CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: Thank you to SA’s parents, grandparents and caregivers: As parents, you have entrusted us with the welfare and safety of your children, writes the president. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
New day, new lockdown level: S.Africans wake up to new reality: Many South Africans were familiarising themselves with the new rules under level 3. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
SACC defends govt’s decision to reopen churches under level 3: Religious gatherings of up to 50 people were now permitted across South Africa’s churches, mosques, synagogues, and temples. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
Ramaphosa says govt’s Covid-19 response is preparing country for NHI: President Cyril Ramaphosa has given the strongest endorsement yet of the NHI, emphasising that the pandemic that has gripped the world will not derail efforts to implement the controversial universal healthcare programme. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
Western Cape schools ready to welcome pupils today: Cape Town – The Western Cape will open its doors to learners today contrary to Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga’s decision last night that they only report back on June 8. The Department of Basic Education (DBE) issued a statement last night that only 80% of schools were ready to receive learners. The statement followed the 11th-hour cancellation of a much-anticipated live update by Motshekga on school readiness yesterday. “The Council of Education Ministers (CEM) received a report from the consortium of service providers co-ordinated by the National Education Collaboration Trust on the External Evaluation and Monitoring of the state of readiness. Rand Water, as an Implementing Agent…
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Consumer Watch: Know thy policy wording: The consequences of not reading terms and conditions loomed large once again in the annual report of the ombudsman for short-term insurance. Consumers, it seems, are too excited, too hasty, too uneducated and simply too disengaged to read their policy documents, which is the source of most friction with their insurers. Over the past financial year, the ombudsman closed 9167 complaints out of 10367 complaints received and recovered more than R94.9 million in favour of consumers: R47.7m of that went into the pockets of motoring insureds. Of the 9167 complaints the ombudsman closed in the 2019 financial year, almost 4500 – or 49% – related to motor vehicles, followed by homeowner’s insurance at…
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
The waiting game on education: Will we finally hear from Motshekga today?: This was not the first time a school readiness briefing by the minister was postponed. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
How the Guptas’ R9bn loco heist went down: The Guptas’ pillage of Transnet in cahoots with a Beijing-based rail conglomerate spanned four locomotive procurement contracts. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
40 more people die from COVID-19, SA death toll at 683: The health ministry has also confirmed 1,716 new cases of COVID 19, putting the total number at 32,683. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
Ramaphosa admits he should have explained govt’s U-turn on cigarette sales: The president said he should have been the one to announce the overturning of the decision. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
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