CORONAVIRUS DAILY DIGEST #88: City of Cape Town slammed for yet another lockdown eviction while back-to-school schedule is shaken up again

Bulelani Qolani from his shack in Khayelitsha by dragging him outside naked and tearing down the shack after he managed to escape their grip and go back inside. There is “absolutely no excuse” for what happened, and the commission believes it was a breach of the Disaster Management Act, says commissioner Chris Nissen.spoke to Qolani after the eviction.

He said he was washing himself in his room when the officials ignored his request for a court order, and for them to wait outside. They stormed in and threw him outside and left him with a destroyed house and damaged possessions.It was announced on Thursday that only pupils in grades R, 6 and 11 will be allowed to go back to school on Monday, 6 July. The decision was taken by theThere has been talk that a “Lockdown 2.

writes, doctors have reported that clinics and hospitals are already filling up faster than anticipated. This comes as the Gauteng Department of Health confirmed all government hospitals beds in the province areMeanwhile, there has been another application made for direct access to the Constitutional Court to challenge the Covid-19 lockdown regulations and the NCCC. The initial application was dismissed in the Western Cape High Court on 26 June 2020.

writes: “Though the sentiment behind the engagement was admirable, in the end, there were more questions than concrete answers.”

Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)

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