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It's scarcely believable that nothing has been done to rectify this situation - as drivers on the supposed 'worst road in SA' battle non-stop with potholes.
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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Colin Kaepernick has broken his silence regarding the death of George Floyd, who was killed while in police custody.
READ MORE: Additional video shows George Floyd was not resisting arrest as police claimed
The former San Francisco 49ers quarterback, 32, addressed the brutal killing of Floyd, who died after a Minneapolis police officer pinned him to ground with his knee for several minutes, in a tweet on Thursday.
In the photo, Floyd’s final moments as he is pinned underneath the kneeling officer are juxtaposed to a photo of Kaepernick kneeling at a NFL game.
READ MORE: Former NBA star Stephen Jackson mourns ‘brother’ George Floyd killed by Minneapolis police
Floyd, who was arrested after being accused of forgery, was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
George Floyd (Credit: Benjamin Crump)
Kaepernick has become a symbol in the fight against police brutality since he began peacefully protesting in 2016.
President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Thursday directing federal agencies to use their emergency authorities to accelerate energy, highway and other infrastructure projects, a move that the administration says will help jump-start an economy ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic, HuffPost has confirmed.
The order will “expedite construction of highways and other projects designed for environmental, energy, transportation, natural resource, and other uses” and further the administration’s efforts “to reform burdensome and outdated bureaucratic processes that prevent projects from moving forward,” a senior administration official said in an email.
The two actions further the administration’s pro-industry agenda, which has targeted numerous environmental regulations in order to boost fossil fuel production and other development.
And in January, the administration unveiled a proposed overhaul of the National Environmental Policy Act, a 50-year-old law that protects air, water and land by requiring federal agencies to conduct detailed environmental assessments of major infrastructure projects.
Christy Goldfuss, a former chair of the environmental council under President Barack Obama and current senior vice president for energy and environment policy at the left-leaning Center for American Progress, said Thursday that Trump’s order “will only serve to further silence” communities of color.
Three suspects are set to make an appearance at the Tsomo Magistrate's court for the killing of initiates Jojweni Village, facing charges of murder
Eastern Cape organised crime investigators have launched a manhunt for an alleged murderer.
The Fund then released a staff report capturing discussions between its visiting delegation and the Kenya government representatives.
From the report, there is a discernible change of tone in the Fund’s assessment of Kenya’s monetary health between now and in March 2018 when a delegation visited to firm up discussions on stand-by arrangements between the Fund and the government for some sort of insurance against “balance of payment” shocks.
In a separate consultancy report done by the Fund but commissioned by the National Treasury, it says that Kenya’s fiscal forecasts lacks credibility.
Nonetheless, the Fund has escalated Kenya’s risk of debt distress from medium to high on account of susceptibility to export and market financing shocks (all Covid-19 related).
Surprisingly, in its 2018 debt sustainability analysis, the Fund was full of praise for the infrastructure projects, noting that “such planned investment in infrastructure will be critical to raise growth and export potential, both of which will support Kenya’s external debt to reduce external debt distress, the Fund, in 2018, expected the government to refinance loans at a longer maturity within a year to limit refinancing risks.
Press Release - As of today, the cumulative number of detected COVID-19 cases is 749 182 with 2 237 new cases identified since the last report.
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded on the south by 2,798 kilometres (1,739 mi) of coastline of Southern Africa stretching along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans;[9] [10] [11] on the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; and on the east and northeast by Mozambique and Swaziland; and surrounds the kingdom of Lesotho.[12] South Africa is the 25th-largest country in the world by land area, and with close to 56 million people, is the worlds 24th-most populous nation. It is the southernmost country on the mainland of the Old World or the Eastern Hemisphere. About 80 percent of South Africans are of Sub-Saharan African ancestry,[5] divided among a variety of ethnic groups speaking different Bantu languages, nine of which have official status.[11] The remaining population consists of Africas largest communities of European (white), Asian (Indian), and multiracial (coloured) ancestry.
South Africa is a multiethnic society encompassing a wide variety of cultures, languages, and religions. Its pluralistic makeup is reflected in the constitutions recognition of 11 official languages, which is among the highest number of any country in the world.[11] Two of these languages are of European origin: Afrikaans developed from Dutch and serves as the first language of most white and coloured South Africans; English reflects the legacy of British colonialism, and is commonly used in public and commercial life, though it is fourth-ranked as a spoken first language.[11] The country is one of the few in Africa never to have had a coup détat, and regular elections have been held for almost a century. However, the vast majority of black South Africans were not enfranchised until 1994. During the 20th century, the black majority sought to recover its rights from the dominant white minority, with this struggle playing a large
Nouakchott, meaning “place of the winds” in the Hassaniya language, became the capital of Mauritania in 1960. In 2006 it had an estimated population of 708,000 people. It is located on the Atlantic Ocean but is on the edge of the Sahara Desert area of North and West Africa. Scarce rainfall and desert conditions generate short but warm winters and long hot summers. Although Nouakchott is the largest city in the country there are no high rise buildings. Nonetheless the city is the economic and administrative center of Mauritania.
