South Africa: Bad news for smokers – cigarettes will be prohibited
First they prohibited alcohol sales, and now, they’ve come for our tobacco enthusiasts. South Africa looks like it is using the upcoming lockdown period to put us all into rehab. ...
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President Cyril Ramaphosa tests negative for coronavirus
As of Thursday 26 March, President Cyril Ramaphosa has tested negative for the coronavirus (COVID-19). According to the president’s spokesperson Khusela Diko, the president submitted for testing as a precautionary ...
Coronavirus cases in SA up to 709 – the sharpest overnight rise yet
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has revealed that there have been a further 155 coronavirus cases reported in South Africa over the past 24 hours, taking the total number of infections ...
SA lockdown: EFF calls on ‘greedy employers’ to be detained
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) released a statement on Tuesday 24 March, stating that the defiance of a lockdown is unacceptable. It said it had been made aware of greedy ...
South Africa: ‘The next few days are crucial’ – Ramaphosa
President Cyril Ramaphosa — on Monday 23 March — addressed the nation and announced that a nationwide lockdown would be implemented from Thursday 26 March until Thursday 16 April to ...
South Africa: Tsogo Sun to close 36 hotels as customer demand collapses
The Tsogo Sun hotel group intends temporarily closing up to 36 of its properties around the country as demand plummets due to the coronavirus outbreak. The company said in a ...
Ndaba Mandela – Madiba’s grandson – confirms he has coronavirus
Ndaba Mandela – who revealed he was diagnosed with coronavirus this week – is certainly a little more flamboyant than his famous grandfather. Although he’s in the third-generation of Madiba’s ...
South Africa: COVID-19 case forces Eastern Cape resort to shut down
The Crawford Beach Lodge in Chintsa near East London has been forced to close its doors after a guest tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. Management of the lodge have ...
Table Mountain Cableway closes due to COVID-19 outbreak
The Table Mountain Aerial Cableway Company (TMACC) said in a statement that it would be closing its gates, and remain closed until after the Easter weekend, or “or until greater ...
South Africa’s inflation hits 15-month high
According to the South African Bureau of Statistics, consumer prices rose by 4.6% year-on-year, up from 4.5% in January. This increase should not deter the central bank from cutting the ...
