The SA Post Office in the Eastern Cape has urged unemployed residents to stop showing up at its branches. Since 9 July, the Mthatha Post Office has paid the R350 grants to 10 570 people.More than 300 000 people have been paid across the Eastern Cape's 154 active post office branches.The Mthatha branch sees more…
Citizens waiting for SASSA (PHOTO:GALLO IMAGES) The SACP wants the R350 Covid-19 social distress relief grant to become a permanent feature. The six-month special grant was announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa in April and is administered by the SA Social Security Agency.After the agency was criticised last month for only managing to pay 10 people during…
Grant Esterhuizen (Gallo Images) In an exclusive interview, ex-Springbok centre GRANT ESTERHUIZEN talks about South Africa’s midfield options, Pieter-Steph du Toit staying put for now and the Sanzaar alliance.Register your interest for the British & Irish Lions tickets in South Africa 2021Sport24 asked: Do you think the Sanzaar alliance is under threat?Grant Esterhuizen: My personal…
Share on PinterestDoctors in the United States can now use the antiviral drug remdesivir to treat severe COVID-19.Until last weekend, treatment for COVID-19 was primarily experimental. In hundreds of clinical trials across the globe, researchers are testing new drugs, as well as those that scientists created for other purposes, to stem the death toll the…
Pote Human (Gallo Images) The Bulls have granted head coach Pote Human an early release from his contract.Register your interest for the British & Irish Lions tickets in South Africa 2021Human's contract was due to end in October this year but the Bulls announced via a press statement on Friday that an early termination of…
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…