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Wed, 21 Jul 2021 10:57:48 +0200
Three trucking companies delayed or cancelled 30,000 deliveries during unrest
Three logistics companies were forced to cancel or delay nearly 30,000 delivery trips when unrest and destruction swept through KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng.

Wed, 21 Jul 2021 10:45:11 +0200
ACGL Cash Cups and qualifier this week | 19 to 25 July 2021
Check out the important details about the Cash Cups from ACGL taking place this week.

Wed, 21 Jul 2021 10:34:53 +0200
Six Mettlestate Cash Cups this week | 19 to 25 July 2021
Combined with the regular weekly tournaments, there's a total of six Cash Cups from Mettlestate taking place this week.

Wed, 21 Jul 2021 10:00:00 +0200
Lucky Lekgwathi says his restaurant was looted by his friends: ‘It’s people who know me’
Former Orlando Pirates star Lucky Lekgwathi said on Tuesday some of the looters who destroyed his Grootman restaurant in Kliptown, Soweto were his friends.

Wed, 21 Jul 2021 09:36:00 +0200
'You don't have to disclose a lot of information': Kubayi urges looters to get tested for Covid-19
“I know some of them are scared they will be arrested as they get to the facilities, but from a health point of view, we really urge them to come,” said Kubayi.

Wed, 21 Jul 2021 09:15:00 +0200
Hong Kong police arrest former Apple Daily editor in chief
Hong Kong police arrested the former executive editor-in-chief of the now-closed pro-democracy Apple Daily tabloid on Wednesday, local media reported, the latest arrest in a national security investigation of media tycoon Jimmy Lai's newspaper.

Wed, 21 Jul 2021 09:00:00 +0200
Central Chinese province swamped after heaviest rain in 1,000 years
Large swathes of China's central Henan province were under water on Wednesday, with its capital Zhengzhou hardest-hit after being drenched by what weather watchers said was the heaviest rain in 1,000 years.

Wed, 21 Jul 2021 08:45:00 +0200
Smoke from US West wildfires leaves Easterners gasping
Dozens of wildfires in the western United States and Canada, led by a massive blaze in Oregon, are sending smoke eastward, worsening air quality and causing colorful sunsets in some places.

Wed, 21 Jul 2021 08:30:00 +0200
'Road to space': billionaire Bezos has successful suborbital jaunt
Jeff Bezos, the world's richest person, soared some 66.5 miles (107 km) above the Texas desert aboard his company Blue Origin's New Shepard  launch vehicle on Tuesday and returned safely to Earth, a historic suborbital flight that helps usher in a n...

Wed, 21 Jul 2021 08:29:13 +0200
Nelson Mandela Bay reaches peak of Covid-19 third wave
Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane says Nelson Mandela Bay has reached the peak of the third wave of Covid-19 infections.

Wed, 21 Jul 2021 08:18:58 +0200
Twitter temporarily blocks US Republican Greene for Covid-19 posts
Twitter Inc on Monday said it temporarily suspended Republican U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene's account for tweets which violated the social media's misinformation policy on Covid-19.

Wed, 21 Jul 2021 08:00:00 +0200
What you said: Citizens did more than security forces to protect SA during the unrest
Community members did more to quell tensions during the unrest in parts of KZN and Gauteng in the past week than law enforcement, say TimesLIVE readers.

Wed, 21 Jul 2021 07:37:01 +0200
Firearms Control Amendment Bill is ‘as dead as the proverbial dodo’, says panel
Lobbyists say there are “solid” grounds to argue that the Firearms Control Amendment Bill which, among others, seeks to remove self-defence as a reason to own a gun, is flawed and needs to be done away with.

Wed, 21 Jul 2021 07:36:34 +0200
South and central Durban beaches reopen
Shark nets have been reinstalled and serviced, leading to the reopening of Durban's central and southern beaches on Wednesday.

Wed, 21 Jul 2021 07:25:00 +0200
Covid-19 in numbers: Get the latest figures
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Wed, 21 Jul 2021 07:20:00 +0200
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Wed, 21 Jul 2021 07:00:00 +0200
'Scaremongering at its worst': Pro-ivermectin doctor hits back at colleague who says drug doesn't work
An ICU specialist at a teaching hospital has hit back strongly at claims made by a respected pulmonologist that ivermectin is of no use in treating Covid-19.

Wed, 21 Jul 2021 07:00:00 +0200
YOUR COVID-19 QUESTIONS ANSWERED | What are the long-term effects of Covid-19?
Studies are still ongoing to understand "long Covid" but experts know a little about the long-term effects of the virus.

Wed, 21 Jul 2021 06:00:00 +0200
‘I’m not afraid’: 94-year-old ziplining granny whizzes 1.1km over the sea
When Marie Fick saw the zipline, she told her daughter Mariaan: “I want to do it.”

Wed, 21 Jul 2021 06:00:00 +0200
COVID-19 LIVE UPDATES | Had Covid in the past nine months? Your body has a chance against Delta
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Tue, 20 Jul 2021 21:28:02 +0200
Shell and BP refineries to resume operations after unrest shutdown
Shell and BP South African Petroleum Refineries (Sapref) is preparing to reopen following a temporary shutdown as a result of recent violent protests and looting in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng.

Tue, 20 Jul 2021 21:24:49 +0200
NICD says next week is key to knowing if SA has passed third wave peak, as 596 new deaths are recorded
SA recorded 8,929 new Covid-19 infections and 596 fatalities in the past 24 hours.

Tue, 20 Jul 2021 21:08:47 +0200
Miss SA Shudufhadzo Musida graduates with honours from Wits
Wits vice-chancellor and principal Prof Zeblon Vilakazi describes the graduation period as a "moment of hope" for humanity as the country faces the Covid-19 pandemic and recently experienced unrest.

Tue, 20 Jul 2021 21:02:01 +0200
France's Macron targeted in project Pegasus spyware case - Le Monde
The French presidency said that if the revelations about Macron's phone were true, they would be very serious.

Tue, 20 Jul 2021 19:36:38 +0200
Zuma hasn't applied for permission to attend brother’s funeral on Thursday
It remains to be seen whether former president Jacob Zuma will attend his late brother’s funeral on Thursday, after correctional services confirmed that he still had not filed an application seeking permission to do so.

Tue, 20 Jul 2021 18:28:59 +0200
Government declares national disaster over drought in several provinces
The declaration means the primary responsibility to deal with the situation falls under the national executive.

Tue, 20 Jul 2021 18:18:12 +0200
Durban consumers cry foul over food prices — but was it profiteering?
Chatsworth resident 'Priya' is among many Durbanites accusing their local grocery stores of profiteering from the chronic food shortages arising from the mass looting.

Tue, 20 Jul 2021 16:55:43 +0200
Taxi ‘thugs’ holding Western Cape economy at ransom, says premier
'Our bus drivers are being terrorised, our citizens are being terrorised. That cannot happen. That is why we need to have the full force of the law,' Alan Winde said on Tuesday.

Tue, 20 Jul 2021 16:36:48 +0200
Workshops urged not to fit tyres without proof of purchase after looting
Tyre dealers and workshops have been asked not to fit tyres without a valid proof of purchase after the spate of looting in two provinces.

Tue, 20 Jul 2021 16:12:44 +0200
Vinpro says court challenge to ban wine sales will go ahead
The wine industry is ready to argue an urgent application to have the ban on the sale of wine in the Western Cape lifted.



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