Western Cape â 25
âThe cumulative total of tests conducted to date is 8 772 743 with 35 413 new tests recorded since the last report. Our recoveries now stand at 1 399 829, representing a recovery rate of 93,5%,â the Ministry confirmed.
Meanwhile, the various provinces are expected to roll out their Covid-19 vaccines this week. Last night, SAâs batch of 80 000 Johnson & Johnson vaccines arrived at the OR International Airport.
President Cyril Ramaphosa, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize and five healthcare workers were among the first group of people to be vaccinated against the coronavirus which has claimed the lives of more than two million people around the world.
Both Gauteng and the Western Cape kicked off their vaccination programmes on Wednesday and KZN Premier Sihle Zikalala and KZN Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane-Zulu are expected to launch the provinceâs Covid-19 vaccine roll-out plan on Thursday at the Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital in uMlazi.
âââ LUCKY NKUYANE 08:12 Wed, 17 Feb 2021
Police in the North West has launched a manhunt for suspects allegedly involved in an attempted murder after an ANC councillor in the Ditsobotla Local Municipality, which includes Itsoseng, was injured during a shooting incident.
Police spokesperson, Sabata Mokgwabone, says the councillor sustained gunshot wounds to his body. The councillor was shot while inside a car in Zone 1 in the area. The incident took place on Saturday night.
Mokgwabone says the councillor was taken to a healthcare centre for medical treatment but was later transferred to a local hospital.
So far no-one has been apprehended and the investigation into the matter continues.
âââ KATLEHO MORAPELA 11:23 Wed, 17 Feb 2021
The Hawks and the NPA must act against the former Premier of the Free State Ace Magashule. This is according to the Congress of the People (COPE).
The partyâs national spokesperson, Dennis Bloem, says they are disturbed by how the two law enforcement agencies are seemingly failing to hold Magashule and former Free State Agriculture MEC Mosebenzi Zwane accountable for the multimillion-rand failed Vrede Dairy Project. Bloem says Magashule and Zwane should have been arrested for the controversial project following testimonies at the Zondo Commission implicating them in corruption.
OFM News previously reported that over R220 million earmarked to assist 80 upcoming farmers at Vrede was looted from the province without any beneficiary seeing a single cent. Testimonies before the Commission by former HOD Peter Thabethe and other key witnesses indicated how the province failed to follow proper procurement processes and
âââ LUCKY NKUYANE 12:16 Wed, 17 Feb 2021 PHOTO: Katleho Morapela
A group of ANC members in the Free State, calling itself the Radical Economic Transformation Forces, has ascended Naval Hill in Bloemfontein where it pledged its support to ANC Secretary-General Ace Magashule and former president Jacob Zuma.
The group has called a media briefing where they are set to outline their views on the recent developments involving the ANC National Executive Committee s (NEC) adoption of a step-aside policy.
They are also expected to touch on the recent controversial stand by the former president to defy the constitutional court order instructing him to appear before the state capture commission were he is being implicated at least 40 times.