Coronavirus: South African bride and groom arrested over lockdown wedding

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Wedding goes awry as 'jini' steals groom's shoes at mosque
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It was supposed to be the wedding of the century. The stage was set. A Taarab maestro all the way from Zanzibar was going to perform. Finally, the nubile and very sexy Ibtisam, daughter of the local Liwali (rich man) was going to get hitched. She was as ...

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Extending restrictions until the end of April will create an economic disaster, the opposition says.

In South Africa, illegal sellers are defying the prohibition on buying alcohol and cigarettes.

South Africa has been praised for halting the spread of coronavirus but unity is wearing thin.

South Africa will go into a 21-day lockdown against the coronavirus at midnight on 26 March.

Police and the army patrol the streets as all but essential movement is banned across the country.