The national government has made available more than R5 billion in support to municipalities to assist them in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in the 2019/20 municipal financial year, the national Treasury said in a statement this week. The support would assist municipalities to provide additional access to basic services for vulnerable communities during the lockdown and to sanitise public transport facilities as the economy undergoes a phased re-opening. “The largest amounts have been made available through the reallocation of conditional grant funds already allocated to municipalities in 2019/20. While the 2019/20 national and provincial financial years ended on 31 March…
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Kuvalwe zonke iimbombo, amazibuko neendlela ezidibanisa iidolophu zeli lizwe. Sikhuthaza uluntu lwethu ukuba kuhlale ngaphakathi ezindlwini. Eli phulo lokuvalwa kwamaZibuko lenzelwe ukuthintela kunye nokulwa ukunwenwa kwesifo nentsholongwane ye-Covid-19. Abomkhosi wezokhuselo weli, bebambisene nabenkonzo yesipolisa balapha, beze kuqinisekisa ukhuseleko lwakho. Nceda ke uhlale ngaphakathi endlwini. Ungalishiya ikhaya lakho xa ukhangela ukutya, amayeza okanye ukufumana imali esisibonelelo sikarhulumente. Nalapho, makungahambi wonke ubani, makuhambe umntu abemnye kuphela ukuya kufuna ezi zinto zishotayo okanye iinkonzo ezingxamisekileyo. Nceda ungathengi ngaphezulu koko kufunekayo okanye kufanelekileyo kwiivenkile zikawonkewonke nje ngoko iivenkilana ezisekuhlaleni zikwavuliwe, zivulelwe ukunceda wena nosapho lwakho. Ukuba ubona okanye uqaphela impawu zomkhuhlane, ukukhohlela, ukuqhawuka komphefumlo…
Ngomhla wama-23 ku-Matshi 2020, uMongameli wabhengeza ukuvala yonke into ukusukela ngomhla wama-26 ku-Matshi ukuya kowe-16 ku-Apreli ngo-2020. Njengokhokelo kumasipala waseMakana sithathe ezi zigqibo zilandelayo: Abantu kufuneka bahlale emakhaya ngaphandle kokuba bayokwenza imisebenzi ebalulekileyo okanye bathenga iimpahla ezifanelekileyo, iimpahla ezisindisa ubomi okanye baya kufumana izibonelelo zendodla. Abantu kufuneka baziphephe iindawo zikawonkewonke kwaye yonke imisebenzi yoluntu kufuneka iyekisiwe Ukuya kubaleka okanye ukuhambisa izinja akuvunyelwa ngexesha lokutshixa Yonke imisebenzi yezemidlalo, yobugcisa, yenkolo kunye nenkcubeko kufuneka ibanjwe (Oku kubandakanya ulwaluko kunye nezinye izithethe zesintu. Zonke iindawo ezithengisa utywala kufuneka zivaliwe Abantu abangaphezulu kwe-50 abavumelekanga ukuba bahlanganisane kwindawo enye ixesha elingaphezu kweyure (Oku kuyasebenza nasemingcwabeni)…
Op 23 Maart 2020 het die President van Suid Afrika aangekondig dat ‘n Nasionale “Lock Down” vanaf 26 Maart tot en met 16 April 2020 sal geskied. As die leiers van Makana municipaliteit het ons op die volgende beslissings besluit: Daar word van die gemeenskap verlang om tuis te bly, behalwe waar noodsaaklikke toebehoeftes insluitende mediese goedere bekom moet word, of in die geval van pensionarisse wat hul maatskaplikke subsidie moet ontvang Daar word ook vanaf die bree publiek verlang om gemeenskaplikke gebiede te vermy en aktiwiteite waar groot skaalse byeenkomste sou geskied te kanseleer Geen buitemuurse aktiwiteite insluitende gesondheids…
On 23 March 2020, the President declared a national lockdown from 26 March to 16 April 2020. As the leadership of Makana Municipality we have taken the following decisions: People must stay at home unless strictly to perform essential services or to buy essential goods, lifesaving goods or to collect social grants. People must avoid public places and all social activities must be cancelled. No jogging or walking of dogs is allowed during the lockdown. All sport, arts, religious and cultural activities must be put on hold. This includes circumcision (ulwaluko) and other traditional rites (imisebenzi). All taverns and sheebeens…
As a Christian I’ve always seen Christianity as a journey, a journey with Jesus as your guide and heaven as your destination. Earlier this year I once again read Matthew quoting Jesus inviting Peter and Andrew to become His disciples. It’s found in Matt 4:19: “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.” What stood out for me was the part where Jesus said that if they would follow Him, they would become something. It reminded me of the saying, “What we are is God’s gift to us, what we become is our gift to God.”…
By CANDICE CHRISTIE Being physically active is essential for health and wellbeing and should be encouraged during this period of lockdown. It has a positive physical and psychological benefit and boosts the immune system if you adhere to the physical activity guideline which are globally recognised. Boosting your immune system is one way of protecting against Covid-19. For the sake of both our physical and mental health over the coming weeks, we need to find ways to integrate good chunks of physical activity into our daily schedule, and stick to it. We need to get or keep moving. The challenge…
Minister of Health Dr Zweli Mkhize has urged people over 63 and those with conditions associated with serious illness from the Coronavirus Covid-19 to take extra care as lockdown conditions ease. And he urged South Africans to stay at home as far as possible, except to perform essential tasks, throughout the lockdown stages. As of today, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Africa is 6336, the National Institute of Communicable Diseases has confirmed. The total number of tests conducted to date was 230 686, of which 13 164 had been done in the past 24 hours – “the highest number of…
The confirmed cases of COVID-19 have risen to 5 951, with 13 more recorded deaths as of Friday, 1 May. The number of infections increased by 304 between Thursday and Friday, with the Western Cape having the highest number of infections. According to the Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, the new recorded deaths occurred in the Western Cape, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape, bringing the total number of deaths to 116 in the country. “As we have undertaken to only report fully verified deaths, we would like to indicate that there has been a delay in assessing and verifying…