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Wreath laying ceremony conducted on the Golden Highway in honour of Joburg Mayor Jolidee Matongo

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Joburg mayor Jolidee Matongo remembered

By Kaya 959 Reporter President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday paid his respects to Joburg Mayor Jolidee Matongo who died in a car crash at the weekend. This week, a wreath-laying ceremony was conducted on the Golden Highway in Lenasia South, where the crash occurred. It is alleged that Matongo's vehicle was travelling along the highway when a pedestrian ran into the road.  Authorities said Matongo's driver swerved to avoid crashing […]

today24/09/2021

AfriForum wins court battle to have Afrikaans used as a medium of teaching at Unisa

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AfriForum wins court battle to have Afrikaans used as a medium of teaching at Unisa

By Kaya 959 News AfriForum has won its battle to have Afrikaans used as a medium of teaching at Unisa. The organisation took Unisa to court after the university decided to phase out Afrikaans as a medium of learning about five years ago. The Constitutional Court passed this judgment on Wednesday in the legal battle between AfriForum and Unisa which has been running for five years and had previously gone before […]

today23/09/2021

Gavel court

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Tshegofatso Pule murder: Alleged mastermind denied bail for a third time

By Kaya 959 Reporter The Gauteng High Court has dismissed bail for alleged murder mastermind Ntuthuko Shoba. Shoba is accused of plotting his girlfriend, Tshegofatso Pule's murder. On Wednesday Judge Nomondo Mngqibisa-Thusi said she was not convinced that the previous courts erred in their decision to deny Shoba bail. "I am not convinced that the court erred in the exercise of its discretion in finding that the appellant had failed […]

today23/09/2021

Court/ Pexels

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Gauteng hijacker sentenced for attack on cab driver

By Kaya 959 Reporter A Gauteng man has been handed down a 12-year prison sentence for hijacking an e-hailing vehicle in October 2019. Bongani Kheswa hijacked a white Toyota Avanza two years ago while posing as a customer.  He requested a lift from Orlando to Southgate. Police spokesperson Captain Xoli Mbele said when the driver arrived, two men got into the vehicle and ordered him to drive to Southgate. Mbele […]

today23/09/2021

COVID-19

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NICD warns against ‘dropping guard’ as SA exits third wave

By Kaya 959 Reporter While the country's number of new COVID-19 infections is decreasing, people should remain vigilant and adhere to safety protocols. Health experts have confirmed that Gauteng has exited the third wave. The NICD's Head of Public Health, Surveillance and Response, Dr Michelle Groome, said the national 7-day moving average of daily case numbers, positivity rate and testing rate continue to decrease. Sustained decreases were seen in all […]

today23/09/2021

Probe launched after 12-year-old gives birth in Eastern Cape

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Father accused of beating 10-month-old son to death

By Kaya 959 Reporter A man has been arrested and charged with murdering his 10-month-old baby boy.  The 27-year-old allegedly beat the infant after he cried uncontrollably. Gqeberha police spokesperson, Colonel Priscilla Naidu said on Tuesday the baby and his mother were at the suspect’s home in Bethelsdorp. “While at the house, it is alleged that the child cried continuously and the father could no longer tolerate it. The mother […]

today23/09/2021

household levy

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SABC calls for compulsory ‘household levy’ to replace TV licence

Kaya News Reporter   The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is calling for a compulsory annual household levy to replace its outdated TV licence system. In public hearings on Monday the public broadcaster pushed for dominant subscription-based services such as DStv to collect the household levy from its subscribers on the SABC's behalf. According to News24, the levy would be imposed on all households, and is based on the assumption […]

today22/09/2021

Jolidee Matongo wreath-laying

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Golden Highway closed for Jolidee Matongo’s wreath-laying ceremony

Kaya News Reporter   The Golden Highway will be closed on Wednesday from 10h00 to 12h00 on the R554 and R557 to accommodate the wreath-laying ceremony for late mayor Jolidee Matongo. Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) has notified the public of the planned road closure to honour the mayor who died in a tragic car crash on Saturday night. “Please be advised that the Golden Highway will be closed on […]

today22/09/2021

COVID-19 vaccine

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Number of South Africa’s new COVID-19 infections decreasing

By Kaya 959 Reporter The current surge in COVID-19 infections seems to be showing signs of a sustained downward trend. That's according to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD). On Tuesday, the NICD said 2 197 new cases were confirmed. It said the 7-day moving average daily number of cases has decreased. The increase represents a 6.1% positivity rate compared to last week's 8.4%. As per the National Department […]

today22/09/2021

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POPIA ActTo promote the protection of personal information processed by public and private bodies; to introduce certain conditions so as to establish minimum requirements for the processing of personal information; to provide for the establishment of an Information Regulator to exercise certain powers and to perform certain duties and functions in terms of this Act and the Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000; to provide for the issuing of codes of conduct; to provide for the rights of persons regarding unsolicited electronic communications and automated decision making; to regulate the flow of personal information across the borders of the Republic; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

RECOGNISING THAT—

  • section 14 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, provides that everyone has the right to privacy;
  • the right to privacy includes a right to protection against the unlawful collection, retention, dissemination and use of personal information;
  • the State must respect, protect, promote and fulfil the rights in the Bill of Rights;

AND BEARING IN MIND THAT—

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AND IN ORDER TO—

  • regulate, in harmony with international standards, the processing of personal information by public and private bodies in a manner that gives effect to the right to privacy subject to justifiable limitations that are aimed at protecting other rights and important interests,
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1.2  Parliament assented to POPIA on 19 November 2013. The commencement date of section 1Part A of Chapter 5section 112 and section 113 was 11 April 2014. The commencement date of the other sections was 1 July 2020 (with the exception of section 110 and 114(4). The President of South Africa has proclaimed the POPI commencement date to be 1 July 2020.

 
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