What’s happening in South Africa?
From the cost of a cargo ship anchored off the coast of Mossel Bay to the detrimental effect of the alcohol sales ban on industry workers, here is a selection of stories that made the headlines across South Africa during this past week
‘Leave no one behind’, Ramaphosa tells public imbizo as 3 million people out of jobs
In his second virtual imbizo, President Cyril Ramaphosa has highlighted the effects of coronavirus on the economy, including the fact that at least three million people have lost their jobs
Zondo postpones testimony of Mhlathuze Water engineer implicated in large scale looting
A witness previously told the commission that the engineer, Mboniseni Majola, was allegedly involved in large scaling looting of Mhlathuze Water
Cele says there’s something ‘funny’ about thieves who cleared out whiskey stock at bottle store
Police Minister Bheki Cele has said “there is a funny situation” about the bottle store in Cape Town broken into barely a day after President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a ban on the sale of liquor
Alcohol sales ban hits industry hard
Alcohol industry employees and business owners expressed their disappointment about the banning of alcohol announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday
https://www.citizen.co.za/zululand-observer/lnn/1140292/alcohol-sales-ban-hits-industry-hard
Cargo tanker left at bay for 18 days – costing SA $20k per day
A tanker with cargo on it for PetroSA has been in the bay of Mossel Bay for 18 days now, by today Wednesday 15 July, and the cargo has not been offloaded
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