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Conservation Bodies Worldwide Call for Ban on Wildlife Markets

By SAPeople Contributor 09-04-20 17:08

South African-based Blood Lions and the Humane Society International are two of the 241 conservation bodies around the world that have appealed to the World Health Organisation to publicly confirm the serious threat of live wildlife markets to human health, as evidenced by the Coronavirus pandemic. In a joint interview this week, some of them […]

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PHOTOS Dis-Chem Starts Drive-Through COVID-19 Tests in South Africa

By Tom Brown 21-04-20 00:47

Drive-through tests for the Coronavirus have started at numerous Dis-Chem locations around the country. At Dis-Chem’s Centurion outlet, where the idea was first prototyped, store manager Johan Pienaar reported that the number tested today would likely eclipse the 16 tested yesterday. He said that most people testing were doing so merely as a precautionary measure, […]

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Welkom Mayor Suspended From ANC Over Racist Remark

By Ted Botha 09-04-20 13:45

The mayor of Welkom, Nkosinjani Speelman, has been suspended because of “blatant racism” when he referred to members of the coloured community as “boesman.” Authorities should investigate this. This senior officer -possibly an @SAPoliceService officer orders to “skop and donder.” @SANDFCorpEvents @_SANDF_ pic.twitter.com/KCXPGNf4D5 — Yusuf Abramjee (@Abramjee) April 7, 2020 Speelman used the word on […]

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WATCH Video Surfaces of Luxury Home of Stella’s Friend Manana

By Ted Botha 09-04-20 12:09

Mduduzi Manana, whose lunch-during-lockdown Instagram post led to the temporary removal of a cabinet minister yesterday, is again in the spotlight after a video surfaced showing him wandering around a luxurious house, sometimes in a Versace robe, posing with perfumes and racks of shoes as he is attended to by a butler and a maid. […]

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WATCH Yet Another School Torched During South African Lockdown

By SAPeople 09-04-20 13:15

The Bambazi High School in Bergville, KwaZulu-Natal went up in flames on Wednesday late afternoon, before 17h00; sadly not the first South African school that’s been torched during SA’s 21-day lockdown. Elijah Mhlanga, Spokesperson for the Department of Basic Education, tweeted on Wednesday evening that “so many schools (have been) destroyed during this lockdown. It’s […]

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SABC Airs School Lessons for South African Learners

By SAPeople 10-04-20 12:00

The public broadcaster and the Department of Basic Education have launched a COVID-19 learner support initiative in an effort to limit the impact of the lockdown on the school calendar. The multimedia learner support initiative, the SABC and the DBE said in a joint statement, is part of the broader efforts to prevent the total […]

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Spanish Tourist Who Loves SA Helps Tour Operator During Tough Times

By Jenni Baxter 09-04-20 11:26

A young Spanish tourist, who so enjoyed his trip to SA, has reached out to help a South African tour operator through the tough times. Gilda Swanepoel from Eenblond Tours said she was blown away by an unexpected foreign payment she received last week of almost R4,000 from Alex Blanco. “Alex did five tours with […]

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Coronavirus Update: South Africa’s Covid-19 Deaths Reach 18

By SAPeople 09-04-20 01:23

South Africa’s COVID-19 related deaths have risen to 18. Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced the latest Coronavirus figure on Wednesday, after five more deaths were sadly recorded. As at 8 April, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases stands at 1,845. This is an increase of 96 from the previously reported cases. Gauteng leads with […]

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Controversial West Coast Mining Taints Respected Minister’s Reputation

By SAPeople 08-04-20 16:06

Environment minister Barbara Creecy’s decision to allow vastly expanded West Coast beach mining in South Africa has prompted sharp criticism from environmentalists, reports John Yeld for GroundUp. Appointed at the end of May last year, Creecy, minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, was seen as a new broom, particularly after making a number of […]

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South Africans in ‘Dire Straits’ to be Repatriated from London, UK

By SAPeople 08-04-20 15:35

South Africans who have found themselves stranded and destitute in London, when their flights home were cancelled on or around 26 March (when Lockdown began at midnight on that Thursday), are to be repatriated to South Africa. After we received several queries on Wednesday morning, DIRCO spokesperson Penny Ehlers confirmed to SAPeople that an SAA […]

WATCH An Ingenious Way to Use Toilet Paper During Lockdown

By SAPeople Contributor 08-04-20 12:57

There are many ways to spend your lockdown or quarantine time – and maybe even put that excess toilet paper you’ve collected to some use (except you’ll have to roll it up again!). An avowed fan of “domino or chain reactions,” Kaplamino, has posted a YouTube video of an intricate way he figured out to […]

Minister Reprimanded and Put on Special Leave for Violating Lockdown

By Ted Botha 08-04-20 11:50

The minister who flouted lockdown rules to have lunch with friends has been censured by President Cyril Ramaphosa, and put on two months special leave – one month unpaid. The president said he was “unmoved” by the mitigating factors she tendered to him and said she must make a public apology to the nation. Minister […]

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Minister in Hot Water for Flouting South African Lockdown

By Ted Botha 08-04-20 10:05

A picture on social media of a South African cabinet minister having a casual meal with friends while the country is in lockdown has resulted in calls for her to resign or be fired by President Cyril Ramaphosa, especially after countless citizens have been arrested or even beaten for breaking the same law. Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, […]

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PHOTOS: 2020’s Biggest, Brightest Supermoon Shines Over South Africa

By Jenni Baxter 08-04-20 09:32

Tonight there’s something beautiful to brighten our locked down lives – 2020’s biggest, brightest Supermoon of the year is shining over South Africa. And regular SAPeople contributors Andrea Ben in Johannesburg and Ed Robbins and Andrew Gorman in Cape Town have captured it making its way across SA’s night sky. Andrea said it has been […]

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DIRCO’s 24-Hour Centre “Doing All We Can” for South Africans Stranded Abroad

By SAPeople 28-11-20 15:11

DIRCO Minister Naledi Pandor has asked South Africans stranded abroad to please be patient as the Department of International Relations is doing all it can under unprecedented and challenging circumstances to arrange for them to be repatriated. “It’s a very difficult situation,” Pandor told 702 on Tuesday evening. “Travel arrangements are difficult. Communication is difficult. […]

British PM Boris Johnson Stable and in “Good Spirits” in Hospital

By SAPeople 07-04-20 16:11

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is reportedly in “good spirits” after being transferred to the ICU unit at St Thomas’ Hospital in London last night. According to the BBC, a spokesperson for the 55-year-old PM confirmed that Johnson is being given oxygen but is not on a ventilator. His condition overnight was described as “stable”. […]

WATCH Tsek Corona! David Kramer’s Welcome to Cape Town Hit with a Covid Twist

By SAPeople 07-04-20 12:49

South African singer David Kramer’s hit song ‘Welcome to Cape Town’ just got a Corona twist with new lyrics. #TsekCorona! is a music video with a positive stay-at-home message from South Africa during the country’s Covid-19 lockdown. The song is performed by the KaapKreools Collective featuring Emo Adams and Loukmaan Adams (vocals), David Kramer (guitar), […]

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