Schooling continues in WC while some parents keep their children home: The provincial government instructed schools to open for grade 7 and 12 pupils on Monday, despite Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga announcing on Sunday evening that schools would only reopen next Monday. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
Mkhize to conclude tour of WC COVID-19 health facilities today: The minister is in the province to inspect and check on its readiness for a predicted ‘huge surge’ in COVID-19 infections. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
WATCH | Mkhize gets first look into hi-tech field hospitals in Khayelitsha and Brackenfell: Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize has welcomed the whirlwind emergence of four high-tech hospitals in Cape Town – to prepare for the Covid-19 pandemic “surge”. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
R5 food scheme for learners a ‘joke’: Johannesburg – A “joke” of R5 is the daily maximum Gauteng is prepared to spend on feeding a learner. According to a directive written by Gauteng Department of Education head of department, Edward Mosuwe, schools are to cap the daily amount to feed each learner under the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) at a paltry R5. Meanwhile, the Educators Union of SA (Eusa) has vowed to forge ahead with its court action, which was expected to be heard today in the North Gauteng High Court to interdict the…
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
‘She was the perfect nurse’ – a husband’s pain as wife Anncha Kepkey dies of Covid-19: Anncha Suzane Kepkey had so much to look forward to: Becoming a gran, hanging up her nursing gown, and buying a dream cottage with her husband in retirement. In May, the front line nurse died of Covid-19. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
You have until midnight to fill up before petrol price hike kicks in: The Department of Energy on Monday said the retail price of all grades of petrol would increase by R1.18 cents per litre. Diesel would rise by 22 cents. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
Teacher unions unconvinced schools will be ready to reopen next week: Basic Education Minister Motshekga on Monday apologised for her last-minute about-turn postponing the return of grades 7’s and matrics by another week. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
Govt mulls over SAA’s draft business rescue plan: In their draft business rescue plan, the BRPs warned they would need billions of taxpayer money to save the failing airline. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
Government said no to alcohol sales during lockdown but said yes to the industry’s money …: Industry influence and government spats stalled regulations that could have curbed harmful alcohol use in South Africa nearly a decade ago. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
Lockdown: Public still trusts Ramaphosa, but NDZ not so much, according to latest research: A large proportion of South Africans are borrowing money and dipping into savings to stay afloat, while four in 10 people have made arrangements for later payment, and 25% have cancelled non-essentials such as car insurance, research shows. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
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