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Cameroonian journalist Samuel Wazizi, who was arrested in August for criticising the government's handling of a separatist revolt, has died in detention, rights group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has said. Wazizi worked for CMTV, a local broadcaster based in Southwest Region, one of two areas where separatists in 2017 launched…
Minister of health Zweli Mkhize has announced that South Africa now has 40,792 confirmed cases of coronavirus. This is up by 3,267 from the 37,525 infections reported on Wednesday. Case Data: Province Total cases for 4 June 2020 Percentage total Eastern Cape 4936 12,1 Free State 322 0,8 Gauteng 4845…
Summary of Latest Developments. Russia's total number of infections across the country passes 440,000 cases, as the death toll also continues to mount. The coronavirus death tolls in Brazil and Mexico have soared to new daily records, with 1,349 and 1,092 confirmed fatalities, even as the countries begin to ease…
Photo Credit:AP. Protests in response to the deaths of Black people at the hands of police or military - George Floyd in the United States, Collins Khosa in South Africa, Adama Traore in France - speak to a growing rage across the globe at continued white supremacy and the use…
Photo Credit:GCIS. Cabinet has resolved to appeal the North Gauteng High Court judgment that declared COVID-19 regulations under levels 3 and 4 invalid and unconstitutional. Minister in the Presidency, Jackson Mthembu, announced this during a media briefing on the outcomes of a Cabinet virtual meeting held earlier on Thursday. According…
Photo Credit:GCIS. The South African Police Service said it has been vindicated by the ruling of the High Court that set aside the Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's finding against Police Minister Bheki Cele. The North Gauteng High Court ruled her finding that said the South African Police Service must offer…
Photo Credit:GCIS Minister in the Presidency, Jackson Mthembu briefs the media on the outcomes of the Cabinet meeting held on Thursday. The total number of confirmed positive COVID-19 cases in South Africa stands at 37,525 with 792 deaths. The health department announced that a total of 761,534 tests have been…
Photo Credit:GCIS. The KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Treasury has set up a mechanism to monitor how provincial departments, municipalities and public entities are utilising the COVID-19 procurement fund. Delivering his department’s R718.763 million 2020/21 Budget Vote on Wednesday, Provincial Treasury MEC, Ravi Pillay, reiterated that the department cannot do the procurement itself,…
The South African Police Service (SAPS) has arrested eight of its own in a pre-dawn operation across the country. The eight are among the 14 arrested by an Anti-Corruption Task Team during the operation. Among the arrested are senior police officers and six company owners and directors. In a statement,…
The North West Health Department has expressed concern about the rapid spread of COVID-19 in the province’s mines, as the number of cases rose to 314, as of Wednesday. According to the department’s spokesperson, Tebogo Lekgethwane, 74 confirmed cases, previously allocated to Gauteng, have since been reallocated to the province…
Photo Credit:Laptop Mag. The South African Post Office (SAPO) has delivered laptops to almost 5 000 Wits students to enable online learning during the nationwide lockdown. Through its Speed Services Courier Unit, SAPO delivered the laptops to the homes of disadvantaged Wits students across South Africa, including in rural areas.…
Photo Credit:Esa Alexander. Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo said plans are underway for the state capture commission to resume with public hearings towards the end of June. The commission has been out of action since 17 March due to the coronavirus outbreak. In February, the court granted the Zondo commission…
Photo Credit:Getty Images. Former President Barack Obama is encouraging Americans to make "real change" in response to the killing of George Floyd and the ensuing wave of protests. In a hopeful speech, Obama said that the significant events over the last months, including the protests over the killing of Floyd…
Minister of health Dr Zweli Mkhize has announced that South Africa now has 37,525 confirmed cases of coronavirus. This is up by 1,713 from the 35,812 infections reported on Tuesday. The minister reported 37 more deaths, taking the number up to 792, while recoveries increased to 19,682. Mkhize said that…
Photo Credit:AFP. Police in Lesotho have arrested the country's former first lady over the 2017 murder of the then-estranged wife of recently resigned Prime Minister Thomas Thabane. Maesaiah Thabane, who was out on bail, is suspected of orchestrating the shooting of Lipolelo Thabane in the capital, Maseru. Lesotho's court of…
The North Gauteng High Court has ordered that South Africans who test positive for Covid-19 cannot be forced to quarantine at a state facility if they can self-isolate at home. The order follows an urgent application from civil society group Afriforum, which argued that the regulations were "unconstitutional, illegal and…
Eskom briefs parliament on its recovery plan and progress on the unbundling of the power utility into three independent entities. Watch:Eskom Briefing Below: Courtesy of SABC.
