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Only 50 people at a funeral? That s unheard of in black culture - Africa Melane 13 January 2021 5:08 PM Share This: John Maytham sits down with Africa Melane to find out more about the significance of funerals in traditional African culture. Why is government continuing to allow up to 50 people at a funeral, but beaches and parks remain closed, asked Twitter user @HonourableJoAnn on Wednesday. It s a question CapeTalk s John Maytham says he is asked regularly on his show. People say why not restrict it to immediate family only, and that makes sense from my Western perspective, he said. We need to rethink lockdown regs . Who is affected and where ? SASSA gvt offices = superspreader ,after nearly a year this should have been fixed ? Closing beaches and parks -change festive season is over .50 is too many for a funeral cut it down . Think smart . Add ideas please Jo-Ann Downs (@HonourableJoAnn) January 13, 2021 ....
SA Breweries has good chance of successfully challenging g ment s booze ban 7 January 2021 6:19 PM Share This: Liquor law specialist Danie Cronje tells John Maytham that SA Brewerie s likelihood of success in court is good. SA Breweries (SAB) is heading to court to challenge the government s current ban on the sale of alcohol. Under the adjusted level 3 lockdown regulations which came into force on 28 December the sale of alcohol was prohibited for both SAB says its legal action is the last resort and is needed to protect our employees, suppliers, customers, consumers and all the livelihoods we support. The brewery says the ban has the potential to impact the livelihoods of close to 1 million South Africans. ....
Can your boss force you to get the Covid-19 vaccine? 6 January 2021 4:44 PM Share This: Covid-19 vaccine rollouts are underway in some countries, John Maytham asks if employers can make vaccines compulsory for staff. If the word of the year for 2020 was lockdown , surely the word of the year (so far) for 2021 must be vaccine . On 8 December 90-year-old British grandmother Margaret Keenan became the first person to receive the Pfizer Covid-19 jab as part of a mass vaccination programme. According to a 15-country survey conducted in December among 13,500 adults, only 53% of South Africans said they would be willing to take the vaccine when it becomes available. ....
Cape Town, help us help you - Dr on Covid-19 frontline pens heartfelt plea 23 December 2020 8:31 AM Share This: Dr Andrea Mendelsohn says the current second wave of infections is creating a nightmare for healthworkers in Cape Town. A Cape Town community health doctor has penned a moving open letter to Cape Town residents pleading with them to help support health workers at the coalface of the coronavirus pandemic. In the letter, Dr Andrea Mendelsohn shares the challenges she and her colleagues are facing during the current second wave. A tidal wave is enveloping Cape Town she writes. Mendelsohn is a senior medical officer and a public health facility in the Southern Suburbs, she joined CapeTalk s John Maytham on Wednesday to share some of the challenges she and her colleagues are facing. ....
CCMA on brink of collapse due to R600M budget cuts 22 December 2020 10:47 AM Share This: Lawyer Tzvi Brivik says budget cuts are affecting key staff at the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration. The protection and promotion of fair labour rights in South Africa are enshrined in the Constitution but in his recent Daily Maverick article lawyer Tzvi Brivik says that the body that oversees labour disputes is in absolute chaos. Brivik says massive budget cuts are responsible for the imminent collapse of the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA). He tells CapeTalk s John Maytham that an average of 250 people visits the CCMA every day needing help with a labour dispute. ....