Government and Politics
Government and Politics
Ministers, Nxesi, Mantashe, hospitalised few days after testing positive for COVID-19
Tuesday, July 21, 2020 The Minister of Employment and Labour Minister Thembelani ‘Thulas’ Nxesi has been admitted to hospital on Monday night, according to The Presidency. His hospitalisation follows medics’ advice after he tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday, July 17. Until Monday, the Minister has been self-isolating and working from home. Minerals Resources and […]
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Full Speech: SA President Cyril Ramaphosa Reintroduces Stricter Covid-19 Controls
Statement by President Cyril Ramaphosa on progress in the national effort to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, Union Buildings, Tshwane 12 July 2020 My Fellow South Africans, This evening, as I stand here before you, our nation is confronted by the gravest crisis in the history of our democracy. For more than 120 days, we have […]
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Ramaphosa to Address the Nation Amid Coronavirus Spike
South Africa finds itself at the crossroads of managing the Covid-19 pandemic than it did two months ago. That is so because of the prevailing runaway climbing total number of infections across the country. The government must decide whether to let the ravaging virus sweep the entire country in its wake or curtail some of […]
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Brazil President Bolsonaro contracts Covid-19
Coronavirus denialist Jair Bolsonaro, the President of Brazil, has tested positive for the deadly pandemic. For weeks on end, Bolsonaro hogged the limelight for all the wrong reasons while the soaring virus was terrorizing Brazilians on a larger scale. He ignored common health precautions. It took a court order to compel the President to wear […]
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DBE revises grades returning to schools in July
On Monday, July 6, 2020, more pupils are expected to go back to schools around South Africa. However, the Department of Basic Education (DBE) has reconsidered the number of grades to return to the brick-and-mortar classrooms. In this latest SA schools phased-in reopening update, DBE consulted with the Council of Education Ministers (CEM). In its […]
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Full Speech: 2020 Supplementary Budget Speech
24 Jun 2020 Supplementary Budget Speech by Tito Titus Mboweni, MP Minister of Finance Madam Speaker Mr President Mr Deputy President Cabinet Colleagues Governor of the South African Reserve Bank Members of the Executive Committees for Finance Honourable Members Fellow South Africans Molweni Today, I hereby table for the consideration of the House: The Division […]
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Court rules in favour of refugees on Covid-19 social grant
The North Gauteng High Court of South Africa sitting in Pretoria ruled that refugees and asylum seekers must receive the R350 government social relief in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. In its finding, the court ordered the Department of Social Development to amend its unconstitutional and unlawfully regulations against foreign nationals within 5 (working) […]
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Ramaphosa’s Full Speech: Advanced Level 3 Lockdown
Address by President Cyril Ramaphosa on South Africa’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, Union Buildings, Tshwane 17 June 2020 Compatriots, It is now just over 100 days since the first case of coronavirus was identified in South Africa. For 100 days we have been living in the shadow of one of the greatest threats to […]
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High Court Found Level 3 and 4 Regulations Unconstitutional and Invalid
The High Court of South Africa sitting in Pretoria found Tuesday June 2, 2020 that the Level 3 and 4 regulations promulgated to control the spread of Covid-19 pandemic are unconstitutional and invalid. The contentious “Covid-19 regulations” matter was brought before the court as an urgent application last week by Reyno Dawid De Beer (1st […]
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Dithering DBE Leaves Parents and Learners in Limbo
The restart of the restructured school calender in South Africa (SA) has been deferred by a week, from the 1st of June to the 8th (of June), a statement from the Department of Basic Education (DBE) showed. On Sunday May 31, 6P.M., DBE Minister Angie Motshekga was scheduled to address the nation about the status […]
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