SA's economy is expected to contract by between 7% and 10% in 2020. Business for South Africa says it expects the national Covid-19 infection rate to peak during August 2020. The business lobby group says South African businesses are likely to face additional job losses of about 1.5 million by the end of the year.The group…
A man is swabbed during the Covid-19 scanning and testing process that took place in Diepsloot. (Tebogo Letsie/City Press) Gauteng has recorded the second highest number of Covid-19 positive cases in the country.Health MEC Bandile Masuku says the surge was expected.22 123 cases were recorded during Level 3 alone.Johannesburg remains the district with the highest…
Western Cape residents can expect frosty conditions as two cold fronts will make landfall over the next three days.The cold fronts can be expected from Thursday until Saturday. The first cold front will hit overnight on Thursday, while another is expected to develop on Saturday afternoon. Western Cape residents can expect rain and snow in some parts…
Police in Cape Town are investigating a double murder after the bodies of a woman, 27, and a girl, 7, were discovered in a house in Belhar. Police have confirmed they are investing a double murder after they made the discovery at a house in Belhar on Friday.A 28-year-old man has been arrested in connection…
South African Weather Service has also issued the following special weather advisory:- Light snowfalls are expected over the eastern high ground of the Western Cape, southern high ground of the Northern Cape and to the high ground of the Eastern Cape overnight into Tuesday morning.- Strong interior winds of 50km/h to 65km/h are expected over…
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…