Fellow South Africans, I address you this evening as we begin a new chapter in our struggle against the coronavirus. Earlier today the Deputy President David Mabuza, Minister of Health Dr Zwelini Mkhize, Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni and…
Surfers in Nelson Mandela Bay picketed at the parking lot of a popular surfing spot The Pipe on Saturday, demanding that beaches be reopened. The surfers say the beaches should be reopened under a controlled “surf and go” policy. Eastern…
Thousands of jobs and billions of rand are haemorrhaging from the Western Cape’s economy, premier Alan Winde said on Tuesday as he called for a special president’s co-ordinating council (PCC) meeting on lockdown regulations. Among Winde’s…
From National Employers Association of South Africa (Neasa) This is the latest news from Neasa following the President’s address at last evening’s Familly Meeting: The President, last night, discussed the Alert Level 3 lockdown…
The government has introduced essentially another hard lockdown aimed specifically at use of the beaches during the season we depend on our beaches the most. We depend on our beaches not only for our own recreational enjoyment and their…
The day before the South African government’s beach ban for the Eastern Cape and Garden Route came into effect on December 16, Port Alfred residents and holidaymakers used the most of the warm summer evening to walk their dogs or just…
The Garden Route district municipality is to challenge government’s decision to shut its beaches from December 16 to January 3. This as the DA threatened to go to court if government did not sufficiently justify the decision. President…
Buffalo City mayor Xola Pakati is not 100% sure why the metro has not been declared a Covid-19 hotspot, but he suspects it has to do with fatality numbers being lower than in Eastern Cape districts where severe restrictions have been put…