The Competition Tribunal has found two Gauteng mask suppliers guilty of inflating prices since the COVID-19 outbreak. According to the Competition Tribunal’s spokesperson Gillian de Gouveia, TNT Basic Trading (TNT) admitted to contravening the Competition Act by significantly increasing its mark-up and gross profit margin on FFP2 respiratory face masks…
State Capture Inquiry | Raymond Zondo briefs the media on commission’s work during lockdown. Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo said plans are underway for the state capture commission to resume with public hearings towards the end of June. The Deputy Chief Justice was briefing the media on the work of…
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has expressed confidence that the aviation industry and the country’s airports will adhere to COVID-19 regulations and directives, as the sector reopens. The Minister made the declaration on Wednesday at the O.R Tambo International Airport, where he was inspecting the airport’s adherence to lockdown regulations and…
Photo Credit:GCIS. Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa, along with the Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, on Monday launched Youth Month under the theme, ‘Youth Power: Growing South Africa together in the Period of COVID-19’. The theme is a rallying call…
According to the Department of Employment and Labour spokesperson Teboho Thejane, Gauteng constitutes 1 516 441 beneficiaries of the 3 464 124 million workers who have already received the Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme (TERS). “In monetary terms, this amounts to R7.9 billion and the workers who have been given the…
Photo Credit:GCIS. The Department of Trade and Industry and Competition (dtic) has welcomed a court decision not to grant Sakeliga the relief it sought in a matter involving the lawfulness of the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission's issuance of certificates for companies to render service in the first phase of…
The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) says it has kept its promise to pay at least 100 000 applicants who had applied for the Special COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress Grant. According to SASSA, by 31 May 2020, 116 867 clients were paid for the Special COVID-19 SRD Grant.…
Photo Credit:GCIS. The South African Government has taken note of the Johannesburg High Court ruling, which declared COVID-19 lockdown regulations in levels 3 and 4 unconstitutional and invalid. The court, however, suspended the declaration of invalidity for a period of 14 days. “This means that the Alert Level 3 regulations…
Summary of Latest Developments. India's government has approved antiviral drug remdesivir for emergency use in treating COVID-19 patients. Remdesivir is the first drug to show improvement in COVID-19 patients in formal clinical trials. Africa's coronavirus cases have surpassed 150,000 while more than 4,300 deaths have been confirmed across the continent.…
Photo Credit:GCIS. The COVID-19 lockdown alert levels 3 and 4 have been declared invalid and unconstitutional. The High Court in Pretoria has handed down this judgment and suspended the declaration of invalidity for a period of 14 days, however. This means that the Alert Level 3 regulations remain in operation…
File Photo. National Treasury has gazetted the Notices on Expanding Access to Living Annuity Funds. The Notices give effect to the legislative framework required to implement the tax measures in this regard to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. This follows the President’s address to the nation on 21 April 2020 and…
Health minister Zweli Mkhize said on Tuesday that the number of positive Covid-19 cases in the country had risen to 35,812. According to Mkhize, the Western Cape still has the majority number of cases with 23 583, followed by the Eastern Cape with 4 324, Gauteng with 4 276, and…
Photo Credit:GCIS. Health Minister briefs the media following a site tour at the Sonstraal field hospital, Western Cape. Mkhize said that the testing effort was progressing well across the nation. The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases stands at 35,812, Mkhize confirmed on Tuesday. "At this stage, 761,534 tests have…
The Competition Tribunal has found Babelegi Workwear and Industrial Supplies CC (Babelegi) guilty of excessive pricing. “In its order and reasons issued today, the Tribunal has found that Babelegi contravened section 8(1)(a) of the Competition Act by charging excessive prices for face masks that it sold to customers between 31…
The Department of Social Development, in partnership with the Nelson Mandela Foundation, aims to improve the standard of Early Childhood Development (ECD) across the country, as part of this year’s Child Protection Week campaign. This year’s campaign is being held under the theme: ‘Let Us All Protect Children, During Covid-19…
