ANALYSIS | Lockdown judgment a reminder for govt about the fine line between lives and livelihoods: This week’s high court judgment on the rationality of lockdown regulations emphasised the necessity for the government to strike a delicate balance, writes attorney Bulelwa Mabasa. ……
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Toddler injured, man killed in Bonteheuwel suspected gang shooting: Police say the suspects fled the scene on Wednesday night and were yet to be arrested. ……
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DA wants answers from KZN MEC over ‘inflated’ PPE costs: Durban – The DA in KwaZulu-Natal is demanding answers from the province’s Education MEC, Kwazi Mshengu, on why his department bought personal protective equipment (PPEs) at “inflated prices”. Dr Imran Keeka, DA KZN spokesperson on education, said in many cases the department had paid more for items that were available at cheaper prices in the open market and demanded that Mshengu answer why the department had gone the more expensive route. More than R422…
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Portfolio committee ‘outraged’ at appointment of alleged sex pest professor: Port Elizabeth – The parliamentary portfolio committee on higher education, science and technology says it is outraged at by the appointment of Professor Peter Mbati as Vice-Chancellor of Sefako Makgatho University despite allegations of sexual harassment still hanging over his head. “During the committee’s engagement with the Commission on Gender Equality (Gender Commission) yesterday, it became apparent that recommendations by the Gender Commission on its report dated 4 December 2014 regarding allegations of sexual harassment…
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Family grieving death of father given wrong body to bury: Cape Town – A family has detailed their trauma of almost burying the wrong body and then having to travel more than 1 000km to exhume their father’s remains in KwaZulu-Natal after another family was given his body. When Wele Sigamlele from Site C in Khayelitsha fell sick and his health deteriorated, his family said they sent him to the Khayelitsha District Hospital to be admitted as he was diabetic. Sigamlele was then transferred to Tygerberg…
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National water storage has again declined – department: The decline in the country’s water levels should make water users rethink their consumption patterns, inculcate behavioural change and value water more, the Department of Water and Sanitation has said. ……
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Zondo commission to zoom in on Parliament when hearings resume: Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo said public hearings would resume at the end of June. ……
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COVID-19: Additional attention directed to EC as its cases hit 4,526: The health ministry on Wednesday also confirmed the number of known cases in the country has risen to 37,525. ……
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Looming financial crisis for Ekurhuleni municipality as it projects a R1.2 billion shortfall: The City of Ekurhuleni has projected a R1.2 billion revenue shortfall and a sharp increase in bad debt as cash-strapped consumers battle the Covid-19 pandemic. ……
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ANALYSIS: National state of disaster ends before court deadline to amend lockdown regulations: While the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has ordered that the lockdown regulations, which were declared invalid and unconstitutional, be amended within 14 days, the national state of disaster is set to lapse before that deadline. ……
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