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A Mpumalanga police officer has been arrested in the Eastern Cape for the alleged possession of dagga valued at R570 000.
The president also stressed the importance of keeping the economy open after months of stifling movement restrictions.
He urged citizens not to drop their guard and continue adhering to the health rules, such as wearing face masks and respecting curfew times.
South Africa has recorded just over 800,000 coronavirus infections - more than a third of the cases reported across the African continent - and over 20,000 deaths.
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Police have arrested three suspects believed to be behind the grizzly triple murder that took place at an initiation camp over the weekend.
A 35-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison for raping and sodomising his estranged wife in Motherwell, Eastern Cape, the National Prosecuting Authority has said.
Zukile July was sentenced on Wednesday by the Port Elizabeth High Court, said regional spokesperson Anelisa Ngcakani.
July was handed a life sentence for three counts of rape and three years for assault with grievous bodily harm.
Ngcakani said July and his then-30-year-old victim had attended a family gathering at a relative's house on 30 March 2018.
The acting Director for Public Prosecutions in the Eastern Cape, Livingstone Sakata, welcomed the hefty sentence.
The man visited the woman and slept over. The following day, they had an argument and he allegedly shot her dead.
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela , original name Nomzamo Winifred Madikizela, original Xhosa name Nkosikazi Nobandle Nomzamo Madikizela (born September 26, 1936, Bizana, Pondoland district, Transkei [now in Eastern Cape], South Africa), South African social worker and activist considered by many black South Africans to be the “Mother of the Nation.” She was the second wife of Nelson Mandela, from whom she separated in 1992 after her questionable behaviour and unrestrained militancy alienated fellow antiapartheid activists, including her husband.
The daughter of a history teacher, Nomzamo Winifred Madikizela moved to Johannesburg in 1953 to study pediatric social work. She met Mandela in 1956, became his devoted coworker, and married him in 1958. At the start of her husband’s long imprisonment (1962–90), Madikizela-Mandela was banned (severely restricted in travel, association, and speech) and for years underwent almost continual harassment by the South African government and its security forces; she spent 17 months in jail in 1969–70 and lived in internal exile from 1977 to 1985. During these years she did social and educational work and became a heroine of the antiapartheid movement. Her reputation was seriously marred in 1988–89, however, when she was linked with the beating and kidnapping of four black youths, one of whom was murdered by her chief bodyguard.
After Mandela was released from prison in 1990, Madikizela-Mandela initially shared in his political activities and trips abroad. In May 1991 she was sentenced to six years in prison upon her conviction for kidnapping, but the sentence was later reduced to a fine. She made a political comeback in 1993 with her election to the presidency of the African National Congress Women’s League, and in 1994 she was elected to Parliament and appointed deputy minister of arts, culture, science, and technology in South Africa’s first multiracial government, which was headed by her husband. Madikizela-Mandela continued to provoke controversy with her attacks on the
Police Commissioner General Khehla Sithole took a COVID-19 test on Monday after coming into contact with a SAPS member who tested positive.
The Amathole District Municipality in the Eastern Cape says it can't pay its employees for four months.
[GroundUp] Though numbers are down because of Covid-19 job losses, about 20,000 people are expected to travel from the Western Cape to the Eastern Cape this year.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga justified the decision to reopen schools amid the Covid-19 pandemic, saying 98% of pupils have returned to schools.
\"The 98% of parents would not have sent their children if they didn't trust the rationality of [reopening] schools,\" Motshekga told the virtual plenary meeting, which also included the provincial MECs for education.
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Schools reopened for Grade 7 and 12 pupils on 8 June, delayed a week from the original date of 1 June, and Motshekga said there was no turning back now as they must find a way to live alongside the virus.
Motshekga said when there was a positive case at a school, the Department of Health was quick to swoop in.
Schools can be closed for the Department of Health to manage the case, including decontamination, contact tracing and testing, among others.
A 64-year-old man was found dead in his vehicle on the R102 in KwaZulu-Natal.
Two rhino were shot dead and stripped of their horns in Hoedspruit, Limpopo, police have said.
The country breached the one million mark for Covid-19 tests, with 1 028 399 conducted as of 11 June.
According to a statement by Health Minister Zweli Mkhize, 29 999 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours.
Of the more than one million tests performed to date, 52% were done in public laboratories, while 48% were in the private sector.
Mkhize said a further 74 Covid-19-related deaths have been recorded, bringing the death toll to 1 284, which translated to a mortality rate of 2.2%.
\"We extend our condolences to the loved ones of the departed and thank healthcare workers who treated the deceased,\" Mkhize said.
The cause of death of the baby born prematurely, and said to have died of Covid-19 after a two-day struggle for survival, will be investigated, the Western Cape government said on Thursday.
\"We are saddened by this tragic loss of such a young life and send our deepest sympathies to the family at this time,\" said Western Cape Premier Alan Winde.
The statement said that 235 people had died of Covid-19 in the Western Cape by 13:00 on Thursday.
The cross-border transporting of bodies formed part of discussions at a high-level meeting between the Western and Eastern Cape governments, as well as national government ministers.
The virtual meeting on Thursday included Premier Oscar Mabuyane and Winde, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize, Police Minister Bheki Cele, Health MECs Sindiswa Gomba of the Eastern Cape and Nomafrench Mbombo of the Western Cape, and the Safety and Liaison MECs Weziwe Tikana-Gxothiwe of the Eastern Cape and Albert Fritz of the Western Cape.
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has highlighted that cases are currently increasing in the Eastern Cape, Western Cape and Northern Cape - but this is not necessarily the start of a second wave of Covid-19.
Another 434 people have died of illness linked to the virus.
A 78-year-old retired police captain was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Sterkspruit Regional Court on Wednesday for raping his then-10-year-old granddaughter more than 18 years ago.
According to a statement by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), the man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the victim, was a 60-year-old police officer stationed in the Free State at the time of the incident.
The case went unreported for 14 years, until 2016, when the victim decided to report it to the police.
\"Advocate Loyiso Methuso, for the State, led the evidence for the victim, now 28 years old, who gave a clear and satisfactory account of the incident, despite the 18-year lapse,\" Tyali said.
\"The court held that the man broke the relationship of trust and failed in his duty to protect the child, as both her grandfather and a police officer.
The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted how impoverished people and the working class suffer when food prices rise and jobs disappear, prompting a renewed interest in working the land.
In South Africa, the government-imposed lockdown has resulted in many workers losing their jobs and other sources of income.
They have been converting wasteland to food gardens and sourcing sustainable methods and ways for communities to alternatively source land, seeds and water.
During the lockdown, the group has provided vegetable parcels to women without any income and has started helping young people to acquire land that they can farm.
Its failing food parcel system would, in the long run, be replaced by a sound and sustainable solution to food insecurity in South Africa.
