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Pretoria News (www.pretorianews.co.za) Page 1 - D-DAY FOR MOTSHEKGA

Page 3 - New normal at licensing centres

The Star (www.IOL.co.za)

Page 1 - Joburg prepaid power hike fury Page 2 - Law society ‘financially strained’

Business Day (www.businesslive.co.za) Page 1 - Shifting horizon for Eskom unbundling

Page 3 - Relief for Covid-19’s victims who are able to self-isolate

Citizen (www.citizen.co.za)

Page 3 - ORT airport ready – Mbaks

Page 5 - Spike in Covid-19 cases this winter

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D-DAY FOR MOTSHEKGA

Minister meeting Education MECs to discuss readiness to reopen schools on Monday

Pretoria News 4 Jun 2020

BONGANI HANS

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African News Agency.

BASIC Education Minister Angie Motshekga. |

BASIC Education Minister Angie Motshekga is today meeting MECs following an interven- tion by the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) for schools to be ready to open on Monday.

The Chapter Nine institution intervened after being approached by teachers’ unions. Accord- ing to the unions, their call for provinces to provide enough protective equipment to all schools had fallen on deaf ears.

Basic Education spokesperson Elijah Mhlanga said Motshekga would meet education MECs to discuss issues raised by unions. “As for the SA Human Rights Commission, we met them this past week and agreed to continue formal engagements with them using appropriate chan- nels,” said Mhlanga.

SAHRC commissioner Andre Gaum said they would make sure provinces worked around the clock to make sure all schools opened without problems.

The department had been forced to postpone reopening schools from June 1 to June 8 as many teachers and pupils had not received the necessary protective equipment.

“We are going to get to a point where schools will reopen, therefore our focus now is specifi- cally on the delivery of what needs to be delivered to schools like protective items and water;

we will apply pressure on provinces to deliver as far as that is concerned,” said Gaum.

They had asked Motshekga to amend the schools’ Covid-19 regulations to allow provision for alternative measures for schools that would still not be ready on June 8, he said.

“She (Motshekga) has amended the regulations as per our requirement, and now it does make provision for alternative measures. So we will be in contact with the provinces to find out

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what the alternative measures are that are going to be taken as we are defending the rights of learners whose schools are not ready for education,” said Gaum.

The commission had also slammed Motshekga for allowing the Western Cape Education De- partment to proceed with teaching and learning this week before others.

The SAHRC said this week it would approach the high court if the Western Cape schools, which opened on Monday, continued operating instead of waiting for others. “The commis- sion is ready to approach the High Court to interdict the Western Cape Education Department from continuing with teaching and learning this week.

“The commission will monitor schools throughout the country to ensure that effective learn- ing takes place and that no learners are unduly disadvantaged by the inability of schools to open and provide learning,” read a statement from the commission.

Suid-Afrikaanse Onderwysersunie executive director Chris Klopper said the SAHRC’s inter- vention was because “provinces were not delivering”. “So if the SAHRC can assist to ensure that all items are delivered by Monday, we will gladly welcome that. The provinces are not delivering and it has been two months now. How difficult is it to get those masks delivered to school?” he asked.

However, Klopper suggested that the department should get community members to provide homemade masks to local schools.

National Teachers Union president Alan Thompson said after being approached by the unions collectively, the SAHRC immediately warned Motshekga about possible court action if she insisted on opening certain schools before others. “We are also expecting the SAHRC to take the Western Cape government to court for proceeding with teaching and learning while other provinces are being deprived an opportunity to do that,” Thompson said.

The unions would meet Motshekga in Pretoria this afternoon to raise their concerns about June 8 as they felt that many schools would still be without protective equipment on the date.

Western Cape education spokesperson Kerry Mauchline confirmed that Education MEC Debbie Schäfer had been contacted by the SAHRC, but said the schooling in the province would continue. “The longer that schools remain closed, the wider the gap will become be- tween those learners who cannot access education via digital alternatives at home (in our poorer communities in the main), and those who can and do. Preventing schools that are ready to open from doing so will only serve to further increase this gap,” she said.


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New normal at licensing cen- tres

Motorists only too happy to get their matters in order, albeit with no-nonsense restrictions

Pretoria News 4 Jun 2020

JAMES MAHLOKWANE - james.mahlokwane@inl.co.za

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JACQUES NAUDE African News Agency (ANA)

OPERATIONS resumed at Centurion licensing centre yesterday, albeit under strict re- strictions in line with the lockdown regulations. |

MOTORISTS yesterday began putting their vehicles and driving permit matters in order fol- lowing the introduction of the phased-in reopening of drivers licence testing centres.

