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South Africa
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Important Guidelines For Employers Of Domestic Workers
02 Jun 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
As of June 1, domestic workers were allowed to return to work under strict conditions. Here’s what you need to know.
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SA’s Online Shopping Habits Revolutionised By Lockdown
02 Jun 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
More than ever before, South Africans are choosing e-commerce over instore purchases, and it doesn’t look like that’s set to change anytime soon.
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Mazzotti, Smuggling, And Political Links – Jacques Pauw On SA’s Tobacco Industry
02 Jun 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
South Africa’s tobacco industry battles wouldn’t look out of place in a spy novel, says Pauw, touching on some of the smuggling game’s biggest hitters.
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Four Ways Lockdown Has Changed SA’s Rental Market
02 Jun 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
The rental market has had to adapt to the national lockdown in some fundamental and interesting ways.
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Broad Daylight ‘Gang Hit’ In Cape Town, Toddler Flees [Video]
02 Jun 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Gang warfare between the Flakka Boys and the Junky Funky Kids is believed to be behind the alleged hit on the Cape Flats.
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Crooks Tunnel Into Jozi Liquor Store And Steal R300k Of Booze [Images]
01 Jun 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Some people tunnel to freedom, whereas others burst through the floor of a liquor store and make off with some prized loot.
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April’s SA Economy Bloodbath In Four Graphs
01 Jun 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
South Africans spent the month of April under alert level 5 of the lockdown, faced with regulations that rank amongst the strictest in the world.
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Keen To Fly Somewhere In SA? Here’s What You Need To Know
01 Jun 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
From today, June 1, South African domestic flights for business travel are allowed, although there are a number of rules and regulations worth jotting down.
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If You’re Thinking About Stockpiling Liquor, You’ve Got Another Thing Coming [Videos]
01 Jun 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
As South Africans flock en masse to liquor stores across the country, some may find that their hopes of stockpiling have been dashed.
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We May Be Closer To Alert Level 1 Than You Think
01 Jun 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
President Ramaphosa said yesterday that scientists advising the government’s coronavirus response recommended a drop to alert level 1.
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BBC Reckons Rest Of Africa Can Learn Eight COVID-19 Lessons From SA
01 Jun 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
South Africa’s confirmed cases and death toll are higher than in many other African countries, and there are some valuable lessons to be learnt from our approach thus far.
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Cabine Du Cap Is Available This Weekend
01 Jun 2020 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
As long as you’re visiting on business, then you are in compliance with the law. Perhaps you are a freelance journalist, writing an article about small SA towns and the effect of lockdown?
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Another Tobacco Industry Giant Challenging Cigarette Ban In Court
29 May 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
British American Tobacco SA has had enough of the tobacco sales ban, and is initiating urgent legal proceedings.
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SA’s COVID-19 Testing Backlog Is Very Worrying
29 May 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Until we do something about the backlog of testing in South Africa, there’s no accurate way to predict just how bad the spread of the virus really is.
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Tired Of Cooking Meal Kits? This One’s For You
29 May 2020 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Meal kits are great if you feel like cooking and want something wholesome, but after 60+ days of lockdown, who still wants to cook?
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Some Good News For SA In Post-COVID-19 Travel Survey
29 May 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
An online survey of where people would like to go once it’s safe to travel abroad could be good news for our tourism industry.
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SA Teams Up With NASA To Aid Space Travel
29 May 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
The South African National Space Agency has teamed up with NASA to host a Deep Space Ground Station.
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Desperate For Attention, David Bullard Drops ‘K-Word’ Tweet And Gets Fired
29 May 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Bullard, perhaps best known for a 2008 Sunday Times column that saw him lose his job, has once again been sacked.
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Booze Sales And Exercise Times Under Alert Level 3
28 May 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Following a media briefing this afternoon by co-operative governance and traditional affairs minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, we now have some clarity regarding certain alert level 3 regulations.
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Comparing SA’s Weekly Deaths During Lockdown To Predictions
28 May 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
A new report from the South African Medical Research Council documents the number of weekly deaths recorded during the lockdown, compared with predictions using data from previous years.
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What Lockdown Means For The SA Post Office
28 May 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Regulations around operations at the SA Post Office have been relaxed, meaning many of its core services can now resume.
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It’s Not Easy To Find Out If A Convicted Sex Offender Lives In Your Neighbourhood [Video]
28 May 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
South Africa’s Child Protection Register is supposed to ensure children are kept safe from sexual predators. ‘Carte Blanche’ investigates why this isn’t exactly the case.
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How Can We Open Churches But Not Restaurants?
28 May 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
The announcement that religious gatherings of 50 people or less could resume under alert level 3 has sparked some heated debate.
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WATCH LIVE: Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma Outlines Alert Level 3 Rules [Video]
28 May 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Will beaches and parks be open for exercise? Are you still limited to within five kilometres of your residence? What hours will alcohol be sold? Those, and many other issues, still need clarifying.
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Zapiro’s Thoughts On The Glenda Gray Fiasco
28 May 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Professor Glenda Gray’s comments about the national lockdown have come under fire from various government officials. Zapiro’s been watching closely.
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Tired Of Moaning About Smokes? Get Angry About Army Brutality And Failed Grants
28 May 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Much coverage and analysis has been given to the tobacco sales ban, but we should also be outraged by SANDF brutality and our state failing our most vulnerable citizens.
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You’re Not Imagining It – The Following SA Food Prices Have Shot Up
28 May 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
A recent report has revealed an exponential increase in food prices since March, including many basic household staples.
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Government’s Reasons For Tobacco Sales Ban Finally Revealed
27 May 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Court papers released today outline the government’s reasons for the tobacco sales ban.
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The Lockdown Toilet Paper Necklace You’ve Been Waiting For
27 May 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
When the world first went into lockdown, people began hoarding toilet paper as though their lives depended on it. Now there’s jewellery to celebrate their idiocy.
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Health Ministry Clears Up Confusion Over Entire Country Moving To Alert Level 3
27 May 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Finally! Following confusion yesterday evening and for most of today, South Africans have clarity about June 1 and moving to alert level 3.
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