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Daily English South Africa News · Daily News
1,663 Episodes
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Mask sewing initiative injects over R1m into township economy

Seamstress Aletta Mashao and others do not spend much time thinking about distribution channels, market linkages or exchange rates. As the main breadwinners in their households, what they do know is that when they make face masks for the COVID-19 pandemic, they and their extended families have food on the…
15 Aug 2020 9AM 3 min

Something must be done to save 2020 school year, say experts

President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the closure of schools and the extension of the school year last week, but at what cost to South African students and the larger economy? Dr Nic Spaull, a senior researcher at Stellenbosch University, and associate professor Maximus Sefotho at the University of Johannesburg outline the…
30 Jul 2020 2AM 10 min

'Please help me': mom struggling to submit maternity claim

During her last week of pregnancy, an exhausted Neo Mokgautsi stood in a queue at the labour department in Roodepoort on the West Rand for more than five hours, hoping to submit her maternity leave claim. Fast forward and baby will soon be three-months-old. Mokgautsi, a sales assistant at a…
27 Jul 2020 10AM 4 min

FULL ADDRESS | School year disrupted & relief funding increased

All public schools must close for a month, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday, with matrics taking a week off, and grade 7s two weeks. “Cabinet has decided today [Thursday] that all public schools should take a break for the next four weeks,” he said. This means that schools will…
23 Jul 2020 2PM 29 min

SA’s early Covid-19 patients bring relief to thousands

Fame and the limelight have never been on Megan Smith’s radar. Neither has the thought of being a go-to person for thousands of anxious, overwhelmed and frightened South Africans. But because of Covid-19 her life changed overnight. The disease has thrust her into new directions as thousands of South Africans,…
20 Jul 2020 3AM 10 min

Uncertain times for artists working in the entertainment industry

Friday catch-up sessions and weekend nights out have turned into Zoom meetings with a cup of ginger and lemon concoctions.  Since the implementation of lockdown, the entertainment industry has been put on standby as human contact is prohibited. Online platforms, however, have seen a huge surge with more people streaming…
16 Jul 2020 3AM 6 min

Blanket liquor ban is not a solution – DA

In light of the ban on the sale of liquor and gazetting of updated lockdown regulations, the DA has accused President Cyril Ramaphosa of paying lip-service to public participation. The DA in the Western Cape said: “The blanket liquor ban fuels criminal syndicates, results in job losses and will do…
15 Jul 2020 5AM 1 min

Voices from the frontline in the war against COVID

As the pandemic gathers pace in SA, pressure on the country's doctors has become intense. Boitumelo Makaulule, who works in a government hospital, and Suhayl Essa, who does shifts in private clinics, shared their stories with Sunday Times reporter Paul Ash
14 Jul 2020 5AM 11 min

Nelson Mandela Foundation mourns the passing of Zindzi Mandela

Zindzi Mandela, the youngest daughter of Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela Mandela, died on July 13 2020 in Johannesburg. The Nelson Mandela Foundation expressed shock at the news of her death.The statement also noted that her death came on the anniversary “of another tragic moment – when Madiba’s son, Thembekile,…
13 Jul 2020 9AM 2 min

Gauteng is running out of beds

A looming shortage of ICU and general ward beds means severely ill Covid patients — even those with medical aid — may not make itthrough thedoor athospitals inhotspot areas that are close to capacity. In Gauteng, which is SA’s centre of infections, health MEC Bandile Masuku said his department expected…
11 Jul 2020 2PM 8 min

A successful vaccine won’t be free to access, says top African scientists

Africans should be clamouring to be part of vaccine trials so we have equal access, rather than saying we’re being used as guinea pigs, say top African scientists. They said that only 2% of clinical trials happen in Africa, yet the continent has 17% of the world’s population and thus…
10 Jul 2020 6AM 10 min

DA condemns truck protests on highways

The Democratic Alliance condemns the violence and destruction of public property on national highways including the N1, N2 and N7. The majority of these incidences have been caused by truck drivers in protest of employment of foreign nationals. Daylin Mitchell, MPP says: “Whilst truck drivers, like everyone, have the right…
8 Jul 2020 7AM 1 min

ANC SG tells comrades to weaponise whatsapp groups

ANC deputy secretary general Jessie Duarte has sent a strong message to ANC members, to use your WhatsApp groups to spread information about Covid-19 instead of gossiping and socialising. In a voice note circulated to party members, Duarte said South Africans have not fully internalized the impact of Covid-19, she…
8 Jul 2020 7AM 2 min
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