It was the first time they could collect their licences, change vehicle ownership and request temporary driving permits since the lockdown more than three months ago.

Staff members were well prepared and trained to control queues and enforce lockdown safety regulations. They even took personal details of every customer in case they needed to contact them again at a later stage.

Staff members protected themselves to the point of avoiding sharing pens and operated on a strictly no mask, no entry policy.

City spokesperson Selby Bokaba said: “Our licensing centres should have been opened on June 1 as announced by Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula. However, they couldn’t open for business due to logistical glitches.

“Customers are urged to ensure that they only visit the licensing centres with a valid ap- pointment to renew their driving licence and in possession of an optometrist’s certificate.

“This arrangement is meant to ensure that customers are catered for while we keep a proper following distance.”

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He said services that would be rendered at the identified licensing centres were renewal of driving licence cards, application and testing for learners’ licences and the registration and licensing of motor vehicles.

Motorists said they felt very safe and protected at the Centurion station because of the “no- nonsense” restrictions by security officers.

Security limited the number of people who went to the various sections of services. Most of the people queued outside.

Most motorists said although they were allowed to be on the road with expired driving li- cences, they didn’t feel comfortable.

SA National Defence Force member Lindelwa Tofilo said she didn’t know the centres were opened but decided to go. “I came here to change ownership of a car to be under my name. I really couldn’t wait to get this done and I feel so relieved now. I’m happy with all safety measures put in place here.”

Ndumiso Cebokhunu said he was relieved that he could finally collect his driving licence, which he renewed in January.

“In terms of safety and compliance I am very happy with what I’m seeing here. It is clear that the staff is not going to allow people to come here and cause congestion,” said Cebokhunu.

The City has opened just the Centurion, Akasia and Bronkhorstspruit centre. The Saambou Building is also open, but offering fewer services.

Waltloo will only open today, having been delayed as the City was still finalising occupation health and safety concerns.

MEC for Roads and Transport and Infrastructure Jacob Mamabolo said:

“With the gradual reopening of the centres, it is important for members of the public to note that priority will be given to applicants who have confirmed bookings and that there will be no walk-ins.

“Only applicants with valid online booking reference numbers will be allowed on to the premises of centres.

“This is another measure we have put in place to ensure that customers are serviced while adhering to social distancing protocols. Customers visiting our centres are also kindly re- quested to wear masks covering the mouth and nose.”

He said all driving licences, learners licences, motor vehicle licence discs, temporary driving licences, temporary permits, roadworthy certificates and professional driving permits that ex- pired during the lockdown period would be deemed valid for 90 days from June 1.

Mamabolo said residents should also note that over 100 SA Post Offices were open for motor vehicle licence disc renewals across the province.


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Joburg prepaid power hike fury

The Star Early Edition 4 Jun 2020

JOBURG property owners who have prepaid electricity meters have expressed outrage about a possible hefty 75% hike if the proposed tariffs by the City of Joburg for 2020/21 are ac- cepted. And they could be even bigger depending on the amount of electricity used as the stepped tariffs have changed.

Angry property developers, who have invested billions of rand in building affordable ac- commodation to revitalise the city, are already planning legal action against the City of Joburg over this proposed tariff of R200 a month, called an “availability/capacity” cost, to prepaid meter owners.

To add to the possible new massive bill headache, the lowest tariff block for residential pre- paid customers will be reduced from 350kWh to 300kWh, which means that people using prepaid meters will pay higher tariffs once they reach the first step of 300kWh.

The Johannesburg Property and Managers Association (JPOMA), which represents R15 bil- lion of private capital invested in more than 60 000 affordable housing units, accommodating in the region of 250 000 inner-city residents who earn between R4 500 and R15 000 a month, said it would fight the city “tooth and nail” to get the R200 availability cost scrapped.

Its members claim that combined with crime and grime, this increase spelt the death knell for inner-city accommodation and revitalisation.

Last week, the City of Joburg announced it was a proposing an electricity tariff increase of 8.1%, which was above the inflation rate, without revealing the R200 cost.

