The South African National Defence Force has since last week been deployed to parts of the Western Cape to support local law enforcement in identified hotspots. They’ve been in the Cape Town metro since Tuesday and from Saturday, in the Garden Route. The deployments focus on the Disaster Management Act regulations.

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Merentia Van Der Vent
Merentia joined the media world in 1996 and in 2001, she took her first steps in the broadcasting world. In her free time, she likes to go on adventures in the city. She also likes to learn new dances, not that she is any good at that.

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The Deputy Minister of Employment and Labour Boitumelo Moloi has been hospitalised with Covid-19. Moloi was hospitalised on Tuesday and received a positive result on Wednesday. She remains in hospital. Meanwhile, her counterpart in Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Obed Bapela, has also tested positive for Covid-19. Bapela tested positive after showing symptoms. He is in self-quarantine. It was Bapela’s fourth test for the coronavirus since the outbreak of the pandemic.
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The minister of health, Dr. Zweli Mkhize says Gauteng has the most new corona virus cases since yesterday after KwaZulu-Natal recently recorded the most new cases. The Western Cape reported the third most new cases. At the same time, the Northern Cape reported the fewest new cases. Mkhize also said active cases in the country have surpassed the 230 000 mark. More than 92 000 of the 232 006 active cases are in KwaZulu-Natal, followed by the Western Cape and Gauteng, with more than 46 000 cases each. The Northern Cape has the least active cases in the country.

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