With South Africa’s economy already feeling the pinch of the Covid-19 pandemic, President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that government is on the verge of finalising a comprehensive package of interventions to mitigate the expected impact. The president announced this in an address to the nation on Sunday after he called[…]
Minister of Health, Zweli Mkhize, says if and when the coronavirus spreads to public transport areas such as taxi ranks and buses, that will present a new dynamic. Mkhize says this is when MECs will have to be roped in to set up quarantine facilities. There will be consistent evaluations[…]
Justice Minister Ronald Lamola has denied Janusz Walus’ parole. Walus was jailed for the assassination of former Secretary General of the South African Communist Party (SACP), Chris Hani, in 1993. Lamola announced his decision on the parole reconsideration of Walus as directed by the High Court in Pretoria. The court[…]
The 51st running of the Two Oceans Marathon on Easter Saturday, 11 April 2020 has been cancelled in light of the Covid-19 pandemic and the worldwide spread of the coronavirus. In addition to the ultra marathon, the half marathon which was also due to be staged on Easter Saturday, as[…]
An investigation by a South African Police Service (SAPS) detective in Joe Slovo Park in Milnerton, Cape Town, into an attempted murder on March 4 has led to the arrest of three foreign nationals for bribery, Western Cape police said on Saturday. “The detective in the case followed up on[…]
Another former senior Media24 journalist has been accused of sexually abusing boys while he held senior positions in the media. News24 is in the possession of three affidavits from men who accuse 80-year-old Coenie Slabber, a well-known former arts editor who worked at Sunday newspaper Rapport between the 1970s and[…]
The South African Airways flight, transporting South African citizens repatriated from Wuhan, China is expected to arrive in Polokwane on Saturday morning. The group departed Wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak on Friday evening. They will be in quarantine at the Protea Hotel’s The Ranch Resort, 25km from Polokwane, for[…]
Sibusiso Dakuse, the 12-year-old aspiring singer from Hout Bay, Cape Town, will be laid to rest on Saturday, more than two weeks after he was murdered. Sibusiso’s family received his remains last weekend after pleading with the State in the court case to hand over his body. The State said[…]
MPs from across the political divide criticised the parole board system on Friday. The Department of Correctional Services briefed the sub-committee of the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services on the parole system. The system had been under scrutiny after the murder of eight-year-old Tazne van Wyk, allegedly at[…]
The National Students Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) says it has paid what it owes the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), which is why it is meeting student leaders and university administrators on Thursday to investigate claims that the money did not get to all students. “We have asked CPUT[…]
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