Former Democratic Alliance (DA) federal chairperson and Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Athol Trollip on Wednesday joined ActionSA, saying his longing for active change is the main reason he decided to join the party. ActionSA national chairperson Michael Beaumont revealed Trollip as a new addition to the party at a press conference at the Radisson Blu Hotel Port Elizabeth in Gqeberha.
In the Eastern Cape, workers are still trying to assess the full damage of the recent flash floods and the impact it will have on school reopening while in the Western Cape, Education MEC Debbie Schafer fears that the recent extension of the state of disaster will further affect pupils.
South Africa s National Institute For Communicable Diseases reported another 13,147 cases in the last 24 hours, up 200 per cent on the figure last Tuesday.