Cape Business News
May 16, 2021
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“TO speedy justice in the Piet Retief case,” said Luke the Dude, “for the five farmers facing suspicious-looking murder charges. Doesn’t this bring back bad memories of the Coligny case, Steve?”
Stevie the Poet had kept the company of concerned conversationalists at the local Grill and Garden informed about the two Coligny farm lads who were falsely accused and wrongfully convicted of murder – before justice finally triumphed in the Appeal Court.
“There are reasons to be concerned,” said Stevie.
“Well, tell us, dear boy, tell us,” encouraged The Prof.
“I can tell you what I have learned from reporting by Gabriel Crouse of the Institute of Race Relations and from a statement by the IRR’s CEO, Dr Frans Cronjé, reported in Daily Friend,” offered Stevie, “and of course reporting in the newspapers; Rapport is doing a good job.
"There are mountains of evidence that the ANC-run government and its SOEs have decayed into a fetid swamp of self-enrichment, cronyism, and patronage."
Govt’s Covid-19 vaccine rollout plan better described as aspirations or wishful thinking - Biznews
9 April 2021 - After furiously denying in a sworn affidavit that the government stood in the way of private sector procurement of Covid-19 vaccines, the medicine regulator has just done exactly that.
Despite being actively involved in the development of a Covid-19 vaccine, South Africa was left behind when it came to the procurement of the shot. While the health department has now rolled out the vaccine among health workers, the process has been slow – with just over 283 000 individuals being vaccinated thus far (as per the latest figures). Because of this delayed rollout, many fear that the country will miss its goal to innoculate 67% of the population by the end of 2021. This has spurred many in the private sector to enquire about obtaining the vaccine themselves. Shoprite CEO Pieter Engelbrecht told Bloomberg that the private sector should be allowed to secure vaccines on their
Despite being actively involved in the development of a Covid-19 vaccine, South Africa was left behind when it came to the procurement of the shot. While the health department has now rolled out the vaccine among health workers, the process has been slow – with just over 283 000 individuals being vaccinated thus far (as per the latest figures). Because of this delayed rollout, many fear that the country will miss its goal to innoculate 67% of the population by the end of 2021. This has spurred many in the private sector to enquire about obtaining the vaccine themselves. Shoprite CEO Pieter Engelbrecht told Bloomberg that the private sector should be allowed to secure vaccines on their own. “There are 25 million customers through our stores every month, so one can understand how critical it is for our people to be vaccinated.” Below, Ivo Vegter notes that the government’s vaccine strategy is putting lives at risk, due to limited supply and shortages. “Government’s rollout
Insurgent attacks in the northern parts of Mozambique have claimed the lives of many, including one South African. A group with ties to the Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attacks “that prompted thousands to flee Palma in the northern province of Cabo Delgado”, says Bloomberg. Martin Ewi of the Institute of Security Studies told BizNews editor-at-large Jackie Cameron about the attacks (listen below). “T
he reason for this violent extremism in Cabo Delgado is that militants want to establish Sharia law in the region and in Mozambique.” Jonathan Katzenellenbogen writes below that the attacks have highlighted Mozambique’s ‘neglect’ of the northern provinces and discusses a number of issues the country is facing. “All these factors don’t on their own necessarily give fuel to an insurgency or Islamist extremism, but they could certainly make a situation more prone to security problems and violence, particularly when people feel distant and marginalised