By: Aneeqa du Plessis Following the announcement made by the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah Council in Saudi Arabia that local residents may begin the process of registration for the annual pilgrimage, SA Hajj and Umrah Council (SAHUC) President, Shaheen Essop says they anticipate good news with regards to an[…]
Morocco will impose a ban on people arriving from China, whatever their nationality, from January 3 to avert any new wave of coronavirus infections, the foreign ministry said on Saturday. Several countries have imposed restrictions on travellers from China due to a surge in COVID-19 cases. Thousands of tourists visit[…]
Officials in Chinese cities and provinces across the country are pulling no punches in stamping out sporadic COVID-19 outbreaks as winter nears, quickly closing venues and enforcing longer temporary lockdowns on millions of people. Cases in mainland China hit 2,898 on Sunday, topping 2,000 for a second straight day and pressuring the country’s controversial[…]
The City of Cape Town says emergency calls have spiked following the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions. Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security JP Smith says there were nearly 200 000 recorded complaints in the 2021/22 period. Smith says they’ve noticed an increase in medical incidents, noise complaints, and assault[…]
The South African Air Force says the COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on its recruitment drive. The Chief of the Air Force Lieutenant General Wiseman Mbambo was speaking during the passing out parade of new recruits in Hoedpsruit Air Force Base in Limpopo. Two hundred and twenty three (223) new[…]
Child and adult literacy rates in South Africa have seen a steady decline in the past 2 years, according to data from the World Bank. South Africa has an adult literacy rate of 87% – ranking lower than other developing countries such as Mexico and Brazil. Child literacy statistics are[…]
By: Aneeqa du Plessis Human rights advocacy group, the Black Sash Trust, is taking government to court over the R350 Social Relief of Distress Grant regulations. Black Sash, alongside other humanitarian organizations, approached the Pretoria High Court to challenge the Department of Social Development’s “means test” for applicants applying for[…]
Figures released by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) on Monday showed 212 new Covid-19 cases had been identified in SA in the previous 24 hours. This brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic to 3,992,661. The NICD said this increase represented a[…]
The critical shortage of medical professionals is worsened by delays to intern placements nationally. Dr Edward Ngwenya of the SA Medical Association (Sama) said the issue is an annual problem affecting the entire country. The shortage of healthcare professionals came under scrutiny during a parliamentary debate last month. It was revealed[…]
Figures released by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) on Monday showed there were 1,004 new Covid-19 cases that had been identified in SA in the previous 24 hours. This brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic to 3,954,971. The NICD said this[…]
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