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South Africa: Covid-19 Positive Learners Allowed to Write Matric Exams
Govt of SA, 5 November 2020
The Department of Basic Education and the Department of Health have just concluded an agreement this evening that will ensure that learners who test positive for COVID-19 are… Read more »
Covid-19 Casts Shadow on South African Students' Final Exams
President Cyril Ramaphosa has wished the senior class of 2020 well for their final examinations and praised them for persevering through the Covid-19 pandemic. The release of the 2020 examination results in February 2021 could prompt an especially heated debate, given the backdrop of Covid-19 and school closures, writes Martin Gustafsson for The Conversation Africa. This comes as confirmed Covid-19 cases in the country total 728,836 while deaths and recoveries amount to 19,539 and 659,259 respectively. The National Institute for Communicable Diseases is set to launch CoughWatchSA - a mobile application aimed at assisting with the early detection of the second wave of Covid-19 cases or the beginning of the influenza season. Meanwhile, in the Eastern Cape, the provincial Department of Health declined to provide Spotlight with vital information on the impact Covid-19 and lockdown has had on the province's Tuberculosis programme and its plans to get the programme back on track.
It was agreed that candidates who test positive and deemed fit to write the examination, will be allowed to write albeit at a different venue and under secure conditions that are in compliance with the examination regulations.
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South Africa: Eastern Cape Government Mum On TB Plans and Numbers
spotlight, 4 November 2020
The Eastern Cape Department of Health has declined to provide Spotlight with vital information on the impact COVID-19 and lockdown has had on the province's TB programme and its… Read more »
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South Africa: How Covid-19 Has Worsened Two-Tier Education System
Daily Maverick, 4 November 2020
Some 22 years ago, Thabo Mbeki, then deputy president of South Africa, made what some labelled a bold assessment of the state of the country during a parliamentary debate on… Read more »
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South Africa: The Debates Around School Exam Results Need a Richer Flow of Data
The Conversation Africa, 3 November 2020
South Africans place huge emphasis on the Matric examination results from the final year of secondary school - Grade 12. A school leaver's chances of further education or a job… Read more »
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South Africa: President Salutes Matrics, Educators Ahead of Final Exams
SAnews.gov.za, 2 November 2020
As just over a million South African Grade 12s prepare to write their first matric exam on Thursday, President Cyril Ramaphosa has saluted the learners and educators for… Read more »
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South Africa: What Maths Researchers Learnt From the Mistakes Made By Pupils in 'Top' Schools
The Conversation Africa, 3 November 2020
In South Africa, very little maths research is conducted in well-resourced schools, which are generally located in middle class and wealthy suburbs. But there is research to… Read more »
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South Africa: Covid-19 - Who Should Get Tested, and What's Available
The Conversation Africa, 3 November 2020
South Africa has passed the peak of the infection curve, but the danger of a resurgence remains real. At the same time new tests are becoming available. Ina Skosana asked Glenda… Read more »
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South Africa: SA Covid-19 Death Toll Rises to 19,465, While Global Cases Peak
SAnews.gov.za, 3 November 2020
Fifty-four people died from conditions associated with COVID-19 on Monday, pushing the death toll to 19,465 since the outbreak in South Africa. Read more »
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South Africa: Basic Education Urges South Africans to Support Matric Class of 2020 Ahead of Final Exams
Govt of SA, 2 November 2020
The Department of Basic Education has urged South Africans to rally behind the matric class of 2020 ahead of the start in earnest of final grade 12 examinations this week. Read more »
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South Africa: Covid-19 Vaccine Could Be Made in SA
Daily Maverick, 2 November 2020
Multinational firm Johnson & Johnson has selected Aspen Pharmacare as one of the companies to manufacture its Covid-19 vaccine, once it has the go-ahead for commercial… Read more »
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South Africa: CoughWatchSA to Assist in Early Detection of Covid-19
SAnews.gov.za, 28 October 2020
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) is set to launch CoughWatchSA - a mobile application aimed at assisting with the early detection of the second wave of… Read more »
InFocus
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The nation's stringent lockdown earlier this year may have saved lives by containing the spread of Covid-19. New Covid-19 infections have been declining and lockdown restrictions ... Read more »
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President Cyril Ramaphosa has wished Health Minister Dr. Zweli Mkhize and his wife, Dr. May Mkhize, a safe and speedy recovery from their Covid-19 infection. This comes after the ... Read more »
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President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced the Reconstruction and Recovery Plan which aims to steer the country back to desirable growth levels following the impact of the Covid-19 ... Read more »
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Cooperative Governance, and Traditional Affairs Minister, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, has gazetted the extension of the National State of Disaster by another month, to November 15, ... Read more »
