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Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe. The ANC has slammed rumours circulating on social media claiming its national chairperson Gwede Mantashe had died. The party says the fake news is heartless and inhumane.It also says Mantashe told ANC deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte that he was recovering well.The ANC has dismissed claims that its national chairperson…

Premier Alan Winde warns the booze ban will inflict serious harm on the economy.The ban on domestic tourism will "decimate" the industry, with predicted 50% job losses, says Winde who will petition Ramaphosa "urgently" to lift it.But Winde agrees on making wearing masks "the new normal".Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has warned President Cyril Ramaphosa…

The DA likens a plan contained in a "top secret" draft document purportedly from the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs to a coup.The draft plan proposes a command council for municipalities through the district development model.COGTA says the district development model isn't an attempt to take powers away from municipalities, but to foster…

July 4, 2020Updated 1:09 p.m. ETHOUSTON — Over the past week, Dr. Aric Bakshy, an emergency physician at Houston Methodist, had to decide which coronavirus patients he should admit to the increasingly busy hospital and which he could safely send home.To discuss questions like these, he has turned to doctors at hospitals where he trained…

Matthew Parks of Cosatu. (FIN24) Trade union federation Cosatu was left disillusioned with Tito Mboweni's budget.Opposition parties were generally uninspired.The move to a zero-based budget approach was welcomed, while state debt was a general concern.While opposition parties were generally uninspired by Finance Minister Tito Mboweni's supplementary budget he delivered on Wednesday, his most strident criticism…