The City has started a soap donation drive, to help mitigate the spread and impact of COVID-19. The Disaster Risk Management Centre is facilitating the soap donation drive, and has called on individuals, organisations and businesses who are able to assist, to drop off soap bars at their nearest Shoprite or Checkers store in Cape Town. Donations will then be distributed in the City’s informal settlements, care facilities and other organisations caring for vulnerable groups
How SA can beat the Coronavirus crisis
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President Cyril Ramaphosa and Cabinet were presented with clear guidelines on how to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus over the weekend, including steps they would need to take immediately to mitigate the impact of the epidemic. News24 reported on Thursday that before Ramaphosa announced stringent measures to fight the infection rate, his government was shown epidemiological projections that were prepared for the Department of Health that painted a dire picture. The projections, which
As part of its COVID-19 mitigation measures, the City of Cape Town has decided to temporarily close the Green Point Park as well as the Company’s Garden in the Central Business District. Both are popular facilities, with the Green Point Park attracting more than one million visitors per year from across the city and tourists. After much deliberation, taking into account the high volumes of visitors to these facilities, the City has decided to temporarily
