Day6ofLockdown: Another Durban teacher and pupil test positive for Covid-19 after the death of an Umlazi school teacher on Tuesday.
Johannesburg - Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga and KZN Education MEC Kwazi Mshengu have sent their condolences to the family of Durban school teacher Tholakele Shandu who died onTuesday after contracting Covid-19.
Shandu was a teacher at Isipingo’s Platt Drive Primary School. She had recently tested positive for the virus. underlying chronic asthma and hypertension DBE spokesperson Elijah Mhlanga said a 14-year-old pupil who was related to one of the two teachers had also tested positive. The pupil is a Grade 9 pupil at Umlazi’s Ogwini High School.
South Africa is in Day 6 of a 21-day lockdown which was announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa to curb the spread of the rapidly spreading coronavirus.
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