This week’s BIG move:
Jabulani Sikhakhane is the new editor at The Conversation Africa
Jabulani Sikhakhane
The Conversation Africa
starts a new chapter this month with the appointment of Jabulani Sikhakhane as
new editor of the online title. Sikhakhane takes over the reins from Caroline
Southey, who will assume the role of founding editor, shifting her focus to the
site’s future sustainability. She will also deputise for the editor in his
absence.
“I am honoured to have been offered the
editorship of the Conversation Africa which has grown into a formidable
editorial platform since its inception almost six years ago,” Sikhakhane said:
Theatre legend Alvon Collison dies Theatre legend Alvon Collison died on Saturday at the age of 79. Image: Alvon Collison/Facebook
The ‘King of Cabaret’ Alvon Collison, who played Pharaoh in more than 3,000 performances of the acclaimed theatre production Joseph and the Technicolour Dreamcoat, died on Saturday.
The 79-year-old was awarded a lifetime achievement award at the Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards in 2018.
Collison was born in Woodstock, Cape Town, and broke into mainstream theatre in the then Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) before touring across SA through Joseph and the Technicolour Dreamcoat.
In a Cape Talk interview with Baxter Theatre, marketing manager Fahiem Stellenboom said Collison struggled with diabetes.
20 January 2021 - 06:50 Government schools are due to reopen on February 15. Some private schools have already started lessons and have switched to online tuition. Stock photo. Image: PAYLESSIMAGES/123RF
With most schools in SA set to reopen in mid-February, independent schools such as Curro have announced plans to move to online learning for pupils in grades 1 to 12.
The private school group announced learning at all its schools nationwide will move online from Tuesday.
The group had initially said it would hold face-to-face classes this week but halted plans after Gauteng education MEC Panyaza Lesufi called for schools to wait for an official government gazette when pupils return to school on February 15.
What you shouldn’t do if you get arrested for breaking South Africa’s lockdown laws: legal expert
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SAPS officials have arrested more than 20,000 people for failing to follow South Africa’s adjusted level 3 lockdown restrictions introduced on 28 December.
Police minister Bheki Cele, who made the announcement on Wednesday, said that most of these arrests have been around the country’s current prohibition on the sale and transport of alcohol.
He said that around 7,000 people have been arrested for failing to wear masks.
Cele said when people are arrested for not wearing a mask, they are taken to a police station where they are formally charged, and have their fingerprints taken.