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Four more people confirm with coronavirus in South Africa
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Coronaviruses are zoonotic, meaning they are transmitted between animals and people. Â Detailed investigations found that SARS-CoV was transmitted from civet cats to humans and MERS-CoV from dromedary camels to humans. Several known coronaviruses are circulating in animals that have not yet infected humans.
Common signs of infection include respiratory symptoms, fever, cough, shortness of breath and breathing difficulties. In more severe cases, infection can cause pneumonia, severe acute respiratory syndrome, kidney failure and even death.
Standard recommendations to prevent infection spread include regular hand washing, covering mouth and nose when coughing and sneezing, thoroughly cooking meat and eggs. Avoid close contact with anyone showing symptoms of respiratory illness such as coughing and sneezing.
Eskom says it's battling a "constrained and vulnerable" generation fleet, with "plants performing at very low levels of reliability". Since emergency overnight load shedding was implemented in November, so-called "unplanned breakdowns" were above the 9 500 megawatts level on practically half of them. Stage 6 load shedding came at a surprise and brought disgruntlement in the business sector especially mining, where operations are going to be partially suspended. To talk to us about this is Lavan Gopaul Director at Merchant Afrika.
It has been 5 years since Cyril Ramaphosa was put in charge of turning the State-Owned Enterprises around. Eskom, South African Airways and the South African Post Office are worse off now then it has ever been. So how successful has the president been in turning it all around?
CAPE TOWN - Reactions on social media to the The Constitutional Court ruling on corporal punishment at home on has been "spanking" brilliant.
South Africans have taken to Twitter to voice their thoughts on the ConCourt's ruling that corporal punishment at home is unconstitutional.
In case you missed it, the Constitutional Court upheld a South Gauteng High Court ruling declaring corporal punishment at home unconstitutional. In a unanimous judgment, the ConCourt ruled that the common law defence of reasonable and moderate parental chastisement of children is unconstitutional. The court said it was of the view that there are effective ways to discipline children without the use of corporal punishment.
The case landed in the ConCourt after the high court in 2017 found the defence of reasonable chastisement to be unconstitutional in a matter related to a father who had been found guilty of assaulting his 13-year old son for watching pornography.
The high court found that the defence that allows parents to physically discipline their children violates childrenâs rights and that the protection of children from all forms of violence is critical in our context of alarmingly high levels of violence against children.
Freedom of Religion SAâs argument was that parents should be given the right to discipline their children without the interference of the state.
The group said the judgment was going to have dire effects on families.
Legal advisor Daniela Ellerbeck said: âItâs really serious because, as a result, good parents only want whatâs best for their children [and] we could potentially see families torn apart as a result of this.â
Ellerbeck said they had always been against abuse, but they believed punishing children did more good.
âThere was a lot of research that we put in front of the court that showed that moderate and reasonable discipline can have positive effects on children,â she said.
The ConCourt insisted the Constitution made provision for other ways of discipline and those should be used.
âVICTORY FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTSâ
Meanwhile, civil rights groups said the ruling by the ConCourt was a victory for childrenâs rights as it allowed for adults to be held accountable for their abuse of children.
NGO Sonke Gender Justiceâs Wessel van den Berg agreed with this.
âPunishment is not an effective way to parent but if you use positive discipline, things like when a child gets emotional, you give them an opportunity to come down or giving them a time out,â he said.
Professor Shanaaz Mathews, from the Childrenâs Institute at the University of Cape Town, said effects of corporal punishment were long-lasting and detrimental to childrenâs development.
âChildren are more likely to be aggressive in their own peer-on-peer [interactions], and we see those young children then are aggressive with their own peers. They use increased levels of fighting and peer-on-peer violence as they get olderâ
Violence on the rise in South Africa over xenophobia attacks
Hosted by Cedric Harvey and special guest Kelvin Mackay.
Xenophobic attacks 'part of veiled strategy to formally recolonise' SA - ATM
OHANNESBURG - The African Transformation Movement (ATM) on Monday condemned what it alleged were "engineered upheavals" in South Africa.
The party said the attacks on foreign nationals were manufactured and were aimed at driving a wedge between South Africa and the rest of her neighbours in order to deliberately isolate it from other countries on the continent.
âWe view these distractions seriously as part of a veiled strategy to formally recolonise South Africa. Social media with video clips either from outside South Africa or from South Africa but on historic conflicts are being shared around as if they are current just to stoke the conflict even more,â the party said in a statement.
The party added that it found it curious that during the height of the mayhem in recent days the rand currency not only stabilised but strengthened against the dollar, from R15.30 on September 1 to R14.77 on September 7.
