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President Ramaphosa to Visit Hard-Hit Western Cape

By SAPeople 05-06-20 09:54

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Friday be in Cape Town to assess the Western Cape’s provincial response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Western Cape is currently the country’s epicentre accounting for nearly two-thirds of infections nationally. As of Thursday, the Western Cape had 27 006 out of the 40 792 COVID-19 infections reported […]

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WATCH Eight Homes Washed into the Sea in Norway Landslide

By Jenni Baxter 04-06-20 22:12

A sudden landslide in the north of Norway caused eight homes to be washed into the sea on Wednesday 3 June. The incredible scene was captured on film by Jan Egil Bakkeby, a resident of Alta, who had just finished making a couple of sandwiches when he heard the noise, which sounded like creaking. “At […]

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Lockdown Extended Another Month to 15 July

By SAPeople Staff Writer 04-06-20 17:25

The lockdown in South Africa has been extended by another month, which means it will run its full 90 days, until 15 July, according to a statement by government today. After a meeting of the cabinet today, the extension was announced by the Minister in the Presidency, Jackson Mthembu, as was a decision to appeal […]

SPCA Saves Jackal Near Death in Bloemfontein Petting Zoo

By SAPeople Contributor 04-06-20 18:49

A plea has gone up for donations to help bring back to health a jackal that was close to death’s door after being held in a Bloemfontein petting zoo. “It is those two big pleading eyes that kept me up at night. Pleading for escape, pleading for relief of unimaginable pain, pleading for help!” said […]

What’s New in June to Watch on Showmax

By SAPeople Contributor 04-06-20 11:05

Wondering what to stream on these long nights in? Try these new series, movies and documentaries from Showmax. There are Hollywood highlights, some British gems and top local fare to keep you warm inside.   International Series Motherland: Fort Salem S1 Fantasy drama Motherland: Fort Salem is set in an alternate America where witches ended […]

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Airlines in South Africa Resume Flights From Next Week

By SAPeople Staff Writer 03-06-20 18:26

Two South African airlines, Airlink and FlySafair, will start flying again over the next two weeks, with Mango also possibly joining them. Airlink said it would launch a limited scheduled domestic air service from 8 June, with flights on the Johannesburg-Cape Town and Johannesburg-Durban trunk routes, using 98-seat Embraer E190 regional jets. According to the […]

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Court Orders Reserve Bank To Make Apartheid Records Public

By Guest Contributor 03-06-20 17:30

The South African History Archive Trust has won an important victory for the constitutional right of access to information in the Supreme Court of Appeal. In a unanimous judgment, the court found that the Reserve Bank had unlawfully refused to provide SAHA with records in terms of the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA). […]

State Capture Hearings to Resume by July

By SAPeople Staff Writer 03-06-20 17:19

The Zondo commission of enquiry into state capture will resume hearings later this month or early in July, according to Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo. The commission itself would resume work next week. During a virtual briefing today, after the commission suspended work during the lockdown, Zondo said, “With the cooperation of the executive there […]

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DA Calls for Opening of Travel Inside SA to Save 1.2 Million Livelihoods

By Cassie Jo 03-06-20 16:54

The Democratic Alliance said today that the minister of tourism’s “see how things go” attitude could decimate the country’s tourism industry. The minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane has said that the sector would only reignite by December this year. “By that time most of the tourism, travel and hospitality industries will be decimated,” the DA said. “The […]

South African Airports COVID-19 Ready, says Mbalula

By SAPeople 03-06-20 16:33

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has expressed confidence that the aviation industry and South Africa’s airports will adhere to COVID-19 regulations and directives, as the sector reopens. See below for the process passengers will now go through to travel by air. Speaking on Wednesday at the O.R Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, where he was inspecting […]

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Open Letter To Judge Zondo: Please Resume Commission Hearings

By Guest Contributor 03-06-20 13:36

20 organisations ask state capture commission to issue interim report… Dear Judge Zondo, We write to you as concerned members of the Civil Society Working Group on State Capture, which comprises more than 20 civil society organisations. In February 2020, we presented an Agenda for Action to the Commission, which is based on detailed submissions […]

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South African Government to Study Lockdown Regulations Judgment

By SAPeople 03-06-20 09:07

The South African Government says it 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 remain in operation for now,” […]

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Six Die from Methanol Poisoning in Cape Town After Drinking Homemade Beer Allegedly

By Guest Contributor 03-06-20 07:51

Six people have died and four more are in a critical condition at False Bay Hospital, Fish Hoek, in South Africa after being admitted for methanol poisoning on Monday evening, 1 June. Natalie Watlington, Western Cape Department of Health Principal Communications Officer for Southern Western Sub-structures, confirmed the cases with GroundUp. Watlington said, “Western Cape […]

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