Новости за 04.05.2020

Long queues from the early hours of the morning have left some Durban social grant recipients frustrated, saying they are afraid of the effects of Covid-19.

The N1 between Limpopo and Gauteng on has had more vehicles on the road than seen since the lockdown started, as South Africans use the window period to make their way back to the country’s economic hub.

The country’s debt was officially ejected from the FTSE World Government Bond Index on April 30 after SA received a full deck of junk ratings following a cut by Moody’s Investors Service in March.

Italy recorded 49.4% more deaths across the country in March 2020 than the average for the same month over the previous five years, official data showed, and other updates.

Wall Street stocks tumbled in early trading Monday, with airline shares taking a major hit after Warren Buffett said he liquidated his holdings in major US carriers.

In just one month, 376 000 account holders opted to take Absa's payment relief to the value of R5.8 billion, while Standard Bank will provide R1 billion in payment holidays.

As the demand for illegal cigarettes grows during Level 4 lockdown, KwaZulu-Natal police have bust three men with around R800 000 worth of product.

The Independent Police Investigative Directorate says it has no jurisdiction to investigate the alleged murder of Collins Khosa because only members of the South African National Defence Force were involved in the matter.

The Premier Soccer League player wage cuts could have consequences, according to industry experts who believe majority of players are ill-equipped.

The longer any lack of Test rugby this year, the likelier that the Springboks tackle the Lions in 2021 with familiar players rather than rookies, says Rob Houwing.

Hout Bay tourist institution Mariner's Wharf will be closing its doors indefinitely 'until the economy recovers', with staff being retrenched.

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has assured travellers using long-distance public transport that regulations will be amended to ensure that they make it home without any stops.

The DA in the Eastern Cape say it will table a motion to debate the removal of the province's MEC for Health, Sindiswe Gomba, in the provincial legislature.

With their death and infection rates slowing and their economies in ruins, some of Europe's biggest countries decided it was time to test whether something resembling the old way of life can resume.

The public comments on the "ills of smoking" have not been "adequately linked" to the fight against Covid-19, says the Fair Trade Independent Tobacco Association.

Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis.

The SA Social Security Agency has been hit by accidental double payments in some areas, and no payments in others, due to glitches in the system as it tried to make payment days less crowded by extending the dates.

South Africa's film and TV industry got the green-light to reopen but as cameras start rolling and lights flicker back on it won't be business as usual.

An ANC councillor has appeared in the Giyani Magistrate's Court in Limpopo for allegedly issuing and selling fake permits to allow people to move between provinces during the Covid-19 lockdown.

Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina has promised to release a prominent journalist who was detained after criticising his handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will join an Australian leaders' meeting to discuss establishing a 'trans-Tasman bubble' that allows the neighbours to lift bilateral coronavirus travel bans.

Innovative approaches have been taken for continued learning, but the safe reopening of schools remains key, says Unicef.

Research has shown that purposeful connections, on both professional and personal level, provide the driving force towards flourishing and feeling connected, writes Ronel Kleynhans.

So, what we are seeing currently is that in the multiple, ever-changing and complex Covid-19 situations across the globe, governments are adapting their modes of working, writes Tebogo Ngoma.

Intelligence report says China increased imports of medical supplies in January while downplaying severity of pandemic.