New Zealand says it has stopped community transmission of Covid-19, effectively eliminating the virus. With new cases in single figures for several days – one on Sunday – Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the virus was “currently” eliminated. But officials have warned against complacency, saying it does not mean a …
Read More »Courts will demand that landlords, tenants showed ubuntu during lockdown, lawyer says
It is expected that the courts will demand that landlords and tenants apply the principles ubuntu during the coronavirus crisis, says a prominent property lawyer. Ubuntu is a recognised legal principle in South Africa, and has been used in legal cases to demand humanity, respect for dignity and morality. Cilna …
Read More »Malema wants Covid-19 grants made permanent ‘if you want peace in SA’
EFF leader Julius Malema has called on the SA government to not do away with the unemployment income grant introduced to mitigate the impact of Covid-19 but rather increase it to R1,000 “if you want peace in this country”. Malema was speaking during a Freedom Day online address on Monday. …
Read More »President welcomes Cuban health professionals in SA
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday welcomed Cuban health professionals who have arrived in the country to support efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19 in South Africa. In total, 217 Cuban health specialists and workers arrived in South Africa today. This followed a request made by the President to President …
Read More »‘People That Know Me Say I Am The Hardest Working President In US History’ – Trump
US President, Donald Trump, has stated that he is a hard worker and that he has achieved more in three and half years as president than any other president in US history. Trump, who made the claims in a tweet, said people who know him and the history of the …
Read More »Newborn Baby Found In Obuasi Street With Umbilical Cord Intact
A newborn baby boy with umbilical cord intact has been abandoned on a street in Obuasi in the Ashanti Region. The boy was discovered by Angela Kudomo, a resident of New Baakoyeden community in the Obuasi municipality, wrapped in a white knitted cloth along the Kumasi-Obuasi road shortly before daybreak. …
Read More »We don’t have the human resource for 88 new district hospitals – GMA
The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) says it does not have human resource to facilitate service delivery in the 88 new district hospitals promised by the President. According to the GMA, the number of medical students in training now are not enough to offer services and provide the care needed in …
Read More »Face masks become NDC, NPP politics
Face masks branded with the respective political emblems of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party(NPP) are selling like hot cakes in parts of the Ashanti region and have become a sort of competition among members of both parties. It is not clear how it begun but suddenly people are …
Read More »Nurse who battled coronavirus with UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson in intensive care dies
An NHS nurse, who fought for his life alongside Boris Johnson, has died from coronavirus. Larni Zuniga, 54, passed away after battling the disease in intensive care at London’s St Thomas’ Hospital. The nurse, from the Philippines, was being treated in the same intensive therapy unit like the Prime Minister, his …
Read More »You are an ugly witch – Counsellor Lutterodt ‘slams’ Afia Schwarzenegger
Afia Schwarzenegger has been on the neck on the 4th wife of the CEO of Angel Group of Companies, Dr. Kwaku Oteng, Akua GMB born Sally Akua Amoakowaa as she has leveled several allegations against her. The comedienne earlier indicated that Akua GMB’s 8-year-old marriage to the Adonko Bitters owner …
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