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MUSIC EVENT: ‘T E A’ also known as Thandwayo Ngesi will be one of the performers at Trap Fever’s long-awaited music event on November 7, taking place at Tony’s Jazz Inn in Nemato where local artists and other artists from Port Elizabeth will be cheering up the audience with their talents

Local and visiting artists at music event

After months of no local entertainment due to lockdown restrictions, live music fans can look forward to the “Fever event” at Tony’s Jazz Inn in Nemato on November 7, where local artists and visiting artists from Port Elizabeth will…

SA’s GDP in the second quarter of 2020 fell by 51%.Image: andreypopov / 123RF

Lockdown economy: Business activity plummets with only agriculture coping

“The punch in the gut was severe,” Stats SA said on Tuesday when it released the Covid-19 “pandemic quarter” GDP data. SA’s economy suffered a significant contraction during April, May and June, when the country operated under stringent…

Health minister Zweli Mkhize has warned South Africans to adhere to precautionary measures to avoid a resurgence in Covid-19 infections and a return to a strict lockdown. File photo.Image: Simphiwe Nkwali/Sowetan

Zweli Mkhize warns SA is not far from return to strict lockdown

SA may be over the Covid-19 surge, but reimposing strict restrictions is still on the table, warns health minister Zweli Mkhize. Mkhize told eNCA he hoped SA did not have to reimpose extreme lockdown restrictions, as other countries have…

Eastern Cape safety and liaison MEC Tikana-Gxothiwe released the latest quarterly crime statistics on Thursday.Image: FILE

Eastern Cape scholar transport programme fails a quarter of needy pupils

One out of four Eastern Cape pupils who require scholar transport are not being assisted. The province’s department of transport said it had managed to provide scholar transport to only 83,789 out of the 111,127 identified pupils. In a…

Crushing effects of lockdown clear to see

Eating out at a local restaurant last Friday night, it was pitiful seeing our table was the only one occupied in the entire restaurant, and there were only three of us. It was evidence of how the prohibition on alcohol sales has hurt…

Cogta minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma will explain the details around level 3 lockdown today.Image: GCIS

Tune in for clarity on level 3 rules from Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma today

South Africans awaiting an easing of lockdown restrictions on Monday will obtain clarity on a range of issues including exercise times and alcohol sales shortly. The government confirmed on Thursday that co-operative governance and…