After wearing masks, maintaining social distancing and drinking the staple 'kadha', a new anti-coronavirus item has arrived in the market and people are flocking to buy it. This is the Covid-19 'shut-out' card that looks like a small ID, which is to be worn around the neck. The card claims that it wards off the…
The SABC has issued a notice of "possible" redundancies. This is in line with a new strategy, it says. Union representatives hold out hope that retrenchments may not come to pass. The South African Broadcasting Corporation has issued a notice of possible redundancies that will affect some 600 employees, it said in a statement on Thursday. This follows consultations…
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula is set to announce a short-term government backed taxi industry relief fund sometime this week meant to help mitigate the effects of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic on individual taxi owners. During a media briefing update on the Covid-19 level 4 lockdown regulations on Friday in Pretoria, Mbalula stopped short of revealing…
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…