How much money kings, queens and traditional leaders get paid in South Africa

President Cyril Ramaphosa has gazetted the official salaries government will pay to kings, queens and other traditional leaders in South Africa. The gazette – which applies retroactively from 20 April 2020 – covers a wide range of roles, including the national and provincial houses of traditional leaders. Traditional kings and senior leaders are symbolic figureheads ….  Read More

South Africa prepares for schools to reopen – with a key change

Schools across South Africa are scheduled to reopen on Monday (26 July), along with an expected review of the current adjusted lockdown 4 regulations. South Africa moved to an adjusted level 4 lockdown at the end of June in response to the third wave of Covid-19 infections. Although initially announced to be for two weeks, ….  Read More

Government moves ahead with plans to reopen schools in South Africa

The Department of Basic Education is proceeding with plans to reopen schools, says acting minister in the presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni. Ntshavheni said that Basic Education minister Angie Motshekga will brief the nation on the re-opening of the education sector on Sunday (25 July). South Africa moved to an adjusted level 4 lockdown at the end ….  Read More

5 important things happening in South Africa today

Here’s what is happening in and affecting South Africa today: Coronavirus: In South Africa, there have been 14,858 new cases of Covid-19, taking the total reported to 2,342,330. Deaths have reached 68,625 (+433), while recoveries have climbed to 2,109,820, leaving the country with a balance of 163,885 active cases. The total number of vaccines administered ….  Read More

South Africa moves to postpone elections

The Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) will move to postpone South Africa’s local government elections, originally set to be held in October 2021. The commission cited the Moseneke report published earlier this week as a key factor behind the postponement, as well as concerns around the current Covid-19 pandemic. In a media briefing ….  Read More

A couple admitted to cheating the California public health system of more than a million dollars on Monday through a false private insurance scheme targeted at pregnant Mexican women looking to give birth in the United States. A couple advertised private insurance to pregnant Mexican women promising they could give birth legally in the US ….  Read More

Woman with the world’s second-biggest butt insures her asset for R5,4 million

Brazilian Vanessa Ataides has been working on her butt for almost a decade. (PHOTO: Instagram / @byvanessaataidess) Vanessa Ataides says she’s famous because of her bottom so it’s only right she has it insured. The bodybuilder and social-media influencer has the biggest behind in her home country, Brazil, and the second-biggest butt on the planet. ….  Read More