News in South Africa 17th December: 1. Beach restrictions and compliance warnings: Comply, or be closed. That’s the warning signalled by Police Minister Bheki Cele during beach compliance spot checks in Cape Town. While in other provinces beaches were closed on Wednesday, Cele says the concession granted to parts of the Western Cape is not an […]
News in South Africa 15th December: 1. New festive season lockdown restrictions: On Tuesday morning, government gazetted the new regulations for the festive season (until 3 January) that are effective immediately. The new regulations compel all district municipalities to publish on their websites and in the local media information about areas with high infection rates within […]
News in South Africa 14th December: 1. Ramaphosa to address nation tonight: President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the nation tonight at 20h00. President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to give details of a wide range of new restrictions on Monday evening as the country battles a second wave of COVID-19. Over the weekend, he met with Cabinet to […]
News in South Africa 11th December: 1. Eskom warns of load shedding: Eskom warned on Thursday that while no load shedding was immediately anticipated, there was a “high probability” should any further capacity be lost. The system was severely constrained, Eskom said in a statement shortly before 18:00. This was caused by the loss of […]
News in South Africa 9th December: 1. ANC affirms stand-aside rule: President Cyril Ramaphosa has won the latest battle in the fight to cleanse the party of corruption-accused leaders, with its top leadership reaffirming the decision to force them to step aside from their party and state posts. The party’s national executive committee (NEC), which wrapped up […]
News in South Africa 8th December: 1. ANC tackling internal corruption: President Cyril Ramaphosa has taken a hard line at the ANC national executive committee (NEC) meeting, stressing that all leaders are bound by party resolutions while the debate over whether the corruption-accused secretary-general, Ace Magashule, should step aside rages on. The president stressed that […]
News in South Africa 7th December: 1. Matric examination rewrite faces opposition: A lawyer representing concerned matric pupils is threatening to go to court to force the department of basic education to reverse its decision to get grade 12s to rewrite maths paper 2 and physical science paper 2. This comes in the wake of […]
News in South Africa 4th December: 1. Nelson Mandela Bay a hotspot: President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday said there was clear evidence of a resurgence of COVID-19 infections across the country with an increase in the number hospital admissions. While addressing the nation on interventions to combat the surge in coronavirus cases, the president extended the National State of Disaster […]
News in South Africa 3rd December: 1. Government wage deal battle: Although South Africa’s fiscal position has gradually weakened over the past three years, the government cannot walk away from implementing the final year of a three-year wage deal, legal counsel for public sector unions argued on Wednesday. Unions – including the Public Servants Association […]
News in South Africa 2nd December: 1. Localised restriction for Western Cape: The provincial government in the Western Cape is seeking legal advice, over localised restrictions, as the province records a resurgence in COVID-19 cases. Stricter COVID-19 regulations are expected to be announced this week. New infections are outpacing all attempts to control it. There are […]