Director of the JPOMA and managing director of Ithemba Properties, Rian Reyneke, said:

“Already rates are unaffordable and we get no rebates for providing affordable housing build- ings. This R200 a month we have to impose on each unit is going to lose us a lot of tenants,”

he said.

In essence, a residential tenant now paying R324 plus R200 amounts to R524. This is a 75%

increase.

The increased threshold for step one means a household that uses 374 units a month will go from paying R527 to R780 a month, excluding VAT, from July 1 if the proposal is accepted – an increase of almost 50% over and above the R200 imposed cost.

“The city is telling everyone it is a National Electricity Regulator SA-imposed increase. This is all smoke and mirrors. Their constituencies and our tenants are going to be up in arms.

JOBURG proposed 2020/21 tariff increases, without the 15% VAT, noting that the more ser- vices residents use, the more they will pay.

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Property rates: Increase by 4.9% across all categories.

Pensioner rebates: The qualifying valuation threshold of R2.5 million and the over 70 rebate remain the same.

The 60-69 year-olds rebates are now: ◆ Pensioner owners whose gross monthly household income is lower than R10 230 on a property valued not more than R2.5 million is 100% re- bate. ◆ Pensioner owners whose gross monthly income is higher than R10 230 but lower than R17 585 for a property valued not more than R2.5 million is 50% rebate.

City Power

◆ There is an overall blanket increase of 8.1%.

◆ The network surcharge of R0.06/Kwh has not been increased.

For prepaid customers, the following

Making it exponentially worse is that they are trying to sneak this in amid the Covid-19 pan- demic.”

Reyneke said the information changes apply:

◆ Residential prepaid: An additional R200 capacity charge per month will be charged.

Sanitation charges (sewer): Increase by 8.6%.

Waste Management charges (Pikitup: Increase by 5.2%.

Joburg Water

The main changes in water charges are brought about by the new administration reinstating the free 6 kilolitres a month to all households. Residential tariffs have had to be rejigged to pay for it.

For households using under 10 kilolitres a month, it will work out cheaper; for those using 11 kilolitres and over it will be much more expensive.

Indigent households can apply to the city for relief from various municipal charges via the extended social package.

◆ The water demand management levy will increase by 8.6% from R24.88 to R27.02 a month.

Joburg city spokesperson Nthatisi Modingoane said they were conducting public engage- ments for input on the proposed municipal tariffs.

“We welcome the ongoing engagement with the released documents on the proposed tariffs.

We encourage Joburg residents to give input on these tariffs on the created city platforms by June 23 to ensure that their feedback is recorded and considered when the city finalises new tariffs,”said Modingoane.

According to a mayoral committee report dated March 20, the new charges are aimed at

“closing the gap between prepaid and conventional users”.

It stated: “A residential prepaid customer currently does not make (an adequate) contribution to the cost of operating and maintaining the electricity infrastructure to ensure its availability on demand. It is therefore proposed to introduce a capacity charge of R200 per month for all residential prepaid customers.”

Conventional business users face a R400 availability charge. Most pay between R800 and R900 a month in basic charges.

The good news is that the free 6 kilolitres of water is to be reinstated.

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Law society ‘financially strained’

Racism allegations arise as Pretoria Society of Advocates’

liquidation plans come under fire

The Star Early Edition 4 Jun 2020

KHAYA KOKO khaya.koko@inl.co.za

RACISM allegations have rocked the “financially strained”, 120-year-old Pretoria Society of Advocates (PSA).

The PSA faces accusations that the mooted plans to liquidate are aimed at ridding it of black practitioners.

The PSA, which has almost 700 members, 18 of whom sit on its Bar council, took a decision late last month to explore the liquidation of the society – ostensibly because it had run into alleged financial trouble.

However, the Advocates for Transformation (AFT) grouping, which represents more than 100 black practitioners within the PSA, asserted that the liquidation process was being used “as a ruse” to deal with black members who went against a failed February constitutional amend- ment to reduce the influence of black advocates in the decision-making of the 18-member Bar council.

The Star reported in March how a motion that was tabled by MC Maritz, NGD Maritz and E Furstenburg, failed to end the 50/50 vote split which the AFT enjoyed with its nine members in the 18-member Bar council. In a statement sent this week, following The Star’s enquiry about last month’s liquidation reports in its sister publication, Pretoria News, the AFT charged that this liquidation was intended to eliminate black practitioners, who were heavily reliant on two PSA chambers, of seven, to practise their trade.

