On Tuesday, 12 May, the Highveld Hospital hosted a high-level delegation from the Mpumalanga Department of Health as the next step in formalising a public-private sector partnership that will see our business play an important role in the isolation and treatment of people diagnosed with COVID-19.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga will this week announce the department’s preparations with regards to the reopening of schools.
Correctional services centres across South Africa have 172 confirmed cases of COVID-19, with three deaths and 59 recoveries.
While there is no definite date on when the 2020 academic year for the post-school education and training (PSET) sector will conclude, government has assured the country that no student will be left behind.
While campus-based learning has been put on hold as the country prepares to move to Level 4 of the national COVID-19 lockdown, interventions have been put in place for the post-school education and training (PSET) sector.
The Department of Basic Education has clarified that only senior officials in the education sector will return to work on 4 May to prepare for the eventual reopening of schools.
When Grade 7 and 12 learners return to schools on the proposed date of 1 June 2020, school as they knew it, will be a thing of the past.
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Africa is now 5 647, an increase of 297 cases from Wednesday, 29 April.
The elderly and persons with disabilities, who receive their monthly social grants from the South African Post Office (SAPO), will from May receive their monies from the fourth day of the month.