Sunday round-up: New unemployment highs, SAA returns to the sky and ‘shooting star’ probably a rocket
Pretoria’s mystery unidentified flying object and iconic SA brand’s return to the skies made the news this week, while back on the ground, joblessness, greenhouse gases, the Medupi explosion and an escape from Kabul were talking points.
Anruné Weyers and Ntando Mahlangu win Paralympic gold for team SA
Anruné Weyers and Ntando Mahlangu have won two gold medals for team South Africa at the ongoing 2020 Tokyo Games.
Read more on The Citizen.
Large shining object in sky likely to be a rocket
On Tuesday (August 24), many Pretoria residents shared photos of what seemed to be a large shooting star – but experts say this was more likely to have been a deorbiting rocket.
Read more on Rekord.
Jobless nation: Unemployment rate’s new highs – 14.9m out of work
Unrest, unfortunately, impacts both the employment rate and future investments in the economy.
Read more on The Citizen.
Comair, SAA to resume operations next month
Comair marketing executive Brian Kitchin says British Airways will relaunch its Johannesburg/Mauritius route, operating two flights a week, from November 30, while South African Airways will resume flights on September 23.
Read more on The Citizen.
Ballito man recounts harrowing escape as Afghanistan falls to the Taliban
Fears of the Taliban closing in, five days without sleep and aggressive locals were some of the horrors Ballito’s Dwayne Thompson faced as a close protection officer for the Canadians in Afghanistan, in the final days of evacuation.
Read more on North Coast Courier.
‘Too early for remedial actions,’ says Mabuza on Medupi explosion
South Africa’s deputy president revealed that Eskom indicated the Medupi unit 4 explosion had been classified as ‘a very major event’.
Read more on The Citizen.
SA’s greenhouse gas emissions increase by 10% in 17 years
A report detailing South Africa’s emission levels was published as part of the country’s commitment to addressing climate change in terms of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Read more on The Citizen.
Police heavily incapacitated to deal with protests, concedes Cele
Police Minister Bheki Cele says the actual human resource capability of the public order policing (POP) unit is 5 892, when it should in fact be over 12 000. “Recruitment in this unit remains a priority,” says Cele.
Read more on The Citizen.
#KeepTheFactsGoing Episode 2: Are you complicit in spreading misinformation?
Join Africa Check on a fact-checking journey with its #KeepTheFactsGoing series! Each week, we’ll show you how to get your facts in order before you share something online – in English and isiZulu.
Read more on Lowvelder.
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