“I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.” These famous words were said by one of the 20th century’s greatest political leaders, Sir Winston Churchill on 10 May 1940 before his newly formed cabinet and in the House of Co...
·over 3 years ago
Could the worst be over ? South Africans battle mixed emotions as the country gears up to the reopening of its borders while adapting to what is said to be the "new normal" On Wednesday night ( 16 September 2020) President Cyril Ra...
·over 3 years ago
To date 20 011 South Africans have lost their lives to the Covid 19 pandemic. On Wednesday night President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the nation on the status of COVID-19 prevention measures this comes after his meeting with the National ...
·over 3 years ago
The jacaranda trees are in full bloom across the nation’s capital, heralding the start of summer. After a long and difficult winter, the beginning of a new season should fill us with optimism. When the National State of Disaster was...
·over 3 years ago
It has been nine months since the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the outbreak of COVID-19, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, a “public health emergency of international concern”. Since then, more than 44 million cases have bee...
·over 3 years ago
A new Covid wave is said to be driving a massive resurgence of the disease in South Africa, with experts warning the country is probably facing a much larger second Now a new variant of the virus known as 501.V2 is driving a power...
·over 3 years ago
The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union [NEHAWU] met with the Minister of Health, Dr Zwelini Mkhize, to resolve the issues that led to the union resorting to a legal course of action on the need for government to comply ...
·almost 3 years ago
A lot has been said about the so-called triple challenges of poverty, unemployment and inequality besetting South Africa. The one problem that is not being mentioned is that the country suffers from the erosion of the legitimacy of th...
·over 3 years ago
Employment and Labour Minister, Thulas Nxesi has signed the updated Covid TERS Direction, which was gazetted yesterday thus paving way for the Unemployment Insurance Fund to process claims for the new Covid TERS extension. The new dir...
·about 3 years ago