“AFT believes that the financial position of the society is being used as a ruse to achieve what our white colleagues wanted to achieve in February, which was to get rid of the AFT and black advocates within the Pretoria Bar.

“Importantly, two chambers (High Court and New Court in the Pretoria CBD) are occupied by a large number of black advocates, mostly juniors, who were required to pay costs that were created by a group of white advocates that moved to the Club Chambers (in affluent Pretoria East) – leaving the burden with those who remained in town,” read the AFT state- ment, which was signed by its Pretoria branch chairperson, Hlalele Molotsi SC.

His view that the PSA liquidation was “a ruse” was echoed in letter on Tuesday to PSA chair- person Jannet Gildenhuys SC from the society’s landlord, Arrowgem Properties, which claims that liquidation “is clearly not in the interest of either the PSA or a significant number of previously disadvantaged advocates”.

This followed negotiations between the PSA and Arrowgem, which stated in the letter that Gildenhuys rejected an “extremely generous offer” to “drastically reduce” the PSA’s liabili- ties.

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Yesterday, in a statement to The Star, Gildenhuys said the PSA had suffered financial trouble

“in recent years”, that negotiations were still ongoing with the landlord, which she would not comment on.

She further said that contributions from members did not meet the society’s needs due to a large number of defaulting practitioners and escalated costs caused by empty offices.

Gildenhuys dismissed the racism allegations, saying the liquidation, should it be finalised, would be brought by financial troubles that were exacerbated by the Covid-19 economic cri- sis. “When the 2020 Bar council took office in April, it immediately recognised that the soci- ety was in financial trouble and that urgent action was required. The situation was accelerated and exacerbated by the effects of the Covid-19 lockdown, which took a toll on members’

practices and their ability to meet their financial obligations towards the society.

“The society’s financial position was assessed and it was found to be unable to meet its fi- nancial obligations beyond the end of May… while continuing with the existing model,”

Gildenhuys wrote.


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Shifting horizon for Eskom un- bundling

• New timeline for split into three entities • Slower process will frustrate business, investors

Business Day 4 Jun 2020

Carol Paton -Editor at Large

Power utility Eskom has pushed out the time frame for its unbundling by at least two years and no longer has a firm target date for the full legal establishment of the three subsidiaries the process will create.

The splitting up of the company into three parts – generation, which will own the power sta- tions; transmission, which will own and manage the national grid; and distribution, which are wires and poles that connect consumers to the grid – is seen as crucial to overcoming its op- erational and financial difficulties.

Unbundling is also expected to expand the scope for a competitive energy market and enable the entry of new private sector players, relieving SA’s dependence on Eskom, which has a large proportion of ageing, dirty and inefficient assets.

Last October, public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan published a roadmap for Eskom, setting out timelines for the split.

The roadmap stated that the most urgent project – a separate transmission company to act as operator of the grid and a market buyer – would be set up as a division by December 2020 and be fully legally separate by December 2021. That timeline has been pushed out to 2022 with no firm target date for legal separation.

The divisionalisation of the generation and distribution parts of the business will now happen by 2022 and the legal separation some time after.

The new timelines were presented to a joint meeting of parliament’s portfolio committee on public enterprises and the select committee on communications & public enterprises by CEO Andre de Ruyter.

De Ruyter said that the timelines in the roadmap were “quite aggressive” and in consultation with the board and the shareholder, Eskom had targeted some “slightly relaxed” timelines. He has opted for a process of divisionalisation first followed later by separation.

“We are not going slow on the divisionalisation. This approach allows us to prototype and road test the three divisions before we get to legal separation. This allows us to derisk the le- gal separation,” he told MPs.

Progress made so far includes the allocation of 9,000 staff to divisions, the appoint

ment of managing directors from existing staff for each division and the boards and the sepa- ration of income statements.

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“I’m convinced based on international restructuring examples, the legal separation into three entities is a wellknown, well-proved way of bringing more focus and at the same time attract- ing more private investment into the power sector,” he said.

It would bring a new culture to Eskom where managers would be responsible for their own income statement.

The slower unbundling will frustrate business and investors who are looking to liberalised energy market to free up SA’s energy constraints.

Years of underinvestment, bad management and corruption have resulted in an enormous in- efficiency and an unreliable electricity supply, which has cast a shadow over SA’s growth prospects.

