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Lockdown SA: Transnet to cut transport of non-essential cargo – Port Elizabeth in the News

28 March 2020 By Port Elizabethan

Lockdown SA: Transnet to cut transport of non-essential cargo: It said it had decided to close all automotive terminals and multi-purpose terminals at the ports of East London, Saldanha, Port Elizabeth and Maydon Wharf in Durban. READ: Load-shedding unlikely …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

South Africa’s Transnet to scale down transport of non-essential cargo: South Africa’s state logistics firm Transnet said on Friday it would scale down transportation services and non-essential cargo operations during the 21-day nationwide lockdown over coronavirus.
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

South Africa’s COVID-19 Deaths Revised to One: “We are now extending them to Tshwane Academic, Walter Sisulu and Port Elizabeth,” he said. The department has seven mobile testing laboratories, which will increase to 47 by April and spread across …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

South Africa: SA COVID-19 deaths revised to one: The number of COVID-19 deaths in South Africa has been revised down from two to one mortality, after a subsequent investigation found that one patient was negative for the virus. Earlier on Friday, …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

South African port closures add to commodity market turmoil: The note said the multi-purpose terminals of East London, Saldanha, Port Elizabeth and Maydon Wharf would be closed, as well as all automotive terminals. The manganese export terminal of Port …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Transnet to Prioritise Transportation of Essential Goods: Break-bulk commodities will be handled at the Port of Cape Town, Richards Bay and Durban multi-purpose terminals. Multi-purpose terminals at the ports of East London, Saldanha, Port Elizabeth and …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Only Madeleine van Wyk can be considered a Covid-19 fatality so far – Mkhize: We are now extending them to Tshwane Academic, Walter Sisulu and Port Elizabeth. “We have 7 mobile testing laboratories and in April we will have a total of 47 which will spread all over the country.
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

African Countries With Highest Covid-19 Cases: Egypt has over 100 million people, many of whom live in crowded conditions in Cairo. Port Elizabeth, South Africa – March 22, 2020: A man wears a face mask to protect himself from the Coronavirus …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Scuffles and uncertainty as South Africa locks down: EPA-EFE/NIC BOTHMA Meanwhile, some foreign-owned spaza shop owners have borne the brunt of confusion, and discrimination, around the lockdown rules. Immigrant-owned spaza shops in Port Elizabeth were …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

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