Outdoor enthusiasts now have something to smile about as hunting, self-drive visits to private or public game reserves and national parks, as well as recreational fishing is now permitted under lockdown level 3. The directions that guide marine and freshwater fisheries, forestry and biodiversity sectors, have since been gazetted in…
In a statement on Monday, the Department of Employment and Labour, of which the UIF is an agency of, reiterated that the Fund is making good progress on its promise to capture and process May COVID-19 relief benefit applications. “Payments this time around should be a lot quicker as the…
Photo Credit:Istock. During alert level 3 of the nationwide lockdown, lovebirds can officially tie the knot at Home Affairs offices following the resumption of marriage services. Under level 3, the department will also receive late registrations of birth. These services will be provided by appointment. This is in addition to…
Photo Credit:AP. A medical examiner's office on Monday ruled that the death of George Floyd, whose killing in Minneapolis, Minnesota, police custody last week triggered nationwide protests, was a homicide and that he died from asphyxiation. The medical examiner's finding that the death was a homicide confirms the same conclusion…
Summary of Latest Developments. Health authorities in Spain have reported no new deaths from the coronavirus in the last 24 hours for the first time in nearly three months. Coronavirus cases in Iran have jumped by nearly 3,000, its highest daily count in two months, while China also saw its…
The prolific image taken by Sam Nzima of Hector Pieterson being carried by Mbuyisa Makhubo after being shot on June 16, 1976 while Pieterson's older sister, Antoinette Sithole, runs beside them. This image has become the iconic representation of the 1976 student uprisings. Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa has…
A total of 22 new COVID-19 related deaths have been recorded, this as the total number of cases climb to 34 357 on Monday. All 22 of the new deaths are from the Western Cape, bringing the total to 525 deaths in the province and increasing the national figure to…
File Photo. Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Patricia de Lille has appealed to companies to exercise extreme vigilance to ensure the health and safety of employees as more businesses open, including the construction industry. “Today, many industries including the construction industry, will return to work to commence with operations in…
Photo Credit:@flysaa_care/Twitter. The Public Enterprises Department says it has received a draft Business Rescue Plan for South African Airways, which is under business rescue. The department's spokesperson, Sam Mkokeli, on Monday said government has not yet discussed the plan and no decisions have been taken on some of the proposals…
Photo Credit:BrandSA. The South African Social Services Agency (SASSA) on Monday in a statement,said over 100 000 unemployed South Africans in May received R350 from the special COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress. SASSA spokesperson Paseka Letsatsi said, to date, over 3.5 million applicants had been checked to confirm if they…
Photo Credit:Sebabatso Mosamo. There are long queues of South Africans waiting outside bottle stores to purchase alcohol since this morning. It’s been more than two months since South Africans were last able to purchase liquor and many have been eagerly anticipating the day it would be allowed again. During Level…
Photo Credit:AP. President Cyril Ramaphosa has congratulated South African citizen and global technology pioneer, Elon Musk, for his company SpaceX’s historic first commercial flight into space. Powered by SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft carried NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley into space on Saturday, 30…
Photo Credit:Stock Photo. The schools around the country are set to use the first week of June to induct and orientate teachers on the COVID-19 school environment, and to ensure the readiness of each facility for the arrival of learners. On Sunday, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga took a decision…
Photo Credit:GCIS. Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga is expected to give an update on the reopening of schools after she made an about-turn deciding grade 7s and matriculants will not go back to school on Monday morning as planned. Schools will reopen on 8 June 2020 for grade 7 and…
While the National Home Builders’ Registration Council (NHBRC) provincial offices will resume full service operations next Monday, satellite offices will be phased in gradually. The satellite offices are in Tzaneen, Witbank, Bethlehem, Thulamela, Mafikeng, Klerksdorp and Newcastle. Acting Chief Executive, Otsile Maseng, said the approach was to ensure that the…
