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SA’s vaccination pace ‘steadily’ picks up

By Kaya 959 News The pace of vaccinations in South Africa has steadily picked up. President Cyril Ramaphosa said around 80 000 people were being vaccinated a day at over 570 vaccination sites in both the public and private sector. "This number will grow rapidly in the weeks to come, as we aim to protect as many vulnerable people as possible," he said during an address to the nation on […]

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KZN officials visit the area of KwaHlathi outside Ladysmith where "diamonds" were found.

NEWS

KZN diamond rush: Provincial delegation inspects site

By Kaya 959 News It is unclear if the stones discovered in KwaZulu-Natal are in fact diamonds. KZN MEC for Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs, Ravi Pillay, and Mayor of Alfred Duma Local Municipality, Vincent Madlala, led a delegation of officials to the area of KwaHlathi outside Ladysmith where the stones were discovered. Pillay said a team of experts from the DMRE - comprising officials from the South African Diamonds […]

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Mother of Tembisa 10 Gosiamo Sithole

NEWS

WATCH: Tembisa 10 mother hits back after father claims babies don’t exist

In an unexpected turn of events, the mother of the Tembisa 10 Gosiamo Sithole has broken her silence after the father of the decuplets statement that the babies don't exist. Sitting down with Piet Rampedi, the journalist who broke the story, Gosiamo spoke about being blindsided by the statement Tebogo Tsotetsi and his family released. The mother claims that the Tsotetsi family are bitter and want to use the babies […]

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NEWS

Cyril Ramaphosa: Key takeaways from the latest ‘Family Meeting’

The president began his speech with a realization of the nation's consciousness of the tough restrictions over the last year, and how difficult it has been for township economies and many across the country to sustain their livelihood. The current restrictions and Alert Level 3 come not only from the effects of the harsh winter season, but also from the relaxed approach many South Africans have adopted. The increased infections […]

today15/06/2021

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

NEWS

More questions than answers – Everything we know about the ‘Tembisa 10’

By Tamlyn Canham UPDATE: The Tsotetsi family has issued a statement about the alleged birth of the Tembisa 10. More details can be found at the end of this post. A week after news broke that a Gauteng woman gave birth to 10 babies, South Africans are yet to see the decuplets and have more questions than answers. According to several reports, Gosiame Thamara Sithole gave birth to the babies […]

today15/06/2021

Kanye

ENTERTAINMENT

Kanye is no longer keeping up with the Kardashians

Kanye West has unfollowed estranged wife Kim Kardashian and all her sisters on Twitter. According to Page Six the rapper still follows Kim on Instagram but none of her family members made that cut. This despite Kim expressing that she's happy for her soon-to-be ex-husband and his relationship with supermodel Irina Shayk. It is unclear whether Ye chose to unfollow the Kardashian-Jenner brigade before or after their birthday tributes to […]

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ENTERTAINMENT

LISTEN: AKA pens “Tears Run Dry” in tribute to Anele

Rapper AKA has released a snippet of a song that is supposedly about his late fiancée, Anele ‘Nellie’ Tembe.The song titled 'Tears Run Dry' is the first song the rapper has released since her passing on the 11th of April.Listen to the snippet here: "The snippet GOD Is alive"📽Full AKA Snippet (Tears Run Dry): pic.twitter.com/kjimuLL680— Mpumelelo (@sibanyoni_mt) June 12, 2021The song gives a glimpse of what he's going through after Anele […]

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ANC staff picket

NEWS

ANC staff stage picket over late salaries

Disgruntled ANC staff members are to hold a nationwide picket on Tuesday afternoon over disputes in late salary payments. Some staff members claim they have not received their salaries for May and claim the ruling party has been defaulting on salaries since 2019. Staff in Johannesburg will be handing over a memorandum of demands at the party's headquarters, Luthuli House in Johannesburg. #ANCstaff Gathered at the Beyers Naude sqaure near […]

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Cars in traffic at night

LIFESTYLE

7 Ways to navigate the roads at night during loadshedding

By Kaya 959 Lifestyle South Africans have become accustomed to hearing about the implementation of loadshedding at a moment's notice. But what happens when you don't see the notification and now you're stuck driving back home in the dark? CEO of MasterDrive, Eugene Herbert, says the key to managing the added stress that the outages contribute to daily trips is to remain calm. He advises motorists to familiarise themselves with […]

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Bonang Matheba

ENTERTAINMENT

Youth Day: Six inspirational young South African celebs

By: Poelano Malema June 16 marks the day when South Africans celebrate Youth Day. On 16 June 1976 more than 20 000 scholars protested against Afrikaans as a language of instruction in secondary schools. Scores of learners lost their lives fighting for equal rights for all. To date, many South African scholars enjoy learning in different languages thanks to the victory that was achieved by the youth of 1967. What […]

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Kaya 959 receives 10 nominations at the radio awards

Kaya 959 bags 10 nominations at the radio awards! The Radio Awards in their 11th year, continue to recognize great achievements in the radio industry and serve as a standard for all radio stations and professionals to aim toward. The Awards recognize excellence in South African radio, with the goal of ensuring that radio remains one of South Africa's top media options. Here are the 10 prizes for which we are […]

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ENTERTAINMENT

WATCH: First glimpse at Babes Wodumo and Mampintsha’s reality show

Babes Wodumo and Mampintsha have finally concluded the shooting of their much-anticipated reality show. They are set to get the nation entertained when their reality show titled, "Uthando Lodumo" premiers on Showmax on the 30th of June. Also Read: WATCH: Babes Wodumo’s baby bump is real The show first made headlines last year when their marriage became a popular topic on social media, when rumours of a special started surfacing. […]

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THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT FORMS PART OF KAYA 959’S TERMS OF USE POLICY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ANY TERM OF THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT, YOU MUST CEASE YOUR ACCESS OF THIS WEBSITE IMMEDIATELY. 

