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Agri SA’s Christo van der Rheede said that they supported calls for the regions affected by wildfires to be declared disaster areas. FILE: A helicopter water bombs a wildfire. Picture: EWN CAPE TOWN – AgriSA said that farmers in parts of the Free State and the Northern Cape needed urgent help as they faced wildfires. […]

This article first appeared on The Conversation. A wave of panic buying struck many countries when national states of disaster were announced in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Overnight, toilet paper, cleaning products and hand sanitisers became the most sought-after products on the market. This was true in South Africa too. Production facilities for […]

Members of the National Assembly and the NCOP are debating the plan delivered last week. Tourism Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane. Picture: @Tourism_gov_za/Twitter CAPE TOWN – The African National Congress (ANC) said that implementation would be key in ensuring that President Cyril Ramaphosa’s economic recovery plan worked. Members of the National Assembly and the NCOP are debating […]

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Police search for man who can ‘assist’ with Lotus River triple murder probe Grassy Park detectives are now asking for the public’s assistance in tracing Gerard Daniels for questioning. Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter. CAPE TOWN – Police are searching for a man they believe could assist in an investigation into a triple murder at a Lotus River […]

Gauteng Premier David Makhura said that the strategy was a clarion call for the country to rally around to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic with a new economy. CAPE TOWN – Gauteng Premier David Makhura said that the province was already hard at work implementing the government’s economic reconstruction and recovery plan. He was speaking […]

The IFP’s Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi told the National Assembly that President Cyril Ramaphosa and the government have tried to do their best with the economic reconstruction and recovery plan unveiled last week. FILE: Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) founder Mangosuthu Buthelezi. Picture: EWN CAPE TOWN – Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) founder Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi has appealed […]

High Court to hear Angelo Agrizzi’s bail appeal on Monday The corruption accused former Bosasa COO’s bail bid was turned down by the Palm Ridge Magistrates Court after the State argued that he was a flight risk. Former Bosasa COO Angelo Agrizzi appears in the Palm Ridge Magistrates Court on 14 October 2020. Agrizzi was […]

Mbalula sends condolences to families of 13 people killed in KZN crash The incident, which involved a minibus taxi and a truck, took place on the R66 between Ulundi and Melmoth. Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula on a COVID-19 compliance tour of the OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg on 12 September 2020. Picture: @MbalulaFikile/Twitter DURBAN […]

IEC warns public against fake online election committee job ads An ad widely circulated on social media states that an ‘election committee’ has announced 50,000 vacancies for young people. An IEC elections 2019 campaign logo seen at the commission’s head offices in Centurion, Tshwane. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN JOHANNESBURG – The Electoral Commission of South Africa […]