News in South Africa 11th January: 1. Stage 6 returns: Eskom has announced that load-shedding will move to stage 6 at 21:00 on Tuesday, 10 January 2023. It will continue until 05:00 on Wednesday, after which load-shedding will drop to stage 4 until 16:00. “Stage 6 nightly load-shedding will then be implemented at 16:00–05:00 until […]
News in South Africa 31st March: 1. Motion of no confidence fails: The Democratic Alliance (DA)’s motion of no confidence in President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Cabinet has failed in the National Assembly. After a lengthy roll-call voting process, members of Parliament completed voting with more than half of those present voting against the motion. Deputy Speaker […]
News in South Africa 30th March: 1. Covid-19 deaths under-reported: The national Department of Health, in what appears to be a significant departure from its previous position, admitted this week that government may be under-reporting deaths from Covid-19. Previously, the department was apparently dismissive of compelling research that showed significant excess deaths – a higher […]
News in South Africa 22nd October: 1. No target set for child vaccinations: Health Minister Joe Phaahla said they had not set a target for teenagers they would like to see vaccinated against COVID-19 because adults still remained the priority. Phaahla made the comments at the OR Tambo Health Centre in Diepsloot on Thursday where […]
News in South Africa 20th October: 1. Teens can now get vaccinated: The Health Department said that it was expecting a significant number of parents and guardians to take their children to vaccine sites after school on Wednesday to get their Pfizer jabs. It is the first day that 12- to 17-year-olds qualify for a […]
