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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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President Cyril Ramaphosa says signs of a resurgence in Covid-19 cases in the Eastern Cape should serve as a warning to citizens to remain vigilant.
Oliver Tambo , (born October 27, 1917, Bizana, Pondoland district, Transkei [now in Eastern Cape], South Africa—died April 24, 1993, Johannesburg), president of the South African black-nationalist African National Congress (ANC) between 1967 and 1991.
A digital billboard in Times Square showing the number of deaths related to President Donald Trump’s slow coronavirus response, reached a grave milestone on Wednesday, as it ticked over to an estimated 50,000 preventable deaths.
The Death Clock measures “the cost in human lives of President Trump and his team’s reckless handling of the coronavirus pandemic,” Jarecki told Yahoo.
As U.S. coronavirus deaths reached 85,00 Wednesday, the death clock showed more than 57,000 deaths could’ve been prevented.
“Just as the names of fallen soldiers are etched on memorials to remind us of the cost of war, quantifying the lives lost to the president’s delayed coronavirus response would serve a vital public function,” he added.
In addition to almost 100,000 deaths, the coronavirus pandemic has killed ten years of job growth in one month and put many minorities and low-income Americans at risk of losing their lives.
The Fort Beaufort police station in the Amathole District in the Eastern Cape has been closed after one of its officers tested positive for Covid-19.
According to national police spokesperson Brigadier Vishnu Naidoo, the community service centre would operate from the police barracks at the SANDF base at 3 Grey Street, near the Fort Beaufort Primary School.
The usual police contact details were not working, but the station could be reached on 071 475 1760.
The building was undergoing decontamination and the community would be informed when the station was operational again.
Earlier this week, three police stations in the Eastern Cape were temporarily closed after it was discovered that some of their officers had tested positive for Covid-19.
Colin Kaepernick addressed the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the subsequent uprising that has taken place in the area since then, saying, “We have the right to fight back.”
Kaepernick concluded his tweet by adding “Rest in Power” to Floyd, a Black man who died on Monday after a white Minneapolis police officer was filmed kneeling on his neck while he was handcuffed, unarmed and pleading that he couldn’t breathe.
On Friday, Kaepernick announced on Twitter that he started a legal defense initiative via his organization Know Your Rights Camp for people on the front lines in the Minneapolis area resisting and protesting police violence and racism.
Minneapolis police have fired tear gas and rubber bullets at demonstrators protesting Floyd’s death.
Kaepernick, like many other public figures, rejected the notion that people should focus blame on Minneapolis demonstrators who are protesting Floyd’s death ― and a history of police violence against Black people and an unjust criminal justice system.
To put it simply, COVID-19 won't just disappear any time soon. Here are the neighbourhoods and sub-districts that have been branded 'virus hot-spots'.
South Africa's Covid-19 recovery rate has reached 90% as the country recorded 2 649 new cases and 547 confirmed deaths.
The country is again at a racial boiling point, as the recent killing of George Floyd at the hands of four Minneapolis police officers have set off a firestorm of protests across the nation including New Orleans and the World where people are crying for justice.
Justice or Just Us
Whether it is George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Philando Castile, Trayvon Martin, Sean Bell, Amadou Diallo, Rodney King, Tamir Rice; these are just a few of the names in our recent history that’s become part of a sad racial narrative that often times find Blacks losing their lives and their cries for justice and respect for their humanity being unheard.
Today those who are in the street protesting and others who sympathize are letting their voices be heard and are asking not simply for justice in the George Floyd case, but for systemic change in policing and a Criminal Justice System that’s often times been unfair to African Americans.
This fight is a relay race, where others have traveled down this road before, the challenge of who is included in the “We the People” have been going on since the inception of America, a country that’s amended itself in an attempt to become a more just nation?
We are the Change, We Desire in the World
Admittedly, the U.S. has expanded the lanes of freedom to more people today than at any other time in its history.
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.
The Eastern Cape government wants to conduct tests on a cow that attacked and killed a teacher.
The Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital's trauma rescue area was empty on New Year's Eve for the first time in its history.
Teachers’ unions and school governing bodies told City Press this week that progress had been made by the department of education to deliver the required safety materials for teachers.
Speaking to City Press about Thursday’s meeting, Johannes Motona, president of the Professional Educators’ Union (PEU), said Mweli had reported that teachers were more optimistic than they had been the previous week, despite still being anxious about the state of their schools’ readiness to reopen.
According to Motona, Mweli also said that provinces would fill vacancies in schools.
Basil Manuel, executive director of the National Professional Teachers’ Organisation of SA, said certain issues were still cause for concern ahead of pupils’ return to school tomorrow.
She said most schools were ready and that teacher morale had improved now that the basic safety materials had been provided and the adjusted curriculum had been announced.