The party said it was also calling for crime intelligence services to double their efforts to nip the violence in the bud to to work hand in hand with other agencies on the continent, for borders to be sealed to avoid undocumented and illegal immigrants, and only for those with scarce and critical skills to be allowed to work in South Africa.
âCountries in the continent are requested to be measured in their response and see this situation for what it is and not allow nefarious agendas to take root" with a view to finding lasting solutions.
South Africa's on fire
Tensions are high in Alexandria, in Johannesburg, as protesting residents clash with police.
On Tuesday, police fired rubber bullets at people attempting to loot a number of shops in the area.
Popular retail outlets, like the Pan Africa Shopping Centre, have completely shut down.
Protesting residents took to the streets earlier to call on foreigners to leave, blaming them for drug dealing in the area.
Police used a water cannon and stun grenades to try and disperse protesters who had blocked a major road in the Cape Town city centre on Wednesday.
The group had earlier asked for President Cyril Ramaphosa to address them on gender-based violence at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, which is currently hosting the World Economic Forum on Africa.
Nigerians attack South African business in retaliation to xenophobic attacks
Amy Lee found alive/ what is going on in South Africa
A hamburger and her brother. These are the two things Amy-Leigh de Jager, the Grade R learner who was kidnapped in front of Laerskool Kollegepark in Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng, at around 07:40 on Monday, asked for shortly after she was reunited with her parents in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Four men snatched Amy-Leigh from her mother's car at the school and they drove off in a white Toyota Fortuner. Police had launched a manhunt while her distraught parents, Wynand and Angeline de Jager, waited at the Vanderbijlpark police station for any news. "It was not an easy time for any of us," Louise Horn, Amy-Leigh's aunt and Angeline's sister, told News24 on Tuesday. "But we managed to get through it..."
"They showed her a blue car parked in front of a shop and told her it was her mother's car. They gave her R4 and told her to buy some water at the shop across the road because she would not eat the food or drink the water they offered her. "When she told them the car was not her mother's, they simply drove off. She then started screaming and was then taken to the police station by a couple who found her. The man and woman don't have a car, so they ran with her. When they got there she was immediately reunited with her parents." Wynand and Angeline had been at the station all night waiting for any news on their daughter. "Wynand was on his way out to get some fresh air when he saw the couple walking towards him with Amy-Leigh. He told me there was no way to describe what he felt at that moment. "The first thing Amy-Leigh said was that she wanted a hamburger and her brother. So they bought some burgers and came straight to my house where her little brother had spent the night."
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Global warming,is it a mith?
Record-breaking fires are ripping through the Amazon â an ecosystem on which the whole world depends. The Verge will update this page with news and analysis on the fires and the effects that could linger once the ash settles.
An unprecedented number of fires have raged throughout Brazil in 2019, intensifying in August. There have been more than 80,000 fires so far this year, the most ever recorded by the countryâs National Institute for Space Research (INPE). Itâs a nearly 80 percent jump compared to the number of fires the country experienced over the same time period in 2018. More than half of those fires are taking place in the Amazon.
Write down your goals
The Power of Writing Down Your Goals and Dreams 09/14/2016 05:38 pm ET Updated Dec 06, 2017
Do you write down your goals and dreams on a regular basis? Or do you simply think about them, without actually recording them anywhere?
As it turns out, your answer to this question has a HUGE impact on your odds of transforming whatever it is you desire to be, do, have or give into your reality.
Why is the power of writing down goals so important?
Dr. Gail Matthews, a psychology professor at the Dominican University in California, recently studied the art and science of goal setting.
She gathered two hundred and sixty-seven people together â men and women from all over the world, and from all walks of life, including entrepreneurs, educators, healthcare professionals, artists, lawyers and bankers.
She divided the participants into groups, according to who wrote down their goals and dreams, and who didnât...
And she discovered that those who wrote down their goals and dreams on a regular basis achieved those desires at a significantly higher level than those who did not.
In fact, she found that you become 42% more likely to achieve your goals and dreams, simply by writing them down on a regular basis.
The likelihood that youâll transform your desires into reality goes up even further if you share your written goals with a friend who believes in your ability to succeed (what I call a âpartner in believingâ).
Why does writing down your goals and dreams have such a profound impact?
The explanation has to do with the way our brains work.
As you may know, your brain has a left and a right hemisphere.
The wide, flat bundle of neural fibers that connects the two hemispheres is called the corpus callosum. This is the conduit through which the electrical signals between the right brain, which is imaginative, and the left brain, which is literal, make contact.
