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The ANC has rejected the appointment of UDM councillor and former mayor Mongameli Bobani to the mayoral committee. Bobani now controls the metro's strategic portfolio with the biggest budget. The ANC said it was not consulted in the decision by its coalition partners.The ANC in Nelson Mandela Bay has rejected the appointment of former mayor Mongameli…

South Africa instituted its ban on the sale of cigarettes in late March, 2020. The Fair Trade Independent Tobacco Association's attempt to appeal a ruling that upheld the ban on the sale of tobacco has been rejected. The court says it was unlikely to succeed. But FITA says it's not giving up on its bid to appeal.The…

The DA has rejected Police Minister Bheki Cele's nomination for the new head of the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID).The party said the process required greater transparency.It has submitted a Private Members Bill to amend the IPID Act to limit the Police Minister's power in this regard. The DA has rejected Police Minister Bheki Cele's nominee…

'Face masks in public spaces do not provide any greater protection to the population,' Swedish health official said Even as the European Union executive announced last Wednesday new guidelines recommending the use of face masks in places like airports, planes, and hotels, Sweden has rejected its widespread use by members of the public, claiming masks…

All the latest coronavirus and lockdown updatesThe claim is false and was dismissed by the hospital's owners Netcare, which denies even having a laboratory at the facility in question.More than a dozen Facebook posts have published the claim, which begins: "In our laboratory, we found trace amount of the virus on the skin of fruits…