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DEATH TOLL STARTS TO RISE AS … Virus steals Christmas spirit CHANELLE LUTCHMAN AND NADIA KHAN SIBONELO NGCOBO African News Agency (ANA) WITH thousands of holidaymakers expected to descend on KwaZulu-Natal in the coming days, there are fears that the second wave of Covid-19 will be more deadly than the first. Nationally, the number of people testing positive for Covid-19 has been on the rise. According to Discovery Health Medical Scheme, a growing number of their members are testing positive. They have identified Chatsworth, Lower Tugela, Inanda, uMlazi, Durban and Lions River as hot spots in KwaZulu-Natal. Numbers are also rising in Port Shepstone, Lower Umfolozi, Pinetown and New Hanover and, if they continue to rise, these areas will quickly become hot spots. During a television interview on Sunday night,…
NO INTERNATIONAL TOURISTS Covid-19 dampens pilgrimages in Bethlehem JANINE MOODLEY janine.moodley@inl.co.za THE Covid-19 pandemic has dampened Christmas, even in the biblical town of Bethlehem where the birth of Jesus Christ is revered. Every year, the Palestinian town sees more than a million tourists travel to celebrate the day Christians believe Jesus was born. Bethlehem has grown into a hub for pilgrims who often visit the Church of the Nativity, which is marked as Jesus’s birthplace. Last year, Star Street, believed to be the path taken by Mary and Joseph from Nazareth to the Church of the Nativity, was restored for visitors and saw at least one million tourists and pilgrims. This year is expected to be a little different because of the Covid-19 pandemic. According to the New York Post,…
Religious leaders open to vaccine JANINE MOODLEY janine.moodley@inl.co.za AS A GROWING number of countries begin vaccinating their citizens against Covid-19, some religious leaders in South Africa have voiced support for the vaccine. This after the country’s Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng’s “devil” outburst this past week. During a closing prayer at a thanksgiving ceremony at Tembisa Hospital in Ekurhuleni, Justice Mogoeng said any Covid-19 vaccine that was linked to the devil should be destroyed. “I lock out any vaccine that is not of you. If there be any vaccine that is of the devil, meant to infuse triple six in the lives of people, meant to corrupt their DNA, any such vaccine, Lord God Almighty, may it be destroyed, in the name of Jesus.” A few days later he said that…
SOLOMON LAZARUS OUT ON BAIL Ex-crime intelligence boss gets leave to appeal JANINE MOODLEY janine.moodley@inl.co.za SOLOMON Lazarus, the former chief financial officer of Crime Intelligence, has been granted leave to appeal against his 10-year sentence for using state funds to buy vehicles for himself and his children. Four vehicles amounting to almost R238 000 were purchased. These include a R55 000 Kia Picanto for his daughter, a R27 432 Honda CBR motorbike for his son, a Nissan Murano 3.5I v6 4X4 CVT and a Honda ATV for himself. Magistrate Adrian Bekker, sitting in the Pretoria Regional Court, found Lazarus, formerly of Durban, guilty of corruption and sentenced him to 10 years’ imprisonment. Lazarus, 57, has however chosen to appeal against his conviction and sentence. He was subsequently granted leave to…
RESULTS WILL BE RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 23 Matric markers to be deployed at 140 centres THANDEKA MGQIBI thandeka.mgqibi@inl.co.za TUESDAY marked the end of the 2020 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations. This year’s matric class was confronted with many challenges during the exams. These included disruptions brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic that led to exams starting on November 5, and a possible national rewrite after the Maths Paper 2 and Physical Science Paper 2 were leaked. It was unclear how many pupils had gained access to the papers, but it was believed that it had spread via WhatsApp between learners across provinces. Dr Rufus Poliah, the Department of Basic Education’s (DBE) national assessment and public exams chief director, said due to the viral spread of information on the cyber networks,…
MOST COMPLAINTS FROM PHOENIX, CHATSWORTH ‘No fees, no report cards,’ parents told CHANELLE LUTCHMAN chanelle.lutchman@inl.co.za A PHOENIX mother of two will today return to her children’s primary school to again request their reports. The single mother, who lost her job as a hairdresser during the lock-down, has been trying for the last week to get their reports. While it is illegal to withhold reports, matric certificates and transfer cards, some schools are doing this to get parents to pay outstanding fees. “I am a hairdresser but I lost my job because the salon where I worked closed. I have done some odd hair jobs at home but the money is not enough to live on. My children’s father is not in the picture, so financially it’s difficult." The school fees…
