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March 30, 2020

S.African policeman arrested for murder amid virus lockdown

South African police watchdog on Monday said it was investigating one of their own for allegedly killing a man who defied coronavirus lockdown regulations. Police on patrol in Vooslorus, a working class suburb east of Johannesburg, are said to have…
March 30, 2020

S.Africa to rollout mass screening for coronavirus: president

South Africa, which has the highest numbers of confirmed coronavirus infections on the continent, will start mass door-to-door screening and testing for coronavirus, President Cyril Ramaphosa said Monday. The “unprecedented” exercise will be launched in the next few days, with…
March 30, 2020

S.Africa’s vulnerable queue to access grants early amid lockdown

On day four of a coronavirus lockdown, Ntombi Dlamini was ushered past shoppers snaking outside a mall in Johannesburg’s Alexandra township, where she had come to withdraw her social grant. One of over 17 million South Africans who live off…
March 30, 2020

Nigerians brace for lockdown as Africa tries to halt virus

More than 20 million Nigerians on Monday scrambled to prepare for lockdown in sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest city Lagos and the capital Abuja, as the continent struggled to curb the spread of coronavirus. President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered a two-week “cessation…
March 30, 2020

S.Africa defence minister condemns army brutality amid virus lockdown

South Africa’s defence minister on Monday condemned alleged heavyhandedness by security forces deployed to enforce a coronavirus lockdown. Videos on social media showed security forces forcing civilians to squat or roll on the ground for allegedly violating the restrictions. In…
March 30, 2020

Rand hits record low after Moody’s cuts S.Africa rating

The South African rand plunged to a record low after Moody’s downgraded the government’s debt to junk status, before recovering slightly on Monday. The downturn came after the credit rating agency cut its rating for South Africa late Friday to…
March 29, 2020

Dozens of S.Africans exit quarantine after China return

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday oversaw the release of dozens of South Africans who had been in quarantine since returning from Wuhan in China earlier this month. South Africa, which has the highest number of infections of any African country,…
March 28, 2020

S.African police fire rubber bullets at shoppers during lockdown

South African police fired rubber bullets towards hundreds of shoppers queueing outside a supermarket in Johannesburg as authorities battled to keep people at home in a bid to halt the spread of the coronavirus. With 1,187 confirmed infections and one…
March 28, 2020

Moody’s cuts South Africa’s credit ratings to junk

Moody’s has downgraded South Africa’s credit rating to junk status, piling more anguish on an economy already in recession and battered by Africa’s worst coronavirus outbreak. Moody’s move “could not have come at a worse time”, the South African government…

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