President Cyril Ramaphosa at the weekend announced that the whole of South Africa will move to lockdown Level 3 on 1 June. Ramaphosa also announced the selling of alcohol would be allowed under strict rules, however the ban on tobacco products will remain under lockdown level 3. The continued ban[…]
While panic-stricken parents mull over whether to send their children back to school, Western Cape Education MEC Debbie Schafer says plans to open schools to learners are progressing well. She has welcomed the decision by the Minister of Basic Education to open schools on 1 June 2020 to Grades 7[…]
A major new study by the University of Cape Town (UCT) shows that almost all smokers have been able to buy cigarettes during the coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown, and concludes that the ban is backfiring badly and should be lifted as soon as possible, Tax Justice South Africa (TJSA) founder Yusuf[…]
Business organisation Sakeliga has launched a court case hoping to alter the coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown regulations across all levels. “The case involves the unlawfulness of permits and other government licensing requirements for businesses,” Sakeliga CEO Piet le Roux said in a statement. Sakeliga was asking the High Court to set[…]
President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Saturday chair a meeting of the President’s Coordinating Council (PCC) to deliberate preparations for moving most of the country to the coronavirus (Covid-19) alert level three, the presidency said. Co-chaired by the president and Deputy President David Mabuza, and comprising of cabinet ministers, all nine[…]
Heinz Park, a severely impoverished area that sits tucked away between Phillipi and Mitchells Plain was the home to murdered 14-year-old Janika Mallo who was found raped and bludgeoned to death in her grandmother’s yard last year, and since then, not much has changed in the poverty stricken area. Most[…]
The Democratic Alliance (DA) is expected to file court papers on Thursday to challenge the rationality of the night curfew, the ban on e-commerce and the restriction on exercise hours under the regulations. DA interim leader, John Steenhuisen, says that these restrictions are in place due to the lack of[…]
Japan’s government is holding a coronavirus task force meeting on Thursday to secure experts’ approval on a plan to lift an ongoing state of emergency in most areas ahead of schedule, except for Tokyo and several other higher-risk areas. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared a month-long state of emergency on[…]
The South African government will begin consultations on a proposal to ease lockdown restrictions in most of the country to level 3 by the end of the month, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday. However, it envisions that parts of the country with a high concentration of Covid-19 infections will[…]
An “anxious driver” arose suspicion at a roadblock between the Eastern and Western Cape, leading to the discovery of illicit cigarettes worth R200 000 hidden beneath a layer of pineapples. According to police spokesperson Captain Malcolm Pojie, a Ford bakkie with a load of pineapples approached the roadblock at the[…]
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