By Kaya 959 News The death toll from last week's riots and looting has increased to 337. Delivering the daily update on behalf of the government, Acting Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, said the revised total number of deaths in Gauteng had increased to 79 while 258 people lost their lives in KwaZulu-Natal. "The revision of the records happens when those who were injured ultimately succumb to their injuries," […]
By Kaya 959 News The Tokyo Olympic organizing committee have fired the director of the opening ceremony on Thursday because of a Holocaust joke he made during a comedy show in 1998. He was accused of using a joke about the Holocaust in his comedy act, including the phrase “Let’s play Holocaust.” Director of #Tokyo2020 opening ceremony Kantaro Kobayashi has been sacked just a day before the ceremony, after the […]
By Kaya 959 News The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) recently announced that they had decided against changing the repo rate, opting to keep it at the current 3.5% per annum. With the recent unrest and economic damage, which is an estimated loss of over 20 billion rand, the news of the unchanged repo rate has been welcomed by many South Africans. This was announced by South African Reserve Bank Governor […]
By Kaya 959 News The Amnesty International has called on the South African government to investigate the deaths of over 200 people who were killed during the recent riots in South Africa. They have also come out to say that Authorities in government failed to deal with lethal unrest triggered by former president Jacob Zuma’s imprisonment. In a statement they released, Amnesty called for a thorough investigation into why senior officials […]
By Kaya 959 News The Gauteng Department of Health has come under fire after it emerged that one of the province's COVID hospitals is standing empty. "The Gauteng Health Department used R500 million of COVID-19 funds to refurbish the Anglo Ashanti Hospital in the Far West Rand, but it currently has only six COVID patients receiving low-level care. This has been revealed by Gauteng Health MEC Nomathemba Mokgethi in a […]
Kaya News reporter Eskom has implemented Stage 2 loadshedding this Thursday with a cold weekend ahead for South Africans. #PowerAlert2 Stage 2 loadshedding will be implemented from 16:00 until 21:00 tonight due to shortage of generation capacity@News24 @SABCNews @NewzroomAfrika @eNCA @IOL @ewnupdates @SundayTimesZA @SowetanLIVE @dailysunsa pic.twitter.com/YijqEXvEJm — Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) July 22, 2021 Back to back cold fronts have meant pressure on the power supply grid which is […]
By Kaya 959 News Gauteng police are investigating 42 deaths related to the unrest that unfolded in the province last week. Acting Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said SAPS is investigating 17 cases of murder and 25 inquests dockets have been opened. No arrests have been made as yet related to the cases of murder. "Since the unrest, a total of 234 deaths were reported in KZN. To date […]
By Kaya 959 News The Department of Correctional Services says Jacob Zuma has been granted compassionate leave in order to attend to a family bereavement. "A sentenced offender who is granted permission to leave a correctional centre, remained a sentenced offender even while temporarily outside. The permission granted to Mr Zuma is for 22 July 2021," the department said. Zuma's younger brother, Michael Zuma, will be buried in Nkandla on Thursday. […]
By Kaya 959 News South Africa will manufacture its own COVID-19 vaccine. President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday welcomed the collaboration between SA's Biovac Institute and global pharmaceutical producer Pfizer as a major breakthrough in the continent's fight against COVID-19. "The agreement will contribute significantly to health security and sustainability on our continent, which currently has the least access to vaccination in the world," he said. Biovac has been appointed to […]
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