Eskom has debt of R440bn, which it is unable to service without annual bailouts from the Na- tional Treasury.

Its vulnerability to a default has cast a shadow over SA’s credit rating and has been repeatedly described by ratings agencies as the single biggest risk to the economy.

The delay in the unbundling will also delay a solution to the debt problem.

A year ago, Gordhan appointed a restructuring officer, Freeman Nomvalo, for Eskom with the responsibility to evaluate proposals on the debt.

This included a proposal submitted by President Cyril Ramaphosa’s expert task team, headed by UCT professor Anton Eberhard. But neither the task team report nor Nomvalo’s report have been made public or been acted upon and the process appears to have stalled.

Gordhan told MPs that “restructuring is going to take a long time and it will take caution and courage to move in the right direction. As the president has said, Eskom is too big to fail, which is why we have taken responsibility to support it. The debt issue is very much tied to this process, and is also very sensitive, particularly for those who have invested in Eskom”.

Assistance was being provided to Eskom because of its importance to the economy, but in return the government expected a much more aggressive approach to saving on costs, Gord- han said.


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Relief for Covid-19’s victims who are able to self-isolate

Business Day

4 Jun 2020Staff Writer

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Victory: AfriForum is claiming victory over Nkosazana DlaminiZuma’s cooperative governance and traditional affairs department.

The government may not force patients testing positive for Covid-19 into compulsory state quarantine if they are able to self-isolate, the high court in Pretoria ruled on Wednesday.

AfriForum is claiming the court’s ruling as a victory after challenging regulations signed by the co-operative governance and traditional affairs ministry under the Disaster Management Act on April 29.

“These regulations, which AfriForum regards as ... irrational, were aimed at putting everyone who tests positive for Covid-19 under compulsory state quarantine,” the lobby group said in a statement.

The regulations suggested that everyone who tested positive for Covid-19 could be placed in a government isolation facility.

The department oppose the application.

“These regulations would have given the state the power to force people into quarantine without their permission — even in circumstances where the person may be able to effective- ly self-isolate.

“It would consequently have given law enforcers and the state too much power under the guise of combating the spread of the virus,” said AfriForum.

“The importance of civil rights organisations and institutions did not that oppose autocratic and irrational decisions by government has become increasingly clear during this lockdown.

“When the government abuses its power and tries to bully the public by violating people’s rights, AfriForum will stand up against it to the benefit of everyone in the country,” said Monique Taute, head of campaigns at AfriForum.

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To self-isolate successfully patients must have access to separate rooms and the ability to contact, or get to, health facilities if their conditions worsened, according to the judgment.

The high court ruling comes after two Limpopo doctors were forced into quarantine by the provincial health department in April.

Dr Claire Olivier and Dr Taryn Williams, who work at Mmametlhake Hospital in Mpumalan- ga, were already selfisolating at home when they were forced into quarantine.

The two tested positive on March 29.

Judge Norman Davis, in a separate ruling handed down on Tuesday, issued a scathing as- sessment of the government’s lockdown laws, saying that they were not well thought out and contravened the bill of rights.


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ORT airport ready – Mbaks

The Citizen (Gauteng) 4 Jun 2020

Brian Sokutu

In what is set to usher in an unprecedented change in South Africa’s airline customer service, airline companies and passengers are expected to abide by stringent rules to contain the spread of Covid-19 through social distancing, baggage wrapping, self-check-in and sanitiser use.

Yesterday marked Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula’s approval of OR Tambo International Airport’s readiness to operate under alert Level 3.

Enforced baggage wrapping – a departure from the past when passengers could check in un- wrapped bags at any airport at no cost – is what clients will now have to become accustomed to.

At a media briefing, which followed a walkabout of OR Tambo by Mbalula, deputy minister Dikeledi Magadzi, Airports Company SA (Acsa) chief executive Mpumi Mpofu and SA Civil Aviation Authority director Poppy Khoza, Mbalula explained “the new normal”.

“Limited domestic air travel also means that flights will only be allowed to depart and land at selected airports in a phased manner,” he said. “Only passengers will be allowed inside the terminal buildings. Therefore, no accompanying members of the public will be allowed inside the terminal buildings.

“Temperature screening will be conducted at the terminal building entrances before any pas- senger is allowed entry.