Passengers catching a taxi from Alexandra to other destinations will also be affected by increases, which are set to kick in on June 15.
But the organisations implementing these steep fare increases – namely, the Taxi Association (Armsta) and the Alexandra Taxi Association (ATA) – say they have no choice but to take this extreme measure, as it is the only way to remain operational.
They cite the current national lockdown regulations, which limit taxis to carrying 70% of their passenger capacity, along with government’s failure to provide relief for the industry and the recent petrol price increase – which came about after several petrol price decreases – as reasons for the fare adjustments.
John Mnisi, a member of Armsta’s executive committee, echoed these sentiments, saying the 70% maximum passenger load was making it too difficult for taxis to sustain operations.
In a letter sent to members this week, the two associations wrote of their intention to increase current taxi fares from Alexandra to destinations “across the board”, including the Johannesburg CBD, Sandton and Midrand, on June 15.
According to a statement on the latest Covid-19-related deaths, 52 were recorded in Gauteng, 17 in KwaZulu-Natal, 15 in the Western Cape, and 11 in the Free State.
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According to the department, almost half of the more than R14-billion paid out so far, has been paid to 1 186 833 workers in the province via 79 271 employers.
The Northern Cape had the least number of claimants with R140-million paid to the province for 25 155 workers represented by 2 972 employers.
KwaZulu-Natal is the third largest recipient with over R2.1-billion paid to 409 775 workers as claimed by 29 988 employers, while fourth spot is the Eastern Cape with R782-million distributed to 146 189 workers in the province represented by 13 163 employers.
They are closely followed by Mpumalanga with 145 046 workers represented by 10 991 employers being handed R760-million in cash benefits, Free State with 90 553 workers represented by 10 240 employers who in total claimed R477-million, Limpopo with 73 001 workers getting their share via 6 993 employers totalling R372-million and the North West is second last with R93-million distributed there for 69 041 workers who had their applications submitted by 6 536 employers.
According to Commissioner Teboho Maruping, employers still have until the end of May to address queries where the UIF has reverted to them with regard to incomplete information.
Eastern Cape police recovered copper cables near Bonkolo dam outside Queenstown on Monday and they may just belong to Eskom.
Eastern Cape education department head Themba Kojana has died of Covid-19.
The Western Cape has seen a whopping 53.4% increase in new Covid-19 cases in the last week.
The weather in your region according to the South African Weather Service:
Morning frost is expected in parts of Gauteng, otherwise it will be fine and cold, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon.
Mpumalanga will be partly cloudy in the east with morning fog over the northern escarpment and frost in places over the Highveld, otherwise fine and cold to cool.
The Northern Cape can expect morning frost in the east and south, otherwise it will be fine and cold, becoming partly cloudy in the east by the afternoon.
In the western half of the Eastern Cape, it will be cloudy along the coast where it will be cool in places at first, with isolated rain and showers, otherwise fine and cold but very cold in the north.
The eastern half of the Eastern Cape will be cloudy at first south of the Kei Mouth with isolated rain and showers, otherwise fine and cold but very cold in places over the northern interior.
However, if it was necessary, Ramaphosa said any part of the country could return to alert Levels 4 or 5 if the spread of infection was not contained and if there was a risk of health facilities being overwhelmed.
The most effective defence against the virus is the simplest
Ramaphosa said simple hygiene practices, such as the regular washing of hands, wearing a face mask, keeping at least a 1.5 metre distance from other people, avoiding touching the face with unwashed hands, and cleaning surfaces regularly were the most effective defences against the coronavirus.
South Africa now has 11 000 active Covid-19 patients, and 429 deaths
The country now has 22 583 confirmed coronavirus cases, of which 11 000 are active cases, Ramaphosa said.
South Africa has repurposed 20 000 hospital beds for Covid-19, and 27 hospitals are being built
In preparation for the expected increase in infections, around 20 000 hospital beds have been, and are being, repurposed for Covid-19 cases, Ramaphosa said.
Owing to the great demand across the world, South Africa has a shortage of diagnostic medical supplies, which has contributed to lengthy turnaround times for coronavirus testing, Ramaphosa said.
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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.
Now, the famed athlete-turned-activist is continuing to support the cause by speaking out after the tragic death of George Floyd, in addition to creating a legal defense fund for the Minneapolis protesters fighting for justice following Floyd’s murder.
We started a legal defense initiative to give legal representation to Freedom Fighters in Minneapolis paid for by @yourrightscamp,” Kaep tweeted, adding a link to the initiative.
If you’ve been following the most recent events in Minneapolis, you know Kaep is right on time as the city’s Third Precinct was set on fire during protests, in addition to reports of looting and more.
Kaep previously stated, “When civility leads to death, revolting is the only logical reaction.
There was never any doubt, but it’s inspiring to see Kaep using his platform and resources to assist the community during these infuriating and uncertain times.
