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

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

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

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

Acting health minister Mmamoloko Kubayi says that indications point to South Africa having passed the peak of a third Covid-19 wave. Kubayi said in a media briefing on Friday morning (23 July), that while this is welcome news, there are still concerns that the recent unrest and looting in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal could lead to a ….  Read More

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

A Naspers startup fund has added Ctrl, a digital short-term insurance advice platform, to its stable. Naspers says Ctrl is a great example of using technology can improve traditional business models. Ctrl is a one-stop digital short-term insurance advice platform founded in 2017. The investment is part of Naspers’ R1.4 billion commitment to grow early-stage ….  Read More

While some claims will be assessed by heavyweight insurers such as Old Mutual Group and Santam, the bulk of the burden will fall to state-owned Sasria. Sasria is not disputing the merits of claims related to the riots, only watching out for cases of fraud, the insurer says. Many people and companies with Sasria policies ….  Read More

Insurance companies will feel the pinch as businesses start to rebuild. Photo: Gallo Images/Sharon Seretlo Chaos. That’s how the last few days in South African could be described in one word.  Malls have been set on fire, business looted and jobs lost in three provinces. Since then, we have seen communities band together to try ….  Read More