“No passengers will be allowed inside the terminal buildings without masks.

“Acsa will ensure effectiveness of the sanitisation process, which may result in the number of entrances being reduced.

“All the airports will have markings on the floor for social distancing of 1.5 metres.

“This will be applicable at check-in counters, security checkpoints and airport lounges.

“At boarding gates, boarding will be staggered and prioritised in terms of the number of pas- sengers to board.

“Sectional boarding will be implemented to avoid unnecessary contact inside the aircraft.

“Inside the cabin, full capacity will be allowed. It must be noted that the risk of Covid-19 in- fection on board a commercial passenger airliner is lower than in many other confined spa- ces.

“All our commercial aircraft are fitted with the high efficiency particulate air (Hepa) filters, with an efficacy of 99.97% in removing viruses.

“I am satisfied that the airport has started out well and we expect this to continue.”


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Spike in Covid-19 cases this winter

MKHIZE: MORE BEDS NEEDED IN ANTICIPATION OF SURGE

The Citizen (Gauteng) 4 Jun 2020

Sinesipho Schrieber

Intensified interventions will be carried out in Covid-19 hotspots in a bid to flatten the rising curve before it hits the peak, said Minister of Health Dr Zweli Mkhize while overseeing the state of health facilities in the Western Cape over two days.

Over the last two weeks, the province saw a hike in the number of deaths related to Covid-19, rising to 525 out of 705 fatalities nationally. The Western Cape has 23 583 confirmed cases.

Mkhize said on Tuesday the health sector needed to ramp up its measures to dodge a further hike in fatalities.

The department faced a backlog of about 90 000 tests which had not been processed yet.

Mkhize said with the backlog in Covid-19 tests results and kits, doctors would need to treat contact persons as if they tested positive and recommend isolation.

“We are going all out to get testing kits. The issue of the backlog is temporary. We will be able to solve it. No patient’s life will be compromised by the backlog, it will be sorted.”

On average 19 000 to 20 000 people were getting tested a day. Mkhize said the department was working with the private sector to assist with results, but it depended on the capacity of the laboratories.

Mkhize was impressed with the Western Cape’s state of readiness as the country anticipated a hike in Covid-19 infections during winter.

“We are impressed with the speed of the health response in the province. The work that was done is in preparation for the huge surge expected. We want to make sure every person who tested positive can be in quarantine.”

Mkhize, however, said the department was also working on cementing loopholes within the health sector as more beds were needed.

“We need the province to get more reserve beds quicker as the number of cases increase. The surge is coming a bit quicker, and we don’t want to have more patients than beds.”

He said the private sector had offered beds for the public health system.

At the Cape Town International Convention Centre, 860 beds were ready, while the Khayelit- sha sports centre had about 360 beds.

Mkhize said more buildings would be turned into quarantine sites as infections increase. – Caxton News Service


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남아공 법원, 정부 봉쇄령 규정 '위헌・

무효' 판결

인권단체 소송에 고등법원 판결…"정부, 2주내 수정해야"

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남아공 소웨토 주민들이 봉쇄령이 완화된 지난 1일 술을 사 가고 있다.

[로이터=연합뉴스]

(요하네스버그=연합뉴스) 김성진 특파원 = 남아프리카공화국 정부가 최근 단계적 경 제 재개와 맞물려 실시한 봉쇄령 규정이 위헌이고 무효라는 판결이 나왔다.

3일(현지시간) 블룸버그통신 등에 따르면 하우텡고등법원은 전날 이같이 판결하면서 정부가 규정을 수정하도록 2주간의 말미를 줬다고 품라 윌리엄스 내각 대변인이 밝혔 다.

이번 판결은 남아공의 국경 폐쇄와 나이트클럽·카지노 폐쇄 등을 제외하고는 모든 규 정에 적용된다.

남아공은 지난 3월 말부터 신종 코로나바이러스 감염증(코로나19) 확산 둔화를 위해 전국적으로 엄격한 봉쇄령을 실시해오다가 이를 단계적으로 완화해 현재 최고 5단계 가운데 3단계에 있다.

그러나 프리토리아에 있는 인권단체 '자유 투사들'은 봉쇄령 기간 고용 부족으로 임대 료를 낼 수 없는 부동산 임차인들의 진정을 접수해 록다운 규정들에 대한 위헌 소송을 냈다.