The history of the city of Nouakchott began with its founding in 1659 by indigenous people from the surrounding region. From 1659 to 1958 Nouakchott was a small fishing village. As late as 1950 it had only about 200 people. As the French colony of Mauritania was moving toward its independence, beginning with autonomy in 1958 and ending in full independence in 1960, Nouakchott was selected as the capital because of its climate and its coastal location.
French colonial officials planned for a population of around 50,000 but budget restrictions in France and the poverty of the new nation of Mauritania prevented the city from reaching that population until the late 1960s. Beginning in 1969, however, the Sahel drought forced subsistence farmers and nomadic peoples from across Mauritania into the city. The drought continued through all of the 1970s and migrants from throughout the nation increased the city’s population to around 150,000 people in 1980. Today, the population of Nouakchott comprises nearly 20% of Mauritania’s total population of 3.8 million people.
A number of languages are spoken in Nouakchott including Arabic, French, Hassaniya, and Pulaar. The major religions are Christianity with Catholics as the most numerous of that faith, and Muslims, most of whom are Sunni. Ethnically the city includes Arabs, Berbers, and Sub-Saharan Africans. There is also a small population of Europeans and Asians. The city is divided into numerous districts reflecting the various
Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane cannot call for people such as ANC Secretary-General Ace Magashule to step aside, while he does not practice what he preaches, says the DA.
New MEC of the embattled Eastern Cape health department Nomakhosazana Meth has said she is prepared for the position and will take on its challenges.
This is the situation Gor Mahia's Ghanaian import Jackson Owusu has found himself in.
Gor Mahia's Organising Secretary Judith Anyango 'Nyangi\" confirmed that K'Ogalo owes the hotel over Sh600,000 due to earlier and current pending bills.
The Ghanaian import, who joined Gor Mahia during the January transfer window, was able to earn a starting berth under coach Steven Polack.
Polack and Owusu had earlier worked together when the coach handled Ghanaian giants Asante Kotoko during the 2018 season.
However, a source at Gor Mahia said it is unclear clear how Owusu was still staying in the hotel yet fellow foreign players David Mapigano and Juma Balinya had rented apartments.
Zozibini Tunzi recently wowed SA with her singing voice after posting a cover of 'Runnin' (Lose It All)’ by Naughty Boy, featuring Beyoncé.
The arrest followed information that the liquor store manager was selling alcohol to Eastern Cape customers in the early hours of the morning on a highway.
Following days of massive peaceful protest throughout the city that ended with nights of looting and hundreds of arrests leaving many businesses boarded up and hollowed out, residents in Chicago’s largely Hispanic neighborhoods such as Back of the Yards, some gang members, have taken to the streets to enact vigilante justice against suspected looters.
Following the gang vigilante shooting of an African American Back of the Yards resident, Alderman Raymond Lopez of the 15th ward, partially comprised of Back of the Yards and West Englewood, asked Sheriff Tom Dart to assist in regaining control of the community.
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Prior to the start of an evening recap, Lopez told aldermen that while it might sound good that people are stepping up, the danger of gangs patrolling communities using skin color as an identifier would be very dangerous.
At approximately 9:15 p.m. Tuesday, a 49-year-old resident traveling home with his daughter and son-in-law were approached by a juvenile gang member who asked them, “What are you doing in this neighborhood?”
Additional incidents in the community of Cicero have raised even greater alarms, with residents alleging that Cicero police are allowing the gangs to roam the streets and lay down vigilante justice.
It’s Tuesday 15 December 2020, and this is TheSouthAfrican.com Daily News Wrap - with the latest news you really need to know.
Justice Project SA: 'People who are driving around with expired vehicle licence disks and placing reliance on what the minister had to say at a speech and on Twitter... are going to find themselves in a bit of pickle when they get stopped by traffic cops.'
The government has come out to explain suspect allocations of Sh8.1 billion in small amounts to infrastructure projects in the new budget that were flagged by the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO).
The Infrastructure ministry has explained that constraints in financial resources is one of the reasons the government is struggling to repay billions of shillings for projects that had been marked as complete.
Transport and Infrastructure Principal Secretary Paul Maringa explained that the resources available do not allow for allocations of the required amounts owing to the number of projects that are supposed to benefit from available budget ceilings.
Mr Yatani explained that Treasury received the communication from the Danish embassy on the funding after the second supplementary budget had already been approved by the National Assembly.
“The National Treasury wishes to convey the government’s appreciation of the financial assistance from the Government of Denmark and to reiterate that plans have been put in place to ensure that disbursement of the funds will be fast-tracked once the remaining actions from both sides and remaining formal processes are concluded, latest early next week,” the Treasury boss said.
