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South Africa:
School Vandalism - Learners Will Be Hardest Hit
SAnews.gov.za, 13 April 2020
Basic Education Minister, Angie Motshekga, has condemned the incidents of vandalism, burglary and destruction of schools across several provinces since the COVID-19 lockdown… Read more »
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South Africa:
Lockdown - Seven Cops Arrested in 'Booze Shop Break-In' Amid Alcohol Prohibition
News24Wire, 13 April 2020
Seven police officers were arrested for allegedly trying to break into a shop that sells alcohol in Bonnievale on Sunday. Read more »
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South Africa:
Forty One (41) Suspects Arrested for Burglary and Torching of Schools in Gauteng
SAPS, 13 April 2020
Gauteng police have already arrested forty one (41) suspects for cases relating to the burglaries and burning of schools in Gauteng since March 2020. Most of these suspects have… Read more »
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South Africa:
Article On Mass Removal of People in Informal Settlements Misleading
SAnews.gov.za, 13 April 2020
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has disputed a Sunday newspaper report which claims she ordered the mass removal of people from informal settlements… Read more »
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South Africa:
As Alcohol Sparks Apartheid-Style Repression Once More, We Must All Be Alarmed
Daily Maverick, 14 April 2020
In one of the liquor-linked lockdown abuses by the security forces, members of the SANDF stand accused of beating to death a man in Alexandra they found drinking in his own yard. Read more »
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South Africa:
Syndicate of Arsonists Behind Torching, Vandalising of 22 Gauteng Schools
News24Wire, 8 April 2020
Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi has issued a warning to a criminal syndicate that he says is running amok, vandalising, torching and stealing from schools in the province,… Read more »
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South Africa:
Wine Exports Are Now Legal, or Are They?
Daily Maverick, 10 April 2020
Marginal gains were achieved when wine exports were allowed this week, but for many in the industry, it's a hollow win. Read more »
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South Africa:
Lockdown - More Liquor Looting As 3 Arrested in Stellenbosch After Store Break-in
News24Wire, 12 April 2020
The number of incidents of liquor looting during the lockdown continues to increase following the arrest of three men who broke into a bottle store in Stellenbosch on Sunday… Read more »
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South Africa:
Merciless Evictions Continue in Ethekwini
New Frame, 8 April 2020
Deaf to the desperate pleas of Ekuphumeleleni residents, the eThekwini municipality continues to demolish their shacks as the Covid-19 lockdown takes other terrible tolls. Read more »
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South Africa:
Municipalities Defy COVID-19 Eviction Moratorium
New Frame, 7 April 2020
eThekwini and the City of Cape Town have continued to demolish the homes of shack dwellers, despite an appeal by government to suspend evictions and focus on coping with Covid-19. Read more »