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SAA needs about R10.5 billion to restart. (Yunus Mohamed/Photo24) Government will provide initial funding to cover certain restructuring costs for SAA, says Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan.SAA needs about R10.5 billion to restart - for workers severance packages, to pay creditors and cover operational costs.Ethiopian Airlines is allegedly seeking control, possibly in the form…

By Michael Le Page , Clare Wilson , Jessica Hamzelou , Adam Vaughan , Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool Shoppers walk past an electronic billboard displaying a UK Government advert in Newcastle, UKOLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images Latest coronavirus news as of 5 pm on 18 September UK government considering short-term national lockdown in October…

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday evening. (Photo: GCIS) President Cyril Ramaphosa said Covid-19-related corruption by "some individuals" was "some of the worst tendencies in our society".The DA said the public wanted to see charges, court dates and sentences.The EFF said Ramaphosa paid lip service to corruption.In a speech of exactly 2 500 words, President Cyril…

Cabinet spokesperson Phumla Williams (supplied, GCIS) The ministerial task team will not be investigating Covid-19-related contracts.They will only compile and publish details of all Covid-19-related contracts awarded by state entities.This was said in a statement about their role after the appointment of the committee of government ministers was met with cynicism. The ministers appointed by the…

Professor Shabir Madhi and Professor Glenda Gray say the government's decision to close public schools goes against the advice of scientists.On Thursday night, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that public schools would close for four weeks.Madhi said the decision was a "miscalculation" and Gray said scientists believed the best thing for children was to be at…