File Photo. President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Advocates Ouma Rasethaba and Rodney de Kock as Deputy National Directors of Public Prosecutions with effect from today, Monday, 01 June 2020. The President has also approved the appointment of Adv. Mthunzi Mhaga as a Special Director of Public Prosecutions in the Office…
Photo Credit:Shutterstock. President Cyril Ramaphosa has assured parents that the health and safety of learners and students would be of paramount importance as government prepares to reopen schools and institutes of higher education in lockdown level 3. The gradual reopening of schools was meant to begin today with Grades 7…
The minister of health has announced that the cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Africa is 32 683, with 1 716 new cases reported from the last 24 hour testing cycle. Regrettably, 40 more COVID-19 related deaths were reported,bringing the total national deaths to 683. "We extend our…
Photo Credit:Stock Photo. The Basic Education Department has announced that Grade 7 and 12 pupils should now return to school on 8 June. The department was expected to brief the country on the plans for pupils to return to school,however the briefing has since been postponed to Monday at 11am.…
Photo Credit:Shutterstock. The briefing by Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga has been postponed. Motshekga was set to address the country on the department's readiness to reopen schools. The briefing will now take place on Monday at 11 am. Schools are set to open for Grades 12 and 7 on…
Photo Credit:GCIS. Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga will brief the media to provide an update on the readiness for the reopening of schools. It’s been confirmed by government that the briefing will get underway at 18:00. Barring any unexpected delays or postponements, Motshekga is expected to reveal if children can…
Photo Credit:Getty Images. President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared Sunday a National Day of Prayer. He has urged religious leaders and the public to pray for the battle against COVID-19. On Tuesday, Ramaphosa announced that places of worship may reopen subject to strict restrictions under level three of the lockdown. South…
Watch Live:Cyril Ramaphosa convened a virtual meeting with the South African National Editors Forum.
Photo Credit:Istock. President Cyril Ramaphosa convened a virtual meeting with the South African National Editors Forum (Sanef) this afternoon. This comes as the media industry has taken a hard knock from the economic crunch caused by the coronavirus, with many companies struggling to stay afloat. In May, Caxton announced it…
Photo Credit:GCIS. Basic Education minister Angie Motshekga is expected to delay the reopening of South African schools on 1 June following strong opposition from teacher unions and school governing bodies, the Sunday Times reports. The paper reported that Motshekga acknowledged to the five unions and three major governing body associations…
National Child Protection Week is commemorated in the country annually to raise awareness of the rights of children as articulated in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa and Children's Act (Act No. 38 of 2005). South Africa has drafted legislation, based on the United Convention of the Rights…
Photo Credit:Phillip Mogakoe. President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared Sunday a national day of prayer. He has urged the religious leaders and the public to pray for the battle against COVID-19 pandemic. Places of worship are expected to open on Monday, June 1, under strict conditions, as the country heads into…
Summary of Latest developments. Latin America's death toll has topped 50,000 and cases neared one million, with countries such as Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Peru struggling to stem the tide, according to a Reuters tally. Brazil has registered a record 33,274 new cases of the coronavirus, its health ministry said,…
US President Donald Trump has announced that he would postpone the Group of Seven summit that he wanted to hold in late June and expand the list of countries invited to include Australia, Russia, South Korea and India. Speaking to reporters on Air Force One during his return to Washington…
Health minister Zweli Mkhize has announced that there are now 30,967 confirmed coronavirus cases in South Africa. This is an increase of 1,727 cases, from the 29,240 cases reported on Friday. According to the minister the country has recorded a further 32 deaths, taking the total up to 643. We…
Tourism Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane announced that South Africans, who have been confined to their homes, will now be allowed to venture out for hikes from 1 June when the country moves to level 3 of the lockdown. As of next month, hiking is permitted - provided it is done in…
Photo Credit: Ntswe Mokoena. The Minister of Tourism is expected to address the media on the regulations relating to COVID-19 level 3 restrictions. Watch Live:Minister of Tourism Media Briefing. Courtesy of SABC.
