The Western Province Cricket Association are proud to announce that the new professional Men’s team which will compete in the 1st Division of the new domestic cricket structure in South Africa, will play under the historic and renowned Western Province name. WPCA Brand and Sponsorship Manager David Brooke explained the decision:[…]
Springbok captain Siya Kolisi mentions that at times the team puts their hands up and their main focus was always what they could control on the field, the off the field issues was dealt with by the Director of Rugby Rassie Erasmus. The Springbok coach Jacques said they see losses[…]
Experienced No 8 Duane Vermeulen will join the Springbok team at their Cape Town base on Sunday after missing the opening two Tests against the British & Irish Lions due to an ankle injury. Vermeulen, who reported for duty briefly at the team’s training camp in Bloemfontein in June, has[…]
The City of Cape Town says its Harare Infill housing project in Khayelitsha is progressing well. The R134 million project will provide 900 qualifying beneficiaries with state-subsidised homes. Mayoral Committee Member for Human Settlements, Malusi Booi, says the internal services, which includes roads, storm water, water, sewer infrastructure and electrical[…]
The inquest into the deaths of 144 Life Esidimeni mental healthcare users will resume in the Pretoria High court on Monday morning. Proceedings were postponed over a week ago to allow parties who’d obtained legal representation to familiarize themselves with the proceedings. Former mental health director in the health department[…]
Getting the Covid-19 vaccination is a patriotic duty to safeguard the health of the nation, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday when he announced SA has passed the 7.5-million mark for the number of administered jabs. About three-million people are fully vaccinated. “At the present rate, we are vaccinating on[…]
As primary school pupils resume classes on a full-time basis on Monday, teachers have been advised to give pupils a mask break every two hours “to ensure they do not get carbon dioxide retention”. This is the advice that the ministerial advisory committee (MAC) has given to the department of[…]
The Post Office says it has started preparing logistics for the return of the R350 COVID-19 social relief grant despite a number of branches being affected by the recent looting and violence in some parts of the country. The Post Office says 51 branches in KwaZulu-Natal and 24 in Gauteng were affected.[…]
Teachers’ union Sadtu says it is deeply concerned about the school dropout rate amid the continuing COVID 19 pandemic. This comes amid reports recently that as many as 750 000 learners may have dropped out of school. The union says the African National Congress (ANC) led government needs to do[…]
Two crew members, a Briton and a Romanian, were killed when a petroleum products tanker managed by Israeli-owned Zodiac Maritime came under attack on Thursday off Oman’s coast, the company said on Friday. London-based Zodiac said on its website that the attack in the Arabian Sea on Mercer Street, a[…]
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