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Bishop Malusi Mpumlwana believes there has been "no compliance" with the Covid-19 lockdown hygiene regulations, that the country's economy is at the same place it was near the end of apartheid, and that white South Africans have to do more to bring about reconciliation. The new chairperson of the ministerial advisory committee on social behavioural change,…

Former Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba believes the DA has deserted the values of non-racialism in South Africa, and that the ANC went into exile to loot the country.Herman Mashaba believes DA federal chairperson Helen Zille would be complicit if the allegations she made against him are true.Zille, who's return to politics last year sparked Mashaba's…

Government communications head Phumla Williams says the emotional "torture" she endured as acting GCIS director-general under former communications minister Faith Muthambi was similar to apartheid abuse, adding young people will have to start creating their own opportunities. After eight years as the acting director-general of the Government Communication Information System (GCIS), Phumla Williams says she is relieved the Cabinet has finally appointed her permanently…

Gift of the Givers’ founder and CEO Imtiaz Sooliman says Covid-19 has “outsmarted” South Africa, and it is now better that the country learns to live with the virus. The day the national lockdown was announced in March "was a disaster" as it created the ideal environment for the coronavirus to spread among people and to…

clarity on the powers wielded by the NCCC, which is in charge of the government's response to the novel coronavirus and regulations implemented during the lockdown.But, in a letter, dated 15 May, Luqmaan Hassan from RHK Attorneys announced that Cassim and Richards had "elected to extricate themselves from any potential litigation in their personal capacities…