What’s happening in South Africa
From a fatal explosion at a refinery in Cape Town to an update on the Zondo Commission, these are some of the headlines from across South Africa this week
Mass retrenchments looming as tourism loses R748m daily during lockdown
Over R68 billion worth of travel spend has been lost since President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the lockdown in March
Justice Project SA joins call for all licenses to stay valid
Justice Project South Africa (JPSA) says it supports the call of the Automobile Association of South Africa (AA) for Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula to extend the validity period of all licenses beyond the 30 August deadline
Cigarettes will be back, Ramaphosa says, he just didn’t say when
He urged South Africans to accept the tobacco ban until such a time as the government deems it okay to lift it
2 confirmed dead as massive explosion tears Cape Town refinery apart
The incident occurred at the plant at approximately 4am on Thursday
Stop putting your careers first, Zondo warns corrupt officials
In a scathing warning on corrupt government officials, Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo – in a closing statement on the second day of former Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) board chairperson Popo Molefe’s testimony at the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture – sketched a picture of why public representatives fail to take a stand against graft
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