Thousands of people took part in Johannesburg s first LGBTQI+ parade since the COVID-19 pandemic on Saturday despite the US Embassy s warning of a possible terrorist attack in the area.
Police Minister Bheki Cele suggested the widespread looting in parts of the country was nothing more than a smokescreen for those planning attacks against the state, in order to destabilise the country.. (Photo by Gallo Images/Brenton Geach)
Police Minister Bheki Cele suggested the widespread looting in parts of the country was nothing more than a smokescreen for those planning attacks against the state, in order to destabilise the country.
Cele visited Mamelodi in Pretoria on Wednesday to assess the looting at Mams Mall.
The violent unrest in KwaZulu-Natal, which followed the arrest and incarceration of former president Jacob Zuma, has since spilt over into parts of Gauteng.
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Image: Twitter @CyrilRamaphosaPresident Cyril Ramaphosa said 2020 has been the most difficult year.
President Cyril Ramaphosa says the lighting of candles lights up the hope that South Africa needs so that it can defeat the coronavirus (COVID-19). The President led a candlelight ceremony at the Khayelitsha District Hospital in the Cape Flats. The ceremony was in honour frontline health care-workers and to remember the 28 469 people who lost their lives due to COVID-19.
He was accompanied by Western Cape Premier Allan Winde, Health MEC Nomafrench Mbombo, the State and Security Deputy Minister and various religious leaders.
President Cyril Ramaphosa leads candle lighting commemoration for COVID-19 victims: