The Department of Correctional Services says 93 new covid-19 cases were reported in South African prisons yesterday. According to the department there are 9,985 cumulative covid-19 cases in prisons, with 6,451 prison officials and 3,534 inmates testing positive for the virus. To date, 184 covid-19 related fatalities were reported in the country’s prisons.

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Former Eskom CEO Brian Molefe today told the Zondo commission that loadshedding only returned to South Africa, after Cyril Ramaphosa became President. Molefe is appearing before the Zondo commission of inquiry today. The investigation has already heard evidence about Molefe in his role as CEO of Transnet, between 2011 and 2015.
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Premier Alan Winde says truck-loads of medical oxygen were delivered to the province in the past week to be used in Western Cape hospitals. Winde has reassured residents there is no shortage of oxygen for medical purposes and that contingency plans have been put in place. He says the combined oxygen consumption of private and state hospitals in the Western Cape has stood at close to 73 tonnes a day over the past week.

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