Day: November 29, 2021
News24.com | Criminalising homelessness is ‘the biggest mistake’ – former homeless activist
The rights of people experiencing homelessness in the City of Cape Town is a long-standing issue of contention.
Continue ReadingNews24.com | July unrest: ‘There was a leadership vacuum’ – leader of shack dwellers movement tells SAHRC
S'bu Zikode, who represents a 100 000 strong shack dwellers movement, told the SAHRC hearings that he believed the unrest had been planned "at a high political level".
Continue ReadingNews24.com | Tshwane accounts for almost half of the country’s new Covid-19 infections
Almost half of the new confirmed Covid-19 infections reported in South Africa on Sunday were recorded in the City of Tshwane.
Continue ReadingNews24.com | ‘Irritating, annoying’ – Speaker Mapisa-Nqakula slams travel bans amid Omicron variant
National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula told an international audience travel bans on South Africa, after discovering a new Covid-19 variant, were essentially a punishment for world-class science and responsible global citizenship as well as transparency and openness.
Continue ReadingBusinessinsider.co.za | Direct flights from SA to the UK will resume on Wednesday – but are selling out fast
Direct flights between South Africa and the United Kingdom restart this week but won’t be as frequent while red list restrictions stand.
Continue ReadingNews24.com | Springbok Etzebeth on 6-man list for Autumn Nations Player of the Series award
Springbok lock Eben Etzebeth is in the running along with five other players for the inaugural Autumn Nations Player of the Series award.
Continue ReadingNews24.com | Researchers surveyed schools in a Gauteng township. This is what they found.
Activists launch campaign against overcrowding.
Continue ReadingNews24.com | URC returns to SA after Covid-19 bombshell, local derbies to be staged this weekend
Two South African United Rugby Championship derbies originally scheduled for February 2022 have been brought forward and will be played in Durban and Cape Town this weekend.
Continue ReadingNews24.com | Omicron variant: Ramaphosa slams ‘unscientific’ travel curbs
President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday that the world needed to resist unjustified and unscientific Covid-19 travel restrictions that mostly hurt developing nations.
Continue ReadingNews24.com | Business body seeking ‘legal clarity’ on mandatory vaccination policies
Business anticipates that employers will be legally challenged for implementing mandatory vaccination policies, and is working on launching an application for a declaratory order on the matter.
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