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CAPE TOWN - Representatives from the provinces are expected to meet on Sunday to discuss the growing number of COVID infections and the response to the progress of the pandemic. South Africa has had more than 21,000 new cases of COVID confirmed in the past 24 hours and 399 new deaths due to the virus. In an interview with the SABC yesterday, President Cyril Ramaphosa acknowledged government was concerned about the intensity of the second wave. “The National Coronavirus Council has met and we are now going to meet with our provinces and after that, Cabinet will also look at some of the recommendations and it is then that we’ll be able to make a determination and announce it to the nation.” As the Command Council and Cabinet review lockdown restrictions, The South African Medical Association (Sama) is, however, arguing against a move to a higher lockdown level. Sama’s Dr Angelique Coetzee, said, “The only thing you can add to add to lockdown level 3 is to say between 10 and 20 people is the most that can gather together, no matter where you are or what you are doing. Also, it doesn’t help to go onto lockdown level 5, but you can’t even make sure that the restrictions you put into lockdown level 3 aren’t being adhered to.” Meanwhile, in KwaZulu-Natal, COVID infections are still rising alarmingly. KZN currently has just under 90,000 active cases, which is by far the most in the country. The Western Cape's modelling had predicted the peak of the second wave towards the end of this week and the province's head of health, Dr Keith Cloete, on Saturday said there were early indications that numbers were stabilising. But as the Western Cape deals with the second wave, he warned against complacency, saying a third wave might not be far behind. “There are two things that have become evident this week, firstly, that there is the introduction of a new vaccine – that will play a role. But it is also clear from international experience that there are risks of a third wave and we should be mindful and be preparing for that.” - Eyewitness News
South Africa is one of the hardest-hit countries in Africa with over 740,000 infections.
The country recorded 60 more virus-related deaths on Wednesday, bringing the death toll to 20,011.
CSA director of cricket Grame Smith has reportedly assured the ECB that the England tour to South Africa will still go ahead.
A GROUP of Zambian women and children filed a suit against Anglo American Plc in South Africa, alleging the mining company caused widespread lead poisoning from a mine it owned until 1974 in the northern city of Kabwe. The case, which is demanding compensation and a clean-up of the area, was filed in a Johannesburg court on Wednesday by 13 plaintiffs on behalf of an estimated 100 000 people, according to law firms Leigh Day and Mbuyisa Moleele. The firms plan to apply for a class action suit. Anglo American will “defend its position,” the company said. “Generations of children have been poisoned by the operations of the Kabwe mine, originally known as Broken Hill, which caused widespread contamination of the soil, dust, water and vegetation,” the firms said in a statement. “The main sources of this poisonous lead were from the smelter, ore processing and tailings dumps.” The group lawsuit is the latest over its decades of mining in southern Africa. In 2018, Anglo and five other companies paid about US$390 million to settle a class action by former gold miners suffering from the respiratory disease silicosis. “Once the claim is received, the company will review the claims made by the firm and will take all necessary steps to vigorously defend its position,” Anglo said in an emailed response to questions, adding it was never the majority owner of the Kabwe mine. Anglo held an interest in the mine, at one stage the world’s biggest lead operation, from 1925 to 1974, when it was nationalised by the government. While the operation about 100km north of the Zambian capital, Lusaka, was eventually shut in 1994, output during Anglo’s ownership accounted for about two-thirds of the lead that now contaminates the area, the law firms said. Brain damage “Substantial emissions of lead into the local environment were due to deficiencies in the design and systems of operation and control of lead, which Anglo American South Africa failed to ensure were rectified,” they said. “Anglo American South Africa failed to ensure the clean-up of the communities’ contaminated land.” Lead poisoning can cause health problems ranging from learning difficulties to infertility, brain damage and, in some cases, death. In a 2019 report, Human Rights Watch said that a third of the population of Kabwe, or more than 76,000 people, live in lead-contaminated areas. The lawsuit was filed in South Africa because at the time of the mine’s operation Anglo was headquartered in Johannesburg. The company is now based in London. — Bloomberg
Dawn Wing, a South African courier company, are partnering with What3words to accurately deliver parcels within 3 metres of your location.
Sao Tome e Principe offered great resistance against Bafana Bafana in their Afcon qualifier on Friday night.
Self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri's lawyers have said the conduct of their client trumps speculation or innuendo ahead of the much-anticipated bail judgment.
[The Herald] SAFA have confirmed Bafana Bafana's upcoming back-to-back 2022 AFCON qualifiers against Sao Tome and Principe will both be played in South Africa.
The recent statement released by SANZAAR regarding the future of the southern hemisphere’s Rugby Championship may have been premature.
Is it time for another 'fellow South Africans...' from the president? Ramaphosa will officially address the public about lockdown restrictions next week.