이 단체는 또 1단계 봉쇄령 완화 때까지 영업을 할 수 없는 미용사 90명을 대표해 소송 을 제기했다고 레이노 드비어 단체 설립자가 블룸버그와 통화에서 밝혔다.

노먼 데이비스 판사는 판결문에서 정부의 봉쇄령 가운데 일례로 다른 사람과 접촉을 제한하기보다 야외 운동 시간을 제한한 것의 합리성을 의문시했다.

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데이비스 판사는 또 "거칠게 말해서 수십명의 사람들이 산책로에서 뛰도록 하면서 그 옆 해변에 한발만 내디뎌도 감염된다고 하는 규정을 합리적이라고 주장하기는 어렵다

"고 지적했다

현 봉쇄령 3단계에서 운동은 모든 시간에 허용되지만, 해변과 공원은 여전히 폐쇄돼 있 다.

윌리엄스 대변인은 내각이 이번 판결을 면밀히 검토한 후 추후 성명을 낼 것이라고 말 했다.

단, 이번 판결은 별도 소송 대상인 담배 판매 금지에는 적용되지 않는다.


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남아공 6・25 참전용사・가족에 마스크 5천장 전달

참전협회장 "따로 요청 안했는데 챙겨줘서 정말 감사"

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남아공 참전용사·가족에 마스크 5천장 전달

(요하네스버그=연합뉴스) 김성진 특파원 = 3일(현지시간) 주남아공 한국대사관에서 열린 마스크 전달식에 참석한 주요 인사들. 더크 러우 남아공한국전참전협회장(가운데) 과 박종대 대사(오른쪽에서 두 번째), 이병철 무관(맨오른쪽) sungjin@yna.co.kr

(요하네스버그=연합뉴스) 김성진 특파원 = 남아프리카공화국 6·25전쟁 참전용사와 그 가족들에게 3일(현지시간) 마스크 5천장이 전달됐다.

행정수도 프리토리아의 주남아공 한국대사관 무궁화홀에서 열린 전달식에는 더크 러 우 남아공한국전참전협회(SAKWVA) 회장을 비롯한 협회 관계자 3명과 박종대 대사, 이병철 무관을 비롯한 대사관 관계자들이 참석했다.

박 대사는 "남아공 참전용사들에게 깊은 감사의 마음을 갖고 있던 차에 이렇게 6·25전 쟁 70주년사업추진회가 지원하는 마스크를 직접 전달하게 돼 기쁘다"면서 "남아공은 아프리카에서 에티오피아와 더불어 소중한 참전국 파트너일 뿐 아니라 한국과 같은 주 요 20개국(G20) 일원이라 더욱더 뜻깊다"고 말했다.

선친이 참전용사인 러우(64·예비역 공군대령) 협회장은 "우리가 따로 요청하지도 않았 는데 한국이 이렇게 마스크를 챙겨줘서 진심으로 감사하다"고 말했다.

이병철 무관(대령)은 참전용사와 가족들을 위해 마스크뿐 아니라 별도로 초콜릿을 선 물로 준비하고, 대사관에서는 협회 관계자들에게 한식 도시락 오찬을 대접했다.

마스크는 프리토리아 근교에 사는 참전용사들의 경우 대사관 측에서 직접 전달하고 먼 곳은 우편으로 배달한다.

남아공에 생존하는 참전용사는 10명으로, 작고한 참전용사들의 부인 40여명과 후손 등 모두 150여명의 협회원이 있다.

이날 전달식에는 신종 코로나바이러스 감염증(코로나19) 사태 와중에 참전용사들이 90 대 고령인 점을 감안해 그 후손들이 참석했다.

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남아공은 1950년 11월 16일∼1953년 10월 31일까지 한국전쟁에 공군조종사 243명 등 연인원 826명이 참전해 36명(전사 28명, 실종 8명)이 희생됐다.

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남아공 참전용사·가족에 마스크 전달

(요하네스버그=연합뉴스) 김성진 특파원 = 3일 주남아공 한국대사관에서 열린 6·25전 쟁 남아공 참전용사와 가족들에 대한 마스크 전달식에서 주요 참석자들이 신종 코로나 바이러스 감염증(코로나19)과 싸움도 이겨내자면서 '화이팅'을 외치고 있다. 오른쪽 배 경에 한국전 당시 참전한 남아공 공군조종사들의 사진이 보인다.

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