These electrical signals then move into the fluid that surrounds the brain and travels up and down the spinal column.
South Africa's unemployment rate is getting worst.
The unemployment rate in South Africa increased to 29 percent in the second quarter of 2019 from 27.6 in the previous period. It was the highest jobless rate since the first quarter of 2003, as the number of unemployed rose by 455 thousand to 6.65 million and employment rose by 21 thousand to 16.31 million. A year earlier, the jobless rate was lower at 27.2 percent. Unemployment Rate in South Africa averaged 25.71 percent from 2000 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 31.20 percent in the first quarter of 2003 and a record low of 21.50 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008.
South Africa Jobless Rate at 1-1/2-Year High of 27.6%
The unemployment rate in South Africa rose to 27.6 percent in the first quarter of 2019 from 27.1 percent in the previous period. It is the highest jobless rate since Q3 2017, as the number of unemployed went up by 62 thousand to 6.20 million and employment fell by 237 thousand to 16.29 million. The unemployment rate usually rises in the first quarter of the year, as temporary staff hired to work over the busy festive season is dismissed. However, a year earlier, the jobless rate was lower at 26.7 percent.
Published on 2019-05-14
South Africa Jobless Rate Drops to 27.1% in Q4
The unemployment rate in South Africa decreased to 27.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018 from 27.5 percent in the previous period. The unemployment rate usually falls in the last quarter of the year, due to higher job activity during the festive season. However, a year earlier, the jobless rate was lower at 26.7 percent.
Published on 2019-02-12
South Africa Jobless Rate Highest in a Year
The unemployment rate in South Africa rose to 27.5 percent in the third quarter of 2018 from 27.2 percent in the previous period. It was the highest jobless rate since the third quarter of 2017, as the number of unemployed increased by 127 thousand to 6.21 million. Meantime, the number of employed advanced by 92 thousand to 16.38 million.
Published on 2018-10-30
South Africa Jobless Rate Rises to 27.2% in Q2
The unemployment rate in South Africa increased to 27.2 percent in the second quarter of 2018 from 26.7 percent in the previous period. The number of unemployed rose by 103 thousand to 6.08 million while the number of employed fell by 90 thousand to 16.29 million.
Published on 2018-07-31
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Can't Take My Eyes Off You
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Capetown resident's, tourist are warned about skillful pickpockets
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Residents, tourists in Cape CBD warned about skilful pickpockets
https://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/news/residents-tourists-in-cape-cbd-warned-about-skilful-pickpockets-31016889
Cape Town - Residents and tourists have been encouraged to be more aware in Long Street as criminals become more skilful at pickpocketing.
According to the Cape Town Central City Improvement District (CCID) public safety officersâ statistics, five people have reported pickpocketing over the past two weeks.
Mayoral committee member for safety and security JP Smith, said: âCCTV cameras in the CBD and Long Street also detected 760 incidents between January and March this year which included not only pickpocketing, but criminal offences, by-law offences, traffic-related matters and other miscellaneous matters.â
Manager of Safety and Security at the CCID Muneeb Hendricks said that thieves targeted drunk people, who offered no resistance or were unaware they were being pickpocketed.
âThey prey on the negligence of people who keep phones and other valuables either in back pockets or backpacks that can be easily opened without them noticing,â explained Hendricks.
RELATED ARTICLES âIn the Central Business District and specifically Long Street, criminals exploit the fact that it is a very busy area frequented by both locals and tourists. The type of crimes prevalent in this area include mugging, pickpocketing, robbery, ATM scams and theft out of motor vehicles,â said Smith.
Noloyiso Rwexana spokesperson for SAPS said, âThere are several common robbery cases opened for investigation at Cape Town police station and in most of the cases, victims are being pickpocketed by suspects while they walk in Long Street and surrounding areas.
"The criminals normally target the victims by pretending to be fighting and pickpocket those who seem unaware and under the influence of alcohol.â
Smith added that although the role of organized crime and the accompanying protection rackets is well documented, the situation is further aggravated due to the overcrowding of parolees in prisons. Many parolees are being released because of the overcrowding and donât return to their communities then end up infiltrating street people and committing theft.
Ward Councillor in the City Bowl, Dave Bryant said that pickpocketing is usually carried out by small groups in Long Street during early morning and late at night. âThey often work together to create a distraction while items are pickpocketed,â said Bryant.
âIndividuals should remain vigilant late at night and early in the mornings and look after their valuables, specifically cell phones. We would ideally like to have increased numbers of security staff present during these times and a motivation for this has been made to the executive director of safety and security and SAPS,â said Bryant.
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