[ad_1] The Gauteng Cooperative Government and Traditional Affairs MEC Lebogang Maile has just lost, at cost, a legal case in which it dissolved the DA-ruled municipality of Tshwane. The immediate impact of his decision to dissolve the council left hundreds of councilors without income as a result of what the …
Read More »New images of Jupiter reveal holes in the Great Red Spot
[ad_1] Jupiter in infrared light, as observed by the International Gemini Observatory on May 29, 2019. New images of Jupiter reveal that its Great Red Spot It has holes. The infrared portrait of the planet also shows that lightning bolts form alongside turbulent cloud towers 40 miles high (64 km). …
Read More »Cape Town and Joburg may need stricter restrictions: Mkhize
[ad_1] Coronavirus hot spots like Cape Town, Johannesburg, and eThekwini may require tighter restrictions as the government begins to take a more granular approach to outbreak assessment in the country. In a statement released Sunday night (May 10), Health Minister Dr. Zweli Mkhize said that while much progress has been …
Read More »Amid a lockdown dispute, Elon Musk says he will get Tesla out of California
[ad_1] The threat to relocate the facility also comes as Tesla aims to boost Fremont production of its Model Y sports utility vehicle, the automaker’s most profitable vehicle to date. California Governor Gavin Newsom had said Thursday that manufacturers in the state could reopen their doors. But Alameda County, where …
Read More »Lindiwe Sisulu Hell Week
[ad_1] Minister mired in controversy over mistakes made on water boards and his team The Minister for Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation, Lindiwe Sisulu, withdrew from key ministerial decisions this week, the latest in relation to the Sedibeng Water board in the Free State. Last week, Sedibeng Water board members …
Read More »Blocking: More than 1,000 arrests in KZN as Zikalala appeals to the public to follow regulations
[ad_1] KwaZulu-Natal Prime Minister Sihle Zikalala said more than 40,000 vehicles were stopped at 355 roadblocks between May 4 and 7 in the province, leading to the arrest of more than 1,000 people. During these blockades, 40,088 vehicles were stopped and 87,507 people were registered, Zikalala said. It led to …
Read More »British Prime Minister issues new virus warnings ahead of closure plan
[ad_1] Johnson, who spent a week in the hospital with coronavirus last month, has made it clear that he will proceed with “utmost caution” to ease the blockage. FILE: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson at a press conference addressing the government’s response to the new coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19), within 10 …
Read More »South Africans still bloat despite tobacco ban – The Citizen
[ad_1] Four minutes and 28 seconds. That’s the time it took for a News24 reporter to find cigarettes, which were banned under the Level 4 blocking regulations, that were available for purchase at one of many places in South Africa. With the Level 4 blockade in place and the sale …
Read More »Science, citizens and democracy: the need to listen to …
[ad_1] There are difficult days ahead when we will see death, disease and panic. But if a critics’ bona fide questioning pattern takes root, it will be bad news for national unity in the response to Covid-19. Ultimately, it will leave the government with a choice: a continuous blockade forced …
Read More »Hairdressers plan to brush the law to reopen salons during closure – The Citizen
[ad_1] Hairdressers are among the many service providers who lose their income during the coronavirus blockade that has been in place since March 26. To add insult to injury, many of them are small business owners or freelancers, which means they don’t qualify for unemployment insurance benefits. Despite the loosening …
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