‘We’re hanging on for dear life’ – Khayelitsha Cookies refuses to crumble due to Covid-19: Almost 100 women in Cape Town who bake goods for Khayelitsha Cookies may lose their breadwinner status as the effect of the lockdown takes its toll. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
FEEL GOOD | #HeroesWearMasks: NGO aims to distribute 18.5m masks to poorer communities: The aim of of the organisation’s campaign is to normalise and drive fabric mask use accross South Africa to reduce the risk of Covid-19 transmission. ……
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INFOGRAPHICS | Gauteng’s done more Covid-19 tests than any province – is that why it …: Gauteng has become the new Covid-19 hotspot in recent weeks, overtaking the Western Cape. Is it simply because the province has tested more people for coronavirus? ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
Attackers were disguised as cops and ‘armed to the teeth’, claims hostage drama church: Pretoria – A group of about 50 assailants who sparked a hostage drama which left five people dead when they forcefully entered the feud-ravaged International Pentecostal Holiness Church (IPHC) in Zuurbekom, west of Johannesburg, in the early hours of Saturday were disguised as police officers, the church claimed on Saturday evening. The group of men, allegedly led by a representative of a church faction and “armed to the teeth with pistols, rifles, [and] crowd disperser pump rifles”, forcefully entered the IPHC’s headquarters compound at about 2.30am, the church said in a statement issued by its secretary of council Mpho Makwana. “These were [subsequently] seized by the South African Police…
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Local b-boy busts big moves for international title: CAPE TOWN – A Mitchells Plain b-boy’s moves have earned him the top spot of an international breakdancing competition held virtually with dancers from across the Indian Ocean. Toufeeq Baatjies represented South Africa and was crowned the winner of the Wake Up Session Indian Ocean Break Championship, bringing more recognition to the…
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Youth Jazz Festival to broadcast online: CAPE TOWN – The Artscape Youth Jazz Festival will press on with developing and mentoring young musical talent, although the show will be online. The event, which has been held since 2003, will for the first time be seen only on social media platforms due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and will be recorded at a theatre for its debut in October. Artscape chief executive Marlene le Roux said the decision to hold the festival virtually was the right decision. “We sat down as a think tank and said that we…
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
Limpopo man allegedly killed his grandmother for ‘bewitching’ him: A 19-year-old is in custody for allegedly strangling his grandmother to death after he accused her of practising witchcraft. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
Play your part on International Mandela Day: CAPE TOWN – Nelson Mandela International Day will take on a different form and is going virtual this month. The Nelson Mandela Foundation has already started with their initiatives to help communities with the assistance of several donors and donations made online. Nelson Mandela International Day was inaugurated in 2009 as a response to a global crisis of poverty and inequality. The foundation has set up “Each one Feed one” in partnership with the Siya Kolisi Foundation and the Imbumba…
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
EXCLUSIVE | I ran and they opened fire – eyewitness recalls Gauteng church hostage drama: An eyewitness told News24 how he and others escaped a hail of bullets when the headquarters of the International Pentecost Holiness Church came under heavy fire in the early hours of Saturday. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
Eskom: Load shedding to resume on Sunday: The state-owned power utility said stage 2 load shedding will resume at 8 am on Sunday until 10 pm. ……
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