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—

  • consonant with the constitutional values of democracy and openness, the need for economic and social progress, within the framework of the information society, requires the removal of unnecessary impediments to the free flow of information, including personal information;

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,
  1. Definitions and Interpretation

1.1.“Personal Information” means information relating to an identifiable, living, natural person and where it is applicable, identifiable, existing juristic person, including all information as defined in the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013. 

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.

 
1.3. “Processing” means the creation, generation, communication, storage, destruction of personal information as more fully defined in the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013.  

1.4. “You” or the “user” means any person who accesses and browses this website for any purpose. 

1.4. “Website” means the website of the KAYA 959 at URL www.kaya959.co.za or such other URL as KAYA 959 may choose from time to time.   

  1. Status and Amendments

2.1. KAYA 959 respects your privacy. This privacy policy statement sets out KAYA 959’s information gathering and dissemination practices in respect of the Website. 

2.2. This Privacy Policy governs the processing of personal information provided to KAYA 959 through your use of the Website. 

2.3. Please note that, due to legal and other developments, KAYA 959 may amend these terms and conditions from time to time.  

  1. Processing of Personal Information

3.1. By providing your personal information to KAYA 959 you acknowledge that it has been collected directly from you and consent to its processing by KAYA 959. 

3.2. Where you submit Personal Information (such as name, address, telephone number and email address) via the website (e.g. through completing any online form) the following principles are observed in the processing of that information: 

3.2.1. KAYA 959 will only collect personal information for a purpose consistent with the purpose for which it is required. The specific purpose for which information is 
collected will be apparent from the context in which it is requested. 

3.2.2. KAYA 959 will only process personal information in a manner that is adequate, relevant and not excessive in the context of the purpose for which it is processed. 

3.2.3. Personal information will only be processed for a purpose compatible with that for which it was collected, unless you have agreed to an alternative purpose in writing or KAYA 959 is permitted in terms of national legislation of general application dealing primarily with the protection of personal information. 

3.2.4. KAYA 959 will keep records of all personal Information collected and the specific purpose for which it was collected for a period of 1 (one) year from the date on which it was last used. 

3.2.5. KAYA 959 will not disclose any personal information relating to you to any third party unless your prior written agreement is obtained or KAYA 959 is required to do so by law. 

3.2.6. If personal information is released with your consent KAYA 959 will retain a record of the information released, the third party to which it was released, the reason for the release and the date of release, for a period of 1 (one) year from the date on which it was last used. 

3.2.7. KAYA 959 will destroy or delete any personal information that is no longer needed by KAYA 959 for the purpose it was initially collected, or subsequently processed. 

3.3. Note that, as permitted by the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act 25 of 2002, KAYA 959 may use personal information collected to compile profiles for statistical purposes. No information contained in the profiles or statistics will be able to be linked to any specific user.    

  1. Collection of anonymous data

4.1. KAYA 959 may use standard technology to collect information about the use of this website. This technology is not able to identify individual users but simply allows KAYA 959 to collect statistics. 

4.2. KAYA 959 may utilise temporary or session cookies to keep track of users’ browsing habits. A cookie is a small file that is placed on your hard drive in order to keep a record of your interaction with this website and facilitate user convenience. 

4.2.1. Cookies by themselves will not be used to identify users personally but may be used to compile identified statistics relating to use of services offered or to provide KAYA 959 with feedback on the performance of this website. 

4.2.2. The following classes of information may be collected in respect of users who have enabled cookies: 

4.2.2.1. The browser software used; 

4.2.2.2. IP address; 

4.2.2.3. Date and time of activities while visiting the website; 

4.2.2.4. URLs of internal pages visited; and 

4.2.2.5. referrers. 

4.3. If you do not wish cookies to be employed to customize your interaction with this website it is possible to alter the manner in which your browser handles cookies. Please note that, if this is done, certain services on this website may not be available. 

  1. Security

5.1. KAYA 959 takes reasonable measures to ensure the security and integrity of information submitted to or collected by this website, but cannot under any circumstances be held liable for any loss or other damage sustained by you as a result of unlawful access to or dissemination of any personal information by a third party. 

  1. Links to other websites

6.1. KAYA 959 has no control over and accepts no responsibility for the privacy practices of any third party websites to which hyperlinks may have been provided and KAYA 959 strongly recommends that you review the privacy policy of any website you visit before using it further. 

  1. Queries

7.1. If you have any queries about this privacy policy please contact us by emailing [email protected]