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South Africa puts AstraZeneca rollout plans on hold

By: Natasha Archary   Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced his department’s plans to delay the rollout of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine on Sunday, 7th February. This after scientists revealed the vaccine showed disappointing results against the 501.V2 COVID variant in the country. The study involving 2,000 people found the vaccine offered minimal protection with mild and moderate COVID cases. Last week South Africa received 1 million doses of the vaccine and […]

today08/02/2021

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Family Meeting: The President lifts alcohol ban and irons out vaccine rollout plans

By: Natasha Archary   President Cyril Ramaphosa eased some lockdown regulations when he addressed the country on the 1stFebruary.   The decision to move to a more relaxed Level 3 was due to a decline in new COVID-19 infections, hospital admissions and COVID-related deaths.   The head of state made the changes with the aim to boost economic activity after shutting down the alcohol industry at the end of December […]

today02/02/2021

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Report finds medical aid schemes guilty of discrimination against black health practitioners

By: Health Reporter   High Court Judge Colleen Collis passed a ruling on Tuesday (19th January 2021) morning that the Section 59 investigation which found medical aid schemes guilty of discrimination against black, Indian and coloured doctors be publicly released.   Two of the country’s top-tiered medical aid schemes, Discovery and the Government Employees Medical Scheme (GEMS), as well as Medscheme, one of the largest medical aid scheme administrators were, […]

today20/01/2021

CURRENT AFFAIRS

Eskom problems are self inflicted, SACP’s Solly Mapaila

By Breakfast with David Team The South African Communist Party says while the majority of issues that are facing power utility Eskom were self-inflicted, the power utility cannot be allowed to fail. The SACP’s second Deputy General Secretary Solly Mapaila was in conversation with David O’Sullivan this morning on Breakfast With David. [WATCH] SACP’s Solly Mapaila says the crisis at Eskom is self inflicted #BreakfastiwthDavid pic.twitter.com/IrugCcEOoo — Kaya 959 Talk […]

today13/02/2019

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Fake news: Seeing is believing, or not

By Tunicia Phillips There’s a new trendy hashtag on twitter and it’s flipping the lid on the ever-evolving war on truth. #DeepFake is the word tech nerds are using to describe a new way in which artificial intelligence is shaping the world of fake news. ‘Deep fake’ is the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to manipulate videos in order to make a subject say whatever the designer wants them to […]

today30/01/2019

NEWS

Protect children’s rights for a better society

By Mbali Dhlamini Government is continuing its call for South Africans to take an active role in efforts to try and make the country better. Officials from various departments say although work is continuing to ensure better service delivery throughout the country -communities should also lend a hand. This call is in line with President Cyril Ramaphosa's Thuma Mina campaign which encourages citizens to assist government where they can. The campaign […]

today23/01/2019

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CURRENT AFFAIRS

Memorial service fit for legend Dan Tshanda

By Katlego Legodi Friends, Family, fellow artists and loved ones gathered in Newtown Johannesburg for a memorial service of late veteran musician and producer Dan Tshanda. A public memorial service got underway at the old Bassline this afternoon. The 54-year-old died in a Johannesburg hospital after suffering heart failure. Dan Tshanda has been remembered as the pioneer of bubblegum music in Africa. Bassline was abuzz with artists in attendance at the memorial service […]

today11/01/2019

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CURRENT AFFAIRS

72 years later, Comair still running profitably, can SAA learn anything?

By Owen Nkomo Leader in local routes Comair, which operates through Kulula and a license agreement with British Airways in South Africa, has recently issued their best financial results since the company started. This is despite a hostile environment with sluggish economic growth, high unemployment, and depleted consumer spending. The airline has managed a decent Seat occupancy of 76% , just 4% below global average. This has been achieved through […]

today27/09/2018

NEWS

Why inquiry into corruption in South Africa needs to act with urgency

By: Richard Calland, University of Cape Town Deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo is heading up the inquiry into corruption in South Africa. EPA-EFE/Kim Ludbrook   A commission of inquiry into corruption in South Africa is underway. How it goes about its work, and delivers on its mandate, will have profound constitutional and political consequences. This is more so because it is clear that deposed former President Jacob Zuma, who is […]

today18/09/2018

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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]