The Limpopo Health Department says it’s put measures in place to help elderly people unable to register online. The province says it is training around 10,000 community workers to help with registration. Phase 1 of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is set to resume this week. Once that’s concluded, people over 60 will be […]
Pick n Pay plans to tap into growth opportunities in the rest of Africa over the long term as it announced a 4.3 percent increase in group turnover to R93.1 billion during the 52 weeks ended in February compared to a year earlier. Photo: Simphiwe Mbokazi African News Agency (ANA) PICK N PAY plans […]
The matter is expected to sit in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on 17 May. JOHANNESBURG – Former President Jacob Zuma’s lawyers have reportedly withdrawn their services to represent him in his corruption trial. The matter is expected to sit in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on 17 May. However, it is being reported that the lawyers […]
Never one to shy away from controversy, former president Jacob Zuma has found himself bathed in a dubious light more often than water droplets from a showerhead. His latest move in the game he plays with judicial processes? Launching an attack on the judiciary with wholly unsubstantiated allegations of unfair treatment against him. Asked to […]
Top South African athletes Caster Semenya (left) and Wayde van Niekerk. (Photos: Gallo Images / Lefty Shivambu / Veli Nhlapo) The Tokyo Olympics are less than 100 days away, and Covid-19 has slowed the preparations for South Africa’s hopefuls at the quadrennial showpiece. They were granted a chance to really push themselves at the national […]
South Africa’s business industry on Friday welcomed the launch of the registration drive to get people over the age of 60 vaccinated against Covid-19. Photographer: Armand Hough/African News Agency(ANA) Business industry welcomes launch of online vaccine registrations By Siphelele Dludla JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s business industry on Friday welcomed the launch of the registration drive […]
Picture: Nhlanhla Phillips/African News Agency/ANA TWO WEEKS ago I referred to the commodity super cycle that is under way. The stock prices of most resources companies have followed commodity prices on the way up. The big question I asked myself is where I can find value in the resources sector. My starting point was to […]
Shares in ArcelorMittal South Africa (Amsa) surged 16 percent on the JSE on Friday as the market digested the overview of progress made in its new business model published in its 2020 integrated annual report a day earlier. Picture: Karen Sandison/African News Agency(ANA) JOHANNESBURG – SHARES in ArcelorMittal South Africa (Amsa), the ailing steel producer, […]