Siyabonga Sesant

The average combined capacity of Nelson Mandela Bay’s main supply dams continues to edge closer to 20%, and according to figures released by the municipality on Monday, are currently at just 20.2% of capacity.

South African fashion retailer Edcon announced on Wednesday that its board had passed a resolution authorising it to file for business rescue in the next few days.

National treasury has given the go-ahead to the health ministry to fill all doctors' posts that had been frozen as the country combats the Covid-19 outbreak.

The Woolworths Group has confirmed that a total of ten people from its Access Park Woolworths Food store off Buffelsfontein Road in Port Elizabeth have now tested positive for Covid-19.

The level of Nelson Mandela Bay’s four main supply dams continues their steady decline, edging closer to 20% and with no rain of significance on the horizon for the next week.

The Minister warned that the danger of slipping back and steepening the curve is high and ever present. Consequently, in this upcoming phase Government will continue to limit travel and movement and will institute a curfew where everyone has to be in doors between 8pm and 5am except for essential workers.

The retail sector in Port Elizabeth continues to be impacted by staff testing positive for the coronavirus. In the latest incident, pharmaceutical retailer Dischem was forced to close its Newton Park store on Wednesday after one of its employees tested positive for the virus.

Nelson Mandela Bay has been identified as a hotspot for Covid-19 in the province. That's according to the Eastern Cape department of health, Sizwe Kupelo,  after Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize's visit to the Metro on Wednesday.

President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the nation this evening on additional economic and social relief measures that form part of the national response to the COVID-19 pandemic.