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[ad_1] BERLIN – Stores selling non-essential items, beauty salons and schools in Germany will close from Wednesday, Chancellor Angela Merkel said, to halt an “exponential growth” of new coronavirus infections in Europe’s largest economy. The partial lockdown will apply until January 10, and companies are urged to allow employees to …

[ad_1] “I’m afraid we are still very far apart on some key things, but where there is life there is hope,” Johnson told reporters, after agreeing with the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, to go ahead with the negotiations. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivers a …

[ad_1] By Siboniso Mngadi 2h ago Share this article: SharecheepShareShareShareE-mailShare Durban: “You close the beaches, you close the business.” This is the warning from the hotel industry, as an announcement is expected today on whether the beaches will close during the holiday season to curb the second wave of the …

[ad_1] Pixabay For the first time in 800 years, the people of Earth will be able to see the “Christmas star” in the night sky. Astronomers call the phenomenon the “Great Conjunction” because it is when Jupiter and Saturn, the two largest planets in the solar system, are close to …

[ad_1] By Bulelwa Payi 1 hour ago Share this article: SharecheepShareShareShareE-mailShare Cape Town’s popular Shimmy Beach Club is closed and its future remains uncertain. The owners have blamed the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the company’s ability to continue trading. Director Anton Louw said the club will be closed …

[ad_1] Mosebenzi Zwane has denied ordering advance payments from the Free State’s housing funds. Zwane said he also did not know anything about a payment to former Prime Minister Ace Magashule’s office by a company run by a man with whom Magushule had separate business deals. Zwane said this during …

[ad_1] The ANC wants taxpayers to fund the SABC through a “household tax” that all households in South Africa would be forced to pay, reports the sunday time. The ANC’s national executive committee (NEC) included this in its draft resolutions from a meeting that took place last week. The proposal …

[ad_1] Molefe Seeletso File image: Gupta brothers, Ajay and Atul. “Eskom has been investigating all suspicious contracts for the past few years, in order to recoup losses suffered as a result of criminal activities,” said Eskom’s CEO. Eskom Chief Executive Officer (CEO) André de Ruyter has confirmed that the energy …

[ad_1] The last witness this year was former Eskom head of generation, Matshela Koko, but he is also expected to return in the new year. Supreme Court Vice President Raymond Zondo is seen during a session of the commission of inquiry into the capture of the state in Johannesburg on …

[ad_1] By Tanya Waterworth 4h ago Share this article: SharecheepShareShareShareE-mailShare Durban – A dark cloud hung over KZN’s beaches on Friday as urgent discussions were taking place at the national and provincial levels about whether or not the beaches would be closed during the holiday season. The second increase in …