News in South Africa 12th October: 1. Country in the clear as infections drop: For the first time since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, all nine provinces are through the latest wave of infections and SA is in “a good place”. This is the view of Dr Ridhwaan Suliman, a senior researcher at the […]
Five Newsworthy Things in SA 17th September 2021:
News in South Africa 17th September: 1. Mandatory vaccination discussion: Discussions between representatives of business, government, labour and communities will start in a few weeks on how to introduce vaccine mandates for all workers. A framework might be created that will help employers to isolate unvaccinated workers from the workplace, possibly either firing them or […]
Five Newsworthy Things in SA 24th February 2021:
News in South Africa 24th February: 1. Budget speech at 14:00 today: Finance minister Tito Mboweni will deliver the 2021 budget this afternoon at 14h00. Analysts and economists are not hopeful of any significant strides in turning the South African economy around, given tight budgetary constraints and little wiggle room on both the revenue and […]
Five Newsworthy Things in SA 24th November 2020:
News in South Africa 24th November: 1. Second matric paper leaked: The tutor who blew the whistle on the leak of physical sciences paper 2 erased the tweet on Monday after receiving calls from angry pupils fearing they would have to rewrite it. The tutor received a screenshot of the question paper at 8.17am on […]
