âââ 07:13 Sun, 04 Apr 2021 PHOTO: eNCA
Jonathan Ball, who established the publishing house carrying his name in 1976, has died in Cape Town of cancer.
He was 69.
Asked for comment, Ashton said: Jon hated soundbites. But he will be missed.
Ball rocked the political establishment in 1978 when he published the controversial book T
he Super-Afrikaners, which exposed the extent to which a secretive organisation influenced South African society.
He was surrounded by his children when he died, just after 15:00 on Saturday.
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âââ 06:23 Sun, 04 Apr 2021 Photo: Pixabay/Fernando Zhiminaicela
The number of South Africans who died due to Covid-19 now stands at 52 954 after eight new deaths were recorded on Saturday.
Three were recorded in the Free State, one in Gauteng, two in KwaZulu Natal, one of the Northern Cape and one in the Western Cape.
The number of infections recorded in the country since the start of the pandemic now stands at s 1 551 501.
Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize revealed these new numbers on Saturday.
âOur cumulative recoveries today stand at 1 476 605, representing a recovery rate of 95%.
âThe number of health care workers vaccinated under the Sisonke Protocol remains 269 102,â Mkhize said.
âââ LUCKY NKUYANE 11:20 Sat, 03 Apr 2021 PHOTO: TRAFFIC SA
The North West province has deployed a large number of traffic officials across the province to curb crime and road accidents.
The Department of Community Safety and Transport Management s spokesperson, Oshebeng Alpheus Koonyaditse, says 545 personnel have been deployed in all arterial routes in the province during the long Easter weekend.
Officials in the province are not part of those who will be using body cameras and drones in an effort to keep a watchful eye on the busy routes in the province during this period.
Koonyaditse says body cameras at the moment are being used by national traffic police under Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC).