[ad_1] The Herald Court correspondentPOLITICAL activist Hopewell Chin’ono has no symptoms of Covid-19 and is not a risk to other inmates, the court heard yesterday. Chin’ono, who faces charges of incitement to public violence, appeared in court for his routine pretrial detention. This came after Chin’ono’s lawyer, Taona Nyamakura, told …
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[ad_1] Eskom’s head of generating units, Rhulani Mathebula, said they needed to reinvent the wheel and find effective ways to repair aging equipment. FIRE: Eskom’s Kendal Power Station is coal-fired and located in Mpumalanga. Image: eskom.co.za JOHANNESBURG – Eskom’s head of generating units, Rhulani Mathebula, said the utility needed to …
Read More »Magashule and Duarte will guide me on the way forward, says Lungisa
[ad_1] ANC Secretary General Ace Magashule and his deputy Jessie Duarte are the leaders Nelson Mandela Bay Councilor Andile Lungisa will turn to to guide him on how to deal with the recent demands for his resignation. Lungisa is under pressure from the ANC regional task force (RTT) to resign …
Read More »I couldn’t get close to Thiago! – Chelsea star Mount determined to reach the ‘next level’ after a ‘tough lesson’ against Bayern
[ad_1] The Blues midfielder has admitted to being overwhelmed by the quality of the German champions on the biggest stage in Europe Chelsea’s Mason Mount has acknowledged the fact that he “couldn’t get close” to Thiago in the Champions League last season but says he is determined to reach the …
Read More »Missing 13-year-old Durban boy found with 34-year-old neighbor on north coast
[ad_1] A 13-year-old Durban girl who went missing was found with her 34-year-old neighbor in Richards Bay Tuesday night. When the girl’s parents realized that she had disappeared from their home in Cornubia, north of Durban, on Tuesday morning, they ran to the neighbor’s house for help, only to discover …
Read More »Old Mutual scraps dividends amid recovery uncertainty
[ad_1] Insurer Old Mutual said on Tuesday (September 1, 2020) that it will eliminate its interim dividend amid the ongoing uncertainty created by the Covid-19 pandemic. “There is still a considerable amount of uncertainty about what we can expect in the next 12 months,” said Iain Williamson, CEO of Old …
Read More »South Africa has 719 ‘contracting entities’: Treasury
[ad_1] The National Treasury says a report on acquisitions related to Covid-19 is expected in late September. Treasury’s objective is to present the Draft Law on Public Procurement before the end of the year. The bill aims to provide a single regulatory framework for public procurement and to address fragmentation …
Read More »SEE | Pandemic Tracking: News24 Launches Covid-19 Panel
[ad_1] Covid-19 data is difficult to track and find, unless you know where to look. With its dashboard, News24 aims to provide readers with all the information they need to understand the spread of the coronavirus, in one place. The dashboard will expand, and as more data becomes available, readers …
Read More »The true story of the world’s largest tanzanite find
[ad_1] Lazaro Lasimi and his colleagues descended hundreds of meters into the ground below the Mererani Hills, in Manyara in northern Tanzania. At the bottom of the mine, they dug 57 small holes, carefully placing dynamite in each one. Only when they were all safe on the surface did they …
Read More »Trump visits Kenosha, not to urge racial healing but to back police
[ad_1] Trump has largely overlooked racial wounds caused by the use of police force and downplayed the more than 180,000 deaths in the United States from the coronavirus pandemic. FILE: US President Donald Trump listens during a meeting on the Governors Initiative on Regulatory Innovation in the Cabinet Room of …
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