CORONAVIRUS DAILY DIGEST #85: Doctor reinstated at coronavirus facility, school feeding scheme sputters to a restart, and Soweto’s businesses under pressure
On Monday, the ‘bizarre and bewildering’ suspension of a senior clinician at North West’s Covid-19 treatment facility was lifted. Meanwhile, civil society organisations have countered claims by the Department of Education that it has fully restarted the National School Nutrition Programme for all learners. And Soweto’s small businesses are collapsing under the pressure of spreading Covid-19, resumed blackouts and lockdown restrictions....
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