Photo Credit:@flysaa_care/Twitter. Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has announced that public transport will operate throughout the day,as millions of citizens set to return to work, school and institutions of higher learning when the country moves to COVID-19 lockdown level 3. However, capacity restrictions remain, with minibus taxis still only permitted a…
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula outlines how public transport will operate under level three of the lockdown. Domestic travel will be allowed under level three of the lockdown. However, it will be strictly regulated. During alert level five and four, taxis were allowed to operate at a capacity of 70-percent passengers.…
Photo Credit:AP. Protesters have clashed with police in cities across the US over the killing of an unarmed African-American man at the hands of officers in Minneapolis. Minnesota's governor said the tragedy of the death of George Floyd in police custody had morphed into "something much different - wanton destruction".…
Photo Credit:Stock Photo. Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has gazetted new regulations that will see the phased return of other grades from 6 July - 3 August 2020. Following the return of grades 7 and 12, the Basic Education Department (DBE) said it would monitor the adherence of schools to…
Photo Credit:GCIS. Minister Nathi Mthethwa said on Saturday,that his department has made significant progress in the disbursement of Relief Funds for athletes and artists, whose livelihoods were affected by the COVID-19 lockdown. In March, the department availed R200 million for this function. Of this amount, R150 million is being distributed…
Summary of Latest Developments. United States President Donald Trump has said the US is "terminating" its relationship with the World Health Organization (WHO), saying the agency has not made coronavirus reforms. The WHO and 37 countries launched the COVID-19 Technology Access Pool, an alliance aimed at making coronavirus vaccines, tests,…
Photo Credit:Getty Images. US President Donald Trump has announced the United States will be terminating its relationship with the World Health Organization, saying it had failed to adequately respond to the coronavirus because China has "total control" over it. He said the Chinese officials "ignored" their reporting obligations to the…
Photo Credit:Courtney Africa. The Democratic Alliance (DA) welcomes the Constitutional Court’s directive,that it will consider arguments in the DA’s application for direct access to challenge the Disaster Management Act. The Constitutional Court handed down a directive on Friday, that it will consider arguments by the Democratic Alliance (DA) in its…
Photo Credit:GCIS. Non-contact sporting codes in the country will get more clarity from the Minister of Sport, Arts, and Culture, Nathi Mthethwa on the resumption of sport under lockdown Level 3. Watch the Media Briefing Below. Courtesy of SABC.
Health minister Zweli Mkhize has announced that there are now 29,240 confirmed cases of coronavirus in South Africa. This is an increase of 1,837 cases from the 27,403 cases reported yesterday. Mkhize said that the total number of deaths has now reached 611 – an increase of 34 deaths from…
Photo Credit:GCIS. Phumla Williams has now been given the nod by Cabinet to officially take over the reins at the GCIS,after at least eight years as the acting Director-General of the Government Communication and Information System. Before joining government in 1995, Williams worked in the African National Congress (ANC) and…
Photo Credit:GCIS. Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize, together with the members of the Ministerial Advisory Committee and other stakeholders, is briefing the media at 19h30 on health interventions during Level-3 lockdown. Watch Live:Zweli Mkhize briefs the media on Health Interventions during Level 3. Courtesy of SABC.
Photo Credit:Trevor Samson. Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi says employers who will be reopening their businesses in terms of level 3 are required to appoint COVID-19 compliance officers at their workplaces. Minister Nxesi said the employers are also expected to undertake a risk assessment of the workplace and develop…
Photo Credit:AFP. The Eskom Political Task Team has agreed on drastic measures to address the municipal debt owed to the power utility. Over the past year, municipal debt levels have increased by R8.2 billion to R28 billion by 31 March 2020. Deputy President David Mabuza convened and chaired a meeting…
Photo Credit:GCIS. Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel says as the countries across the globe scramble to source much-needed ventilators to treat COVID-19 patients, government is ramping up the production of the critical equipment. Patel says this has put a spotlight on what government can do to contain the spread of…
Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Hon Patricia De Lille,File Photo. Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Patricia de Lille said on Friday that her department was working around the clock to procure enough beds for those who are likely to get sick. Briefing the media with her colleagues in the…
Photo Credit:Shutterstock. Distressed SMMEs, co-operatives, informal traders and hawkers in the North West province are invited to send applications for the COVID-19 Relief Fund. The North West COVID-19 Relief Fund was established by the provincial Department of Economic Development, Environment, Conservation and Tourism (DEDECT) and will be managed by the…
Photo Credit:Moeletsi Mabe. Ministers of the Economic Cluster who serve in the National Coronavirus Command Council are briefing the media on the regulations relating to the COVID-19 Level-3 restrictions following the announcements made by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday, and the subsequent address to the nation on Tuesday, 26 May…
