News in South Africa 31st May: 1. Back to Lockdown level 2: President Cyril Ramaphosa has moved South Africa back to Lockdown level 2. The President made the announcement on Sunday after discussions with cabinet. Under the Level 2 restrictions: It remains mandatory for every person to wear a face mask that covers their nose […]
News in South Africa 28th May: 1. Karpowership fights back: Karpowership SA has fired back at claims that its potential R225-billion power supply deal with Eskom is tainted by corruption. Explosive allegations were made by DNG Power Holdings, a rival bidder in the government’s Risk Mitigation Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (RMI4P), in a court […]
News in South Africa 27th May: 1. Salaries have recovered: The South African workforce and pensioners are taking home almost as much income as they used to before the Covid-19 pandemic. According to BankervAfrica data, the average take-home pay for workers and pensioners whose monthly income is paid through banks increased to R15 083 in […]
News in South Africa 26th May: 1. Third wave in full force: Fears of stricter restrictions are growing as the Covid-19 positivity rate — the percentage of positive outcomes in the tests taken in a 24-hour period — climbed into double figures on Monday. It was the first time since mid-November that the positivity rate […]
News in South Africa 25th May: 1. Gupta looting at R50b so far: Appearing before the Zondo Commission on Monday, investigator Paul Holden meticulously laid out the flow of money from government entities to the Guptas’ money laundering apparatus. Almost R50bn can be traced through invoices and bank statements – but, warned Holden, the true […]
News in South Africa 21st May: 1. Economic recovery unlikely: Finance minister Tito Mboweni told parliament that economic recovery will remain elusive as long as incompetent administration and poor financial management at municipalities remained unresolved. Mboweni was speaking in the National Assembly on Thursday while outlining the policy priorities and spending plans (budget vote) of […]
News in South Africa 20th May: 1. Retrenchments on the rise: In early 2020, insurance group Liberty was processing about 10 retrenchment claims a month. But five months after Covid-19 struck, that number increased six-fold. Liberty’s retrenchment claim statistics for 2020, released on Wednesday, give an indication of just how many people lost their jobs […]
News in South Africa 19th April: 1. Slow start to vaccine program: South Africa’s phase 2 vaccination programme is off to a slow start, with only 519,139 people in total receiving their shots. This includes people 60 years and older who’ve been prioritised in the second phase of the rollout, which kicked off on Monday. […]
News in South Africa 18th May: 1. Second phase rollout starts well: Health minister Zweli Mkhize says that South Africa’s first day of the second phase of the Covid-19 vaccine rollout went relatively well, barring challenges presented by nationwide load shedding, and violent protests in the Free State. The minister said that ‘a large number’ […]
News in South Africa 17th May: 1. Second phase of vaccines: South Africa’s second phase of the Covid-19 vaccine rollout commences today, with government targeting 6.5 million people over the next six months, as well as the remaining 500,000 healthcare workers who were not vaccinated during phase 1. Mkhize was speaking on Sunday ahead of […]
