Herman Mashaba, the founder and leader of ActionSA party, has written to the Speaker of Parliament Thandi Modise to lay a formal complaint against EFF leader Julius Malema, for “inciting foreign nationals to illegally cross the border into South Afri
In October last year the community of Namahadi, a township outside Frankfort in the Free State, was given a piece of land to be used as a burial site. Three months and 38 burials later, those who lay there and those they left behind seem not to have found peace.
“Graves are collapsing. They are falling in, leaving coffins exposed,” Namahadi community forum spokesperson Thenjiwe Zapi told City Press.
According to Zapi, the cemetery was opened as an official burial site and given to the people living in the township of Namahadi “because the two cemeteries we have in the township are full and the municipality identified this specific farm”.
A proposal to delay the reopening of schools is expected to be made by education authorities to the national coronavirus command council .
City Press has learnt that education stakeholders met with the department of basic education director-general Mathanzima Mweli on Wednesday to discuss the matter.
Two unions and a national school governing body organisation have confirmed that it was agreed that the department would propose the delay of the reopening of schools on January 27 to a later date in February.
Chris Klopper, CEO of the Suid-Afrikaanse Onderwysers Unie, told City Press on Thursday that they were aware of the proposal.
South Africa To Store COVID-19 Vaccines At Secret Place For Fear Of Theft: Report South Africa To Store COVID-19 Vaccines At Secret Place For Fear Of Theft: Report A million doses are expected from India before the end of this month and a further 500,000 in February, with healthcare workers in both government and private facilities being prioritised for vaccination.
Overnight on Sunday, there were over 21,600 new infections and 399 more deaths. (Representational)
Johannesburg:
The South African government will store the 1.5 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine that it will receive from India in the next few weeks at a secret place because of the risk of theft for sale at black market prices, according to a media report.