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Seven provinces record zero #Covid19 deaths


───   05:27 Tue, 06 Apr 2021
Seven provinces recorded zero Covid-19 related deaths in the past 24 hours, the health department said on Monday evening.
Four deaths were recorded in Gauteng and four in the Free State. A total of 452 new cases were also recorded from 11 091 tests conducted.
To date South Africa has a total of 1 552 416 cases.
South Africa’s death toll now stands at 52 995. The highest number of deaths have been recorded in the Western Cape with 11 472 followed closely by the Western Cape of 11 363.
South Africa’s recovery rate sits at 95 percent with almost 10 million people have been tested in the past year.
Meanwhile, close to 270 000 healthcare workers have been vaccinated.

Gauteng , South-africa , Free-state , Western-cape , Ofm-radio-station-south-africa , Bloemfontein , Potchefstroom , Kimberley , Radio , Ofm-news , Sport

Dillon du Preez reaching new heights with Momentum Protea's in India

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Free-state , South-africa , Corrie-van-zyl , Rudi-steyn , West-indies , Ofm-radio-station-south-africa , Bloemfontein , Potchefstroom , Kimberley , Radio , Ofm-news

Nehawu set to ditch ANC at the polls


───   10:44 Tue, 06 Apr 2021
Image: Engineering News
The ANC-led government has reneged on its three-year public service wage agreement.
Now, Nehawu is threatening to withdraw its support from the party in upcoming local government elections.
The tripartite alliance will be discussed at the union's KwaZulu-Natal provincial congress this week.
Nehawu KZN secretary Ayanda Blessing Zulu said, "one of the issues that will be discussed by the congress, will be the state of the alliance."
"Our recent central executive committee took a decision noting that the ANC-led government failed to implement resolution one of 2018."

South-africa , Kwazulu , Eastern-cape , Ayanda-blessing-zulu , Ofm-radio-station-south-africa , Bloemfontein , Potchefstroom , Kimberley , Radio , Ofm-news , Sport

Data from 500m #Facebook accounts posted online

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United-states , United-kingdom , France , French , American , British , Cambridge-analytica , Twitter , Facebook , Hudson-rock , Business-insider , Ofm-radio-station-south-africa

Santaco warns of taxi fare hikes

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Thabisho-molelekwa , Automobile-association , Ofm-radio-station-south-africa , Bloemfontein , Potchefstroom , Kimberley , Radio , South-africa , Ofm-news , Sport , Agriculture- , Radio-blogs

Manhunt for FS killers intensified


───   LUCKY NKUYANE 07:19 Tue, 06 Apr 2021
A team of police investigators has been appointed to probe the murders of five family members in Namahadi in Qwaqwa in the Free State.
The appointment coincides with the 72-hour activation plan which was deployed by the police following the discovery of the burnt bodies of the victims in Marakong village on Saturday. 
Police spokesperson, Thandi Mbambo, says the team will be led by the District Commander of Thabo Mofutsanyana, Major Jan Tsotsetsi. On that fateful day the police discovered the body of a woman lying on the ground with a gunshot wound to her stomach, while the burnt body of a man was found inside a burnt mud house. 

Moliehi-thoabala , Tatolo-lemeko , Matlakala-mokwena , Jan-tsotsetsi , Safolo-mofokeng , Thandi-mbambo , Relebohile-lemeko , Thabo-mofutsanyana , Masabata-lemeko , District-commander , Major-jan

Agri podcast: Rice imports to SA increase - Agbiz


───   ELSABÉ RICHARD 13:43 Tue, 06 Apr 2021
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Rice is one of the main staple foods South Africa imports, as the country does not have a conducive climate for its production.
This is according to Wandile Sihlobo, Chief Economist at the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa, Agbiz. Sihlobo explains that the International Grains Council forecasts South Africa's 2021 rice imports at 1.1 million tonnes, which is a 5% increase from the previous year. He says the imports are usually evenly spread across the year, with a slight peak in volumes in the last quarter of each year. About 70% of South Africa's rice is usually imported from Thailand, with other notable suppliers being India, Pakistan, China and Vietnam. Sihlobo says all these countries currently expect a reasonably good harvest, which supports the availability of supplies for exports. Furthermore, he says worth noting is that, on average, about 10% of the imported rice each year is re-exported to the neighbouring countries, namely Swaziland, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Namibia and Zambia.

Namibia , Thailand , India , Merwe , Western , Zambia , Zimbabwe , Lesotho , Botswana , China , Vietnam , Republic-of

SA's #Covid19 death rate now at 52 954


───   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.
“Our cumulative recoveries today stand at 1 476 605, representing a recovery rate of 95%.
“The number of health care workers vaccinated under the Sisonke Protocol remains 269 102,” Mkhize said.

Gauteng , South-africa , Free-state , Kwazulu-natal , Zweli-mkhize , Northern-cape , Minister-dr-zweli-mkhize , Sisonke-protocol , Ofm-radio-station-south-africa , Bloemfontein , Potchefstroom

Chief Justice Mogoeng slams judgment on his Israel comments


───   07:31 Sun, 04 Apr 2021
Image: Gallo
Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng has slammed retired Gauteng Deputy Judge President Phineas Mojapelo's decision to force him to apologise for his pro-Israel comments.
Justice Mogoeng is appealing Mojapelo's decision finding that his comments at a webinar breached the Code of Judicial Conduct.
He described Judge Mojapelo's reasoning as flawed and disturbingly superficial.
In his 39-page appeal to the Judicial Conduct Committee, Justice Mogoeng states that Mojapelo misdirected himself in material respect by finding that the complaints Africa Palestine, Women Cultural Group and the SA Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Coalition were not about the constitutional rights to the freedom of religion, belief, thought and opinion and freedom of expression.

Jerusalem , Israel-general , Israel , Palestine , Justice-mogoeng , Dennis-davis , Justice-dikgang-moseneke , Jacob-zuma , Judicial-conduct-committee , Women-cultural-group , Constitutional-court , Constitutional-court-justice-edwin-cameron

Famed publisher Jonathan Ball dies in Cape Town


───   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.
Jonathan Ball Publishers and News24 are subsidiaries of Media24.

South-africa , South-african , Eugene-ashton , Jonathan-ball-publishers , Ball-publishers , Ofm-radio-station-south-africa , Bloemfontein , Potchefstroom , Kimberley , Radio , Ofm-news