Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane. Masi Losi/ The Times/Gallo Images/Getty Images The latest statement comes ahead of a meeting with an association of liquor traders to discuss the province's stance.Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane made the remarks after criticism, mainly from liquor traders and consumers, for calling for the ban. The province's coronavirus command council…
Springboks v England (Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) Cameron Spencer/Getty Images England's Rugby Football Union has urged government to relax its rules on social distancing, calculating such a move be worth £12 million (R256 million) if crowds are allowed. Britain is currently insisting on a two-metre gap in public as one of a set of measures to…
IFP MP and chairperson of Scopa Mkhuleko Hlengwa. (Jan Gerber) The Department of Water and Sanitation and its entities saw irregular expenditure grow by R1.4 billion in 2018/2019, and fruitless and wasteful expenditure by R208 million.The Auditor-General of South Africa gave the department an unqualified audit opinion with findings.The Standing Committee on Public Accounts wants…
Early morning traffic in the northbound lanes of Interstate 93 in Boston, MA on May 19, 2020. Gov. Baker announced phase one of reopening on May 18, including allowing manufacturing and construction to being.Craig F. Walker | Boston Globe | Getty ImagesThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released major guidelines on how U.S.…
Members of the South African National Defence Force on patrol in the Johannesburg. (Chanté Schatz, News24) Parliament wants to know why the Department of Defence is not implementing the recommendations of the Defence Force Service Commission.Recommendations are piling up and no action has been taken.Budget cuts are being blamed for most of the SANDF's challenges.Parliament's…
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…