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 […]
News in South Africa 14th May: 1. Powership tender rigged: Allegations are being made left, right and centre around the use of Turkish-made power ships, and the R255 billion contract scored by the one company who owns them. When Mineral Resources and Energy Gwede Mantashe announced preferred bidders in March, three of the eight preferred […]
News in South Africa 13th May: 1. Economy cannot survive another lockdown: Businesses have warned that South Africa’s economy cannot afford stricter lockdown measures, after reports of health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize confirming that the country is “For all intents and purposes…in a third-wave”. The minister this week remarked that several areas in the country […]
News in South Africa 11th May: 1. Third wave worse than projected: The detection of two new variants to our shores has shaken the foundation of the latest modelling on Covid-19 in SA. Top scientists take part in modelling Covid-19 so that the rest of us can get a sense of what to expect when, […]
News in South Africa 10th May: 1. New recycling levy: The City of Joburg (CoJ) wants to charge all “affluent” households a levy of R50 per month from July to fund its separation-at-source recycling programme. This proposal is part of its tariffs for 2021/2022 tabled in council in late March, with public comments closing on […]
