Reduced load shedding in winter:
Due to the current lockdown, citizens can expect a three-day blackout during the winter, a sizeable decrease from the envisaged 31 days of stage 1 load shedding.
: SAnews – South African News Gabisile
Interfaith leaders consulted on preparation for level 3:
As government prepares for the ease of the lockdown to alert level 3, President Cyril Ramaphosa has consulted a broad range of faith leaders on government’s preparations for a differentiated approach to the reopening of the economy alongside the unrelenting effort to save lives.
: SAnews – South African News keamo
DIRCO repatriates 5 239 South Africans stranded abroad:
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) has facilitated the repatriation by air of 5 239 South Africans stranded abroad.
: SAnews – South African News keamo
Mahikeng Hospital decontaminated:
The Mahikeng Provincial Hospital has been decontaminated after a hospital doctor tested positive for COVID-19.
: SAnews – South African News Priscilla
Rights of persons with disabilities during COVID-19:
Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane and her Deputy, Professor Hlengiwe Mkhize, will on Friday host a webinar focusing on upholding the rights of persons with disabilities.
: SAnews – South African News Edwin
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Have you tried: Visiting Port Elizabeth?
Fun Western Cape Fact: Just outside of Cape Town, there is the oldest wine industry with one of the longest wine routes in the world. Route 62 runs for 850 kilometers and ends in Port Elizabeth. In 1685, the Governor of the Cape, Simon van der Stel, established the historic Groot Constantia Wine Estate. The very first Cape wines were produced in 1659.
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