The Constitutional Court has dismissed a leave to appeal application which the EFF and Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane lodged in a case involving Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan and the so-called SARS "rogue unit" report. Both the EFF and Public Protector approached the apex court last year, seeking to appeal…
South African Social Security Agency (SASSA), in KwaZulu-Natal, announced that 6 470 beneficiaries have been successfully paid as of 27 May, out of the 1 366 057 applications received in the province. “Many South Africans are still waiting to hear if their applications have been successful. The easing of the…
Photo Credit:GCIS. Public Service and Administration Minister Senzo Mchunu on Friday announced that the National School of Government (NSG) will reopen for limited contact training on 1 June 2020. This, according to the Minister is in light of the easing of the lockdown to level 3 of the COVID-19 risk…
Gauteng Premier David Makhura. Photo: Twitter/@David_Makhura. Gauteng Premier David Makhura is currently outlining the province's plans moving forward as lockdown regulations ease. The members of the Gauteng Command Council are expected to outline plans on dealing with COVID-19 hotspots. Earlier, the premier received a donation of various items including mobile…
There are now more than over 100,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the pandemic. According to the latest data by the John Hopkins University and Africa Center for Disease Control…
File Photo. The International Criminal Court said former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo can leave Belgium under certain conditions following his acquittal last year over post-electoral violence that killed 3,000 people. Gbagbo and his deputy Charles Ble Goude were both cleared of crimes against humanity a year ago, eight years…
Photo Credit:Luke MacGregor. British American Tobacco South Africa announced that it will recommence with urgent legal proceedings to challenge the government’s decision to extend the ban on tobacco sales under Level 3 Lockdown. BATSA said in a statement it was supported in this action by Japan Tobacco International as well…
Photo Credit:Pixabay. Critical United Nations climate negotiations, at which nations were expected to ramp up plans to combat global warming, have been pushed back a full year to November 2021. The deferment has been done in light of the coronavirus pandemic and other concerns, British politician Alok Sharma, who is…
Summary of Latest Developments. The English Premier League and Italy's Serie A are set to resume in June after a near-three month suspension over coronavirus fears. China again reported no new cases as US President Donald Trump renewed attacks on Beijing over the coronavirus pandemic. He called the virus "a…
With just few days to go until South Africa moves to alert level 3 of lockdown, government is shifting to rebuild the economy which suffered a massive blow as a result of the lockdown. Under alert level 3, many more economic activities will be permitted with about 8 million workers…
Photo Credit:GCIS. The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has deployed cohorts of engineering teams to build bridges and purify water in remote and destitute communities, as the country continues to contain the spread of COVID-19. This was revealed by Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula during a media briefing of the…
Photo Credit:GCIS. Police Minister Bheki Cele has revealed that there is a correlation between the high number of arrests and the provinces with the highest infection rates. During a press briefing of the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security (JCPS) cluster on lockdown level 3 regulations on Thursday, the Minister revealed…
Photo Credit:GCIS. The Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, said the cluster has received several corruption claims related to COVID-19 relief efforts earmarked for the poor. “In response to these allegations, the cluster has developed a collaboration framework which will ensure prevention, detection, investigation, prosecution and recovery of…
The minister of health Zweli Mkhize has confirmed that the number of positive Covid-19 cases in South Africa has increased to 27 403. This is an increase of 1 466 new cases in the last 24 hours. On Thursday, the Health Ministry said 25 more deaths had been reported, bringing…
Investments in supporting successful transitions from school and university directly to entrepreneurship could unlock significant employment gains in Africa, this is according to a new research paper from the Anzisha Prize which has worked with very young African entrepreneurs for over a decade. To produce the report, the Anzisha Prize…
Photo Credit:GCIS. Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, has outlined the regulations that will be implemented as government further opens up various sectors of the economy. Addressing media during a National Coronavirus Command Council briefing on Thursday in Tshwane, Dlamini Zuma said under the Risk Adjusted…
President Cyril Ramaphosa said South Africa supports the call of the African Union for a two-year debt standstill due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking at a virtual United Nations High-Level Event on Financing for Development in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond, held on Thursday, President Ramaphosa…
Photo Credit:Gallo Images. The board of inquiry found that soldiers and Johannesburg metro police who were accused of killing Khosa at his home could not be held liable for his death. It found that: “The cause of the incident was gender inequality and provocation, specifically lack [of] respect towards female…
Sibanye-Stillwater has confirmed that 51 employees have tested positive for the coronavirus at its Thembelani shaft in Rustenburg. The company said that it had tested staff at the shaft after two employees tested positive for the virus last week. In addition to all the employees who were deemed to be…