Cigarette ban is 'failing', can create lasting illicit market - study"Selling cigarettes helps buy food for my family," says Musa. A few days ago, with the profit of R75 he made from selling cigarettes, he managed to buy 12.5kg of mielie meal. Now he wants to buy a 2kg braai pack of chicken.Thato lives with…
Grade 7s and 12s will be the first to return when the department implements the phasing in approach as it grapples with saving what's left of the academic year after schools closed in March due to the Covid-19 pandemic.While Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has outlined measures to be put in place to ensure pupils…
reopen on 1 June amid the coronavirus pandemic, parents may have concerns about the safety of their children with underlying health conditions, like asthma.However, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga said no one will be forced to go back to school.Speaking at a briefing on Tuesday, Motshekga outlined the plans for schools to start receiving pupils…
TimesLIVE, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga met the Council of Education Ministers (CEM) on Monday to discuss schools' readiness to open their doors again under Level 4 of the lockdown, implemented to halt the spread of the novel coronavirus.News24 reported on Monday that Motshekga also met teacher unions and school governing body (SGB) associations to consider…
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…