13 KZN driving licence testing centres have been temporarily closed due to Covid-19.The buildings are being deep-cleaned while infected staff have gone into isolation.Health workers have been brought in to assist screening and testing.Thirteen KwaZulu-Natal driving licence testing centres (DLTCs) have been affected by Covid-19 outbreaks and have temporarily shut down until further notice, the…
Taxi organisations have vowed to disregard government's Covid-19 regulations. Some taxi operators are adhering to taxi associations' call to operate at 100% capacity in defiance of government regulations.Taxi associations and government have not managed to reach common ground following the postponement of several meetings.No incidents or run-ins with law enforcement had been reported by early…
A horror crash involving a truck and a tanker carrying a flammable substance, led to the closure of the N2, near the Mtunzini Toll Plaza on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast, on Saturday."Reports from the scene indicate that two trucks, one being a tanker transporting a flammable liquid, collided, resulting in both trucks overturning, blocking the…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.Hundreds of cars, trucks and SUVs descended on Michigan’s state capital Wednesday afternoon as part of a noisy protest against Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s social-distancing restrictions that critics say have gone too far.Dubbed “Operation Gridlock” and organized by the Michigan Conservative…
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…