[ad_1] Twenty Cuban doctors will be deployed to two of the Eastern Cape’s Covid-19 hotspots – Port Elizabeth and East London – to help contain the spread of the coronavirus, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has said. Port Elizabeth, in the Nelson Mandela Bay metro municipality, and East London, in the …
Read More »Lindela Repatriation Escape: Suspended security guards heading to the CCMA
[ad_1] Suspended employees, including security guards who were on duty when 37 illegal immigrants escaped from the Lindela Repatriation Center, are calling on the Department of Home Affairs to prove that they assisted the escapees. The employees are contracted by a private company in charge of security at the center. …
Read More »Table View man’s body discovered in girlfriend’s boot
[ad_1] An investigation is underway after the body of a man from Table View was discovered inside the boot of his girlfriend’s car on Thursday, May 7. A loud scream was heard along Blaauwberg Road at roughly 8pm on Thursday night last week when a woman discovered the body of …
Read More »South African Airways rescue team to appeal court ruling on layoffs
[ad_1] Administrators trying to save South African Airways (SAA) will appeal a court ruling ordering them to stop a firing process, one of the administrators Siviwe Dongwana told Reuters. The Labor Court’s decision to align itself with two unions in its Friday ruling was a severe blow to managers, as …
Read More »Motshekga meets with MEC, teacher unions and SGB to discuss plans to reopen schools
[ad_1] The purpose of the meetings was to find out how the provinces were doing by implementing security measures to ensure that teachers and students were safe before school resumed. Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga offers an update on the plans for the academic year 2020. Image: YouTube screenshot. JOHANNESBURG …
Read More »All systems go for special Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress grant
[ad_1] As the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) prepares to roll out the special Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant, new directives have been gazetted that will see the return of 30% of the agency’s workforce. Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu made this announcement on Monday during a …
Read More »Embattled Lesotho PM Thomas Thabane’s coalition collapses
[ad_1] Maseru – The government of Lesotho’s embattled Prime Minister Thomas Thabane collapsed on Monday after his coalition partners pulled out, and the formation of a new administration could take two weeks, the speaker of parliament said. Pressure has escalated on the kingdom’s 80-year-old prime minister to resign early over …
Read More »PICS | Seniors challenge long lines to enroll in Sassa grants
[ad_1] Crowds of pensioners lined up in the early hours of Monday morning to register to receive pension subsidies, braving the cold and a global pandemic to seek help when the offices of the SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) reopened on Monday. . Older people, over the age of 60, …
Read More »This is why more men than women are dying of Covid-19
[ad_1] According to Live Science, “Even the comically labeled ‘man flu’ is so named because men tend to have a weaker immune system to respiratory viruses that cause flu and the common cold”. Cardiology professor Adriaan Voors at the University Medical Center Groningen (The Netherlands), who led the study, said: …
Read More »SAB gets permission to transport beer supply, avoid waste of 130 million liters
[ad_1] After pouring 25,000 liters of beer down the drain, South African Breweries (SAB) will breathe a sigh of relief after it was revealed that they were given permission to save the remainder of the 130 million-liter supply that would suffer the same fate The company said it reached an …
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