Stricter Lockdown Looming as Gauteng Registers in Excess of 10 000 daily cases

As the country battles a runaway Covid-19 infection rate, the president of the republic, Cyril Ramaphosa, was announced to be planning a meeting with the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) to discuss the response of the government to this pandemic. The meeting, which is expected to be held on Thursday, the 24th of June, is meant to discuss whether or not to move the country to stricter lockdown in an attempt to reduce the infection rate of the third wave of the virus... Read more »
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By Oliver Ngwenya On Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021

Special Tribunal Allows SIU to Freeze R22 Million From Digital Vibes Saga

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has revealed that it has managed to secure an order that freezes part of the money that is connected to the ill-fated contract between the Department of Health and the marke... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Tuesday, June 22nd, 2021

Gauteng Most Likely to Have a Tighter Lockdown

The President of the Republic of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, has hinted that a tightening of the lockdown regulations, particularly in Gauteng, may be in the offing. Ramaphosa was speaking from Cape Town por... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Monday, June 21st, 2021

Ramaphosa Urges Public to Adhere to Covid-19 Measures as Country Enters Third Wave

The president of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, has made an impassioned plea to members of the public to take more responsibility as the number of novel cases of the Covid 19 virus climb to a new high as the co... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Sunday, June 20th, 2021

Third Wave Sinks Teeth in as Joburg Mayor Tests Positive For Covid 19

As the third wave of the Coronavirus establishes itself more seriously, there has been a number of events to show how serious the situation, not only is but also will be in the near future if the situation is n... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Saturday, June 19th, 2021

Minister Angie Motshekga Says Schools to Remain Open, Teachers to Be Vaccinated

The minister of basic education, Angie Motshekga, announced on Saturday that schools in South Africa would remain open in order to facilitate the vaccination of members of staff both in public and private schoo... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Friday, June 18th, 2021

Buyani Primary School Principal Shot Dead in Suspected Hit

The principal of Buyani Primary School in Freetown just north of Orange Farm in the south of Johannesburg city died on Friday morning in a hail of bullets as he drove into the school premises. This was confirme... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Tuesday, June 15th, 2021

Tembisa 10: Mystery Deepens

As the mystery of the decuplets deepens, it has been revealed that the mother of the children has also been looking for the babies herself. According to the authorities at the Steve Biko Academic Hospital, Gosi... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Saturday, June 12th, 2021

Despite the State of Covid in SA, the Worst is Yet to Come

Even though it appears that the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has hit us in South Africa, experts in the field have warned that the worst is yet to come. This warning was sounded by the Covid-19 expert, P... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Thursday, June 10th, 2021

Ramaphosa Approves Amendment of Electricity Regulation Act to Address Load Shedding

In an unprecedented move, the president of the republic of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa made a statement on Thursday in which he addressed a number of issues that have been bedeviling the power utility, Eskom.... Read more »