Inter-provincial travel for leisure may resume and the sale of alcohol will be permitted for off-site and onsite consumption from Monday as the country moves to Adjusted Alert Level 3 lockdown. Addressing the nation on Sunday night, President Cyril Ramaphosa said the overall decline in new COVID-19 infections meant that it was possible to gradually…
Members of K-Pop band, BTS perform on ABC’s ‘Good Morning America’ show in Central Park in New York on May 15, 2019. (Reuters photo) HONG KONG: K-pop boy band BTS has just received a rare non-musical title – South Korea’s special envoy for public diplomacy.President Moon Jae-in appointed the seven-member group as the Special Presidential…
Authorities failed to deal with lethal unrest triggered by former president Jacob Zuma’s imprisonment Communities forced to protect themselves, with residents putting up barricades and patrolling their own neighbourhoods ‘Contradictions by different ministers show a government in chaos’ – Shenilla Mohamed The week-long looting spree and violent destruction of private property which resulted in the…
The Presiding Officers of Parliament, led by the Speaker of the National Assembly (NA) Ms Thandi Modise and the Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) Mr Amos Masondo, have expressed shock and sadness to the news of the passing-on of a Member of parliament, Ms Boitumelo Joyce Maluleke. She succumbed to Covid-19 related…
published : 18 Jul 2021 at 20:45 The Tokyo Olympic countdown clock shows five days to go before the opening ceremony on July 23. TOKYO: Two South African footballers and a video analyst have tested positive for the coronavirus in the Tokyo Olympic Village, officials said on Sunday, raising fears of a cluster just days…
A team of scientists, including those from the University of Cape Town (UCT), have developed a new diagnostic methodology enabling a non-invasive, fast and highly accurate way of detecting tuberculosis (TB). The new diagnostic pathway called A‑Patch includes nano sensors, which detect TB compounds emitted from the skin. A specifically designed sensor array translates these…
South Sudan is yet to harmonise its internal laws to conform to the East African Community integration. It is also yet to repeal internal laws that impede free movement of people under the Common Market’s six freedoms. This is because the country lacks both human capital and technical capacity, a move that has seen the…
Facilities for the elderly in Durban are battling with staff shortages and are not getting food deliveries as looting continues Durban old age homes are working with skeleton staff and struggling to get food deliveries because of the unrest in KZN. The Association for the Aged has been unable to deliver its meals on wheels…
Gqeberha residents mobilise to protect shopping mall Eastern Cape residents in Gqeberha, East London and Makhanda on Tuesday were on guard against any attempts to create the kind of unrest being experienced in neighbouring KZN. No major incidents of looting have been recorded, say Gqeberha police. Residents formed a human shield at one mall. The…
Stores and warehouses in South Africa were hit by looters on Tuesday for a fifth day running despite President Cyril Ramaphosa deploying troops to quell unrest that has killed at least 72 people. Protests that followed the arrest of former leader Jacob Zuma last week for failing to appear at a corruption inquiry have widened…
Residents of Ethembeni in Khayelitsha say they urgently need ten to 15 chemical toilets In the aftermath of last week’s flooding, residents of Ethembeni in Khayelitsha say they are struggling to get back on their feet and the sanitation situation in the informal settlement is worse than ever. The floods struck at a bad time,…
Dr Yakub Essack’s phone is on silent – a luxury for the Gauteng GP. Ever since the third wave of Coronavirus smashed into Gauteng this winter, the phone has been a permanently bleeping fixture in his hand. Facing off against the COVID surge this time round has in large parts come down to organising the…