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A KwaZulu-Natal doctor has offered a message of hope to all South Africans and health care workers who find themselves staring down the barrel of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Doctor Buyisiwe Mabaso, medical manager of Clairwood Hospital south of Durban, said the initial fear and anxiety that Covid-19 brought with it had somewhat run its course and was now being replaced by motivation.
Langa donated food parcels with the help of Imbumba Foundation to 100 households, targeting the unemployed, orphans, elderly people and child-headed homes. With the focus of food donations in townships and urban areas, the maskandi muso, who has been in the industry for more than 20 years, wanted to keep his village eating during the national lockdown.
“I know this issue of lockdown is difficult to all people, those who are unemployed and those who survive through the grant,” Langa said. “I have noticed myself that food does not last long because kids and everyone is at home. I realised that for people who are unemployed it must be really difficult.
“I reached out and got Imbumba to assist me in helping the community. Working together with the traditional leader this was possible. When we delivered the food parcels I was so touched when I saw some of them crying tears of joy. As people who also support me as a musician I felt that I had to do something to help the situation.”
Founder of Imbumba Foundation, Richard Mabaso, said the donation in Ulundi was part of its programme called Soap for Hope. Mabaso, the man behind the Track4Mandela initiative, said before the country went on a national lockdown they had already began collecting sanitisers that will be donated to disadvantaged people. Since the coronavirus outbreak, Imbumba Foundation has donated 9,000 food parcels all over South Africa.
“We set ourselves a target to collect tons of litres of hand sanitisers, and food parcels to be given to elderly people, orphans, vulnerable, and child-headed households in informal settlements, townships and rural areas,” he said.
“We decided to partner with Thokozani Langa because he has been promoting his culture and where he comes from. We have been following him and we realised that he has been doing a lot for his community. We were willing to work with him because he is doing this for his village. We have also been working with traditional leaders who assist in identifying people who are in need of the food parcels. We are also going to be donating food parcels this week in Pongola and a village in Venda.”
Omuhle Gela’s Hacker Is Allegedly A Person Who Worked With Her
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Omuhle Gela has released a statement explaining that a breach of trust in her inner circle led to her being hacked when “someone” who had access to her personal information created fake accounts that were used for malicious purposes.
The actress expressed how disappointed she was that the culprit was allegedly someone she trusted.
She said: “So long story short, unfortunately someone who had access to my personal information, passwords and devices because of our trusted work relationship, was unhappy with a little hiccup we had and went as far as accessing my social media platforms.
“(This person) texted a few people and direct messaged people on my personal accounts and other fake accounts using one of my personal email addresses and my devices she had access to because of work. They went as far as using personal information they knew about me to cause a stir, asked one person for money, and offended a few people.”
In the full statement shared on Instagram, the actress said she would be opening a case of defamation of character and was busy consulting her legal team.
“I’m getting legal help and finally putting this situation to bed. My twitter account has been retrieved and I no longer use the email address that was hacked. One of the fake accounts was linked to my device and to the culprit’s device. I’m working on changing my passwords. I’ll be opening a case of defamation of character. Apologies again to the victims of this unfortunate situation,” Omuhle said.
Many of her fans flooded her comment sections, encouraging her to stay strong.
Bonang Matheba came through with words of wisdom for Omuhle: “Make sure your staff sign NDAs. From the first minute they start work. Sorry about all this baby. Strength.”
Read the full statement below.
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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.
He further called for the increases, introduced for the next six months in the old age grant and child-support grant, to be permanent and raised further.
Malema said the unemployment income grant, meant only for the next six months and set at R350, must be upped to R1,000 and continue beyond the Covid-19 crisis.
He suggested that the child grant be increased to R800 and the old age grant be topped up to R2,800.
President Cyril Ramaphosa last week announced increases to social grants for the next six months to counter the socio-economic impact of Covid-19.
additional R300 allocated to the child support grant in May, while R500 would be added per caregiver from June until October.
All other grants, including the old age and disability grant, would see beneficiaries receiving an additional R250 per month from May until October. Unemployed South Africans would get a R350 basic income grant during the same period, Ramaphosa announced.
Malema believes these interventions must be sustained beyond the Covid-19 impact and be increased.
He did not say where the money would come from.
Said Malema: “Since our formation as the EFF we have called for the doubling of the social grants for all people in all grants that are provided by the state.
“We welcome the increase of all the social grants and the introduction of the basic income grant for all unemployed people.
“Our demand in this regard is simple, these increases must be made permanent. The old age grant must never be reduced and must instead be increased to R2,800 per month. The child-support grant must increased to be R800 per month. The basic income grant must not be reversed but must instead be increased to R1,000 per month.”
Malema said it was important to up the grants beyond the coronavirus pandemic to increase buying power and combat poverty.
This, he added, was the logical thing for government to do, “if you want peace in this country”.
Among these, he said, there would be an
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