Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga during a visit to Seshegong Secondary School in Gauteng to check readiness for the reopening of schools. Sydney Seshibedi/Gallo Images via Getty Images Another teachers' union has called on government to re-close schools amid the Covid-19 pandemic.Naptosa said schools should remain closed until the peak of the pandemic has…
Parts of Tshwane will be in the dark from 5pm on Tuesday to avoid network overloading, Eskom has said in a statement. Gauteng has been hit by load reduction - a form of localised rolling blackouts - regularly since June due to illegal connections, meter bypasses and vandalism, according to the power utility. Tuesday's load…
The good news: Nothing to worry about yet. The bad news: The good news includes the word "yet". Murphy's law just might be striking again. "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong" seems to be 100% true in 2020. COVID-19 cases continue to rise in many U.S. states. Concerns are rising that the coronavirus…
Dr. Zweli Mkhize (Jaco Marais) North West province has registered 29 Covid-19 related deaths in the past 24 hours.Nationally, 108 deaths were registered in the past 24 hours.The total number of deaths nationally is 2 952.South Africa has again recorded its highest daily spike in Covid-19 cases this week, with 9 063 new infections recorded…
It will be another fine and cool day heading into the weekend, the South African Weather Service says.The weather in your region:Gauteng will be fine and cool. The expected UVB sunburn index is high. Mpumalanga will be partly cloudy in the north-east in the morning with fog in places along the escarpment and southern Highveld at…
Kataza the baboon. Facebook / Baboon Matters The City of Cape Town has asked the public not to feed a baboon that has relocated to Tokai. The baboon, known as Kataza or SK11, is slowly being integrated into the Tokai troop. Video footage, however, shows humans feeding Kataza. The City of Cape Town has requested that Kataza…
As SA Rugby moves to determine which franchises will go to Europe in future, Rassie Erasmus has noted several potential benefits for the local game should that route be followed.The national director of rugby believes the high world rankings of Wales, Ireland and Scotland mean PRO Rugby is competitive and that fans will eventually identify…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…