SA’s agricultural sector calls for lifting of alcohol ban
South Africa’s agricultural sector has joined the calls for the government to prohibit the sale of alcohol.
Agri SA said that she was “very concerned” about the effect of the ban on the price chain ranging from brands of wine, barley, hops, fruits and corn to brands and glass processors.
Russia approves first Covid-19 vaccine, Putin says
Russia’s Ministry of Health approved the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine, developed through the Gamaleya Institute in Moscow, after less than two months of human testing, President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday.
This resolution paves the way for mass inoculation even as the final stages of clinical trials continue to verify protection and efficacy.
The speed with which Russia is deploying its vaccine hides its determination to win the global race for an effective product, however, has raised considerations that it can put national prestige ahead of science and safety.
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‘It’s impossible’: David Makhura denounces false accusations of PPE corruption involving his family
Gauteng Prime Minister David Makhura has refuted accusations that members of his family circle have been implicated in acts of corruption similar to those of the non-public protective apparatus (PPE), and has said that legal action will be taken against anyone who makes the claim.
“I disregard lies on social media platforms about my family’s early involvement in acquiring EPI,” he said in a statement.
“As a matter of principle, neither my wife nor my children do business with the government.”
Staff are attentive to Covid-19 booking at a pewn quarantine hotel
Summerstrand’s five-star Radisson Blu hotel is used as a Covid-19 quarantine site and is not satisfied with it, saying that “some cursed patients refuse to stay in their rooms.”
Although Radisson Blu Port Elizabeth Deputy Executive Director Elmarie Fritz demonstrated that some patients had not been limited in their rooms, she said these were “minimal remote incidents that were dealt with without delay through the workers’ service fitness corps. “. Training
Unemployment pandemic grows’: Alan Winde calls for lifting of alcohol ban
It increases pressure on the government to lift the ban on the sale of alcohol and allow for greater economic activity with massive losses of tasks.
The PROVINCIAL government of Western Cape, led by DA, took a firm stand this weekend and said domestic liquor sales would be allowed immediately, “with wise recommendations.”
“These positions have been taken to reduce the effect of an equally harmful pandemic: unemployment. Now we will have interaction with the national government in those positions,” said Western Cape Prime Minister Alan Winde.
Every penny of the 19 billion rand spent in the opposite fight against covid-19 in the Eastern Cape should be taken into account
Every penny of the 19 billion rand spent on non-public protective devices and hospital beds will be taken into account in the opposite fight against Covid-19 in the Eastern Cape.
That promise to finance MEC Mlungisi Mvoko on Monday. He also promised that when the required legal needs were not met, action would be taken.
Through the provincial treasury, the province is investigating a number of court cases concerning the use of taxpayers in the opposite fight against Covid-19.
You can now check Covid-19 on those who buy groceries in Gauteng
The Gauteng fitness branch is expected to open a third Covid-19 control station at a shopping mall on Tuesday.
The Gauteng Department of Health (GDoH), Rebosis Property Fund and Faithcare Medicals will open the COVID-19 control station founded on a shopping center, the Bloed Mall in Pretoria CBD, on Tuesday, August 11, 2020. GautengCOVID19 pic.twitter.com/37CJgKPWkG
International coronavirus cases exceed 20.09 million, death toll 734243
More than 20.09 million other people are thought to have become inflamed with the new international coronavirus and 734,243 have died, according to a Reuters count.
Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were known in China in December 2019.
Reuters
A released on parole in January was denied an R350 special grant because he has been running for 18 months
A released on parole who was released from a criminal this year denied the R350 special grant on the grounds that he had been running for 18 months.
This is an example of a government formula in which valid applicants are told that they are not eligible for the Covid-19 social assistance grant in case of distress, according to IFP Mp Liezl van der Merwe.
Inanda, 34, was released from Durban B’s average prison on parole in January. TimesLIVE sealed his probation papers.