it is too vague. Minister of Small Business Development Khumbudzo Ntshavheni must redraft the criteria.
Booze stocks wane due to stockpiling
Liquor stores around the country are battling to keep up with the demand for stock of South Africans favourite tipple since the ban on the sale of alcohol was lifted on June 1.
One of the big favourites, especially during the winter months, is Sedgwicks Old Brown Sherry. Bottle stores nationwide are experiencing a shortage of the brand, which has been in circulation for more than 100 years.
Why are more men in the country dying of Covid-19 than women?
According to the country’s statistics more men have so far succumbed to Covid-19 as opposed to women and the toll the virus is taking on men is seemingly no different anywhere else in the world.
Experts told City Press that the situation was a cause for concern and necessitated honest, real conversations between health officials and men, as well as among men themselves, particularly since June is Mens Health Month.
The great tobacco debate played out on social media
From the moment Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma announced that the ban on tobacco sales would not be lifted on April 29 until this weeks high court application to overturn the ban, debate between those for and those against the tobacco ban has raged on in social media conversations.
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