Author: Malebogo Putu
This is a public notice that we publish in the interest of our readers. Residents are hereby advised that services offered at all of the Rustenburg’s Driving License Testing Centres are currently suspended due to a disconnection to the central system (eNatis). This includes processing applications and renewals for both driving licenses and motor vehicle licenses. Road Traffic Management Corporations (RTMC) technicians have been called to investigate the nature of the problem and an update will be communicated in due course. Given the Covid-19 regulations and health precautions, we advise residents to take note of the subsequent delay in providing…
The Department of Public Enterprise (DPE) on Friday confirmed that government will reprioritise funds to finalise the restructuring of South African Airways (SAA) and the implementation of the airline’s business rescue plan. The DPE said an announcement to this effect will be made in the Adjustments Appropriation Bill, which will soon be introduced in Parliament. “The national carrier will not be liquidated. Because the restructuring process should be brought closer to finalisation in the next few weeks, lending institutions will be requested to finance the restructuring process and honour commitments for voluntary severance packages and retrenchments. “At the same time,…
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni will be a lame duck if he does not fight further SAA bailout. This is according to the Democratic Alliance’s MP, Geordin Hill-Lewis who said Mboweni has accepted defeat in the battle to stop any further bailout of the embattled national airline. Hill-Lewis said the confirmation by Minister of Public Enterprise Pravin Gordhan that SAA will be bailed out again represents a crushing defeat for Mboweni’s long running fight to stop any further public bailouts of the airline. The Department of Public Enterprise confirmed on Friday 18 September 2020 that government will reprioritise funds to finalise…
Government says while a ban will be put in place for international countries still experiencing high infection rates when South Africa reopens its border for global travellers, this will be reviewed regularly. Addressing media on Level 1 regulations on Friday, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, said government will publish a list of affected countries in due course. While South Africa will move to lockdown Level 1 on Monday, international border gates will reopen on 1 October 2020. “International travel on the continent is allowed to and from all countries. However, for other international travel, there will…
The Competition Commission has recommended that the Competition Tribunal conditionally approve The Foschini Group’s proposed transaction to acquire Jet stores. The Foschini Group, also known as TFG, put an offer to buy Jet from Edcon for a cash purchase consideration of R480 million. TFG announced last month that is had concluded a purchase agreement, reports said. The cash-strapped Edcon Holdings filed for bankruptcy protection in April after losing R2 billion during the hard lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19, which has claimed almost 16 000 lives in South Africa. TFG is one of the foremost independent chain store groups in…
The threat of Coronavirus and Covid-19 however remains real and people are urged to adhere to stringent prevention measures of social distancing and always wearing masks. As the country enters lockdown level 1, more people will be permitted to attend funerals and other gatherings from Monday 21 September 2020. Religious gatherings have also been given the green light to accommodate hundreds of worshippers. The Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Minister, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, shed light on the new regulations on Friday after President Cyril Ramaphosa announced this week that the country would be moving to Level 1 at midnight…
The sale of alcohol and tobacco products in South Africa now allowed under lockdown level 2 From next Tuesday, all restrictions on interprovincial travel will be lifted, while the sale of tobacco products and alcohol will resume. In his address to the nation on Saturday night, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that South Africa would move to lockdown level 2 from midnight on Monday, 17 August 2020. The decision, he said, was in light of the steadily declining number of COVID-19 infections. The further easing of restrictions presents us with the greatest opportunity since the start of the pandemic to breathe…
In an unrelated news, a Northern Cape man is expected before court for poisoning his girlfriend to death Police in Eastern Cape are looking for suspects who shot and killed two family members and injured another two on Friday, 14 August 2020 at about at Ngxoki A/A in Ngcobo. According to Eastern Cape Police, It is alleged that the 60-year-old woman was at her homestead together with her children watching television when unknown number of suspects entered the house and started firing shots towards them. The 60-year-old woman and her son, 32, were fatally wounded while the daughters aged between…
President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the nation at 20h00 this evening, Saturday 15 August 2020, on developments in South Africa’s risk-adjusted strategy to manage the spread of COVID-19. The President’s address follows a meeting earlier this week of the National Coronavirus Command Council and meetings today of the President’s Coordinating Council and Cabinet. Ramaphosa is expected to announce moving the current lockdown level a notch down from level 3 to level to 2, a move which will further open up some industries and ease the battering of an economy which has taken a beating since South Africa went into lockdown…