South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Friday, 17 February 2023
South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Friday, 17 February 2023
In the latest news in South Africa on Friday, 17 February 2023, a request for a state funeral for the late Kiernan ‘AKA’ Forbes was rejected.
South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Friday, 17 February 2023
We’ve got the latest news stories and headlines in South Africa on Friday, 17 February 2023.
New Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi wrote to President Cyril Ramaphosa and requested permission to give slain rapper Kiernan ‘AKA’ Forbes a state funeral. On Thursday, Lesufi revealed his request was denied.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said he was not scared when the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) stormed the stage during his State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Thursday, 9 February 2023.
In other news, over seven million people have been approved for R350 grant but only 85% are being paid, meanwhile, Postbank still struggling with glitches.
A hilarious prank in a local taxi goes wrong, as the prankster is almost prevented from getting out by the other women.
The video of the prank has gone viral since it was shared on social media recently.
And lastly, five workers are counting their blessings after they were rescued from a truck that submerged into a flooded low-lying bridge in Mpumalanga today, Thursday, 16 February.
TODAY’S LATEST NEWS IN SOUTH AFRICA, Friday 17 February
Gauteng’s request for state funeral for AKA rejected by Presidency
New Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi wrote to President Cyril Ramaphosa and requested permission to give slain rapper Kiernan ‘AKA’ Forbes a state funeral. On Thursday, Lesufi revealed his request was denied.
Lesufi told reporters that his letter to the presidency did not ask for permission to use state funds for AKA’s funeral. Instead, the Gauteng provincial government wanted to honour the late musician by draping his coffin with the nation’s flag and flying flags in the province at half-mast.
President Cyril Ramaphosa says the EFF does not scare him
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said he was not scared when the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) stormed the stage during his State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Thursday, 9 February 2023.
Ramaphosa took to the podium to reply to a two-day debate on the SONA on Thursday, 16 February 2023.
Millions of South Africans are not getting their R350 grant
Between 7.4 and 7.8 million people are approved for the R350 grant. However, only 85% of them are being paid. During a parliamentary briefing on Wednesday, SASSA said there were problems paying all approved beneficiaries.
The Postbank said connectivity and network challenges during payment runs had led to failed transactions at ATMs.Cybercrime, problems verifying bank details, interrupted connections: on Wednesday, Parliament heard a litany of reasons why payments of the R350 Social Relief of Distress grant are erratic.
WATCH: Hilarious cheating prank in taxi gone WRONG
A hilarious prank in a local taxi goes wrong, as the prankster is almost prevented from getting out by the other women.
The video of the prank has gone viral since it was shared on social media recently.
The video shows a woman answering her phone in a taxi. She pretends to be on the phone with a married man.
Five workers rescued when truck submerged in flooded bridge
Five workers are counting their blessings after they were rescued from a truck that submerged into a flooded low-lying bridge in Mpumalanga today, Thursday, 16 February.
The Provincial Police spokesperson Brigadier Selvy Mohlala confirmed that five workers contracted to Transnet narrowly survived as they escaped death when their truck was swept away whilst trying to cross the bridge at Schuilspruit dam in Amersfoort this morning, Thursday 16 February 2023 at about 08:00.
According to information, the five workers, one female and four males of which two were inside the truck and three on the truck’s rooftop were rescued by the police and other stakeholders including Emergency Medical Services, Fire Department and other locally based community structures.
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