A lot can change overnight, or over the course of one weekend, but we’ll keep you in the know with the latest news stories and headlines in South Africa on Monday 22 November 2021.
For some, it was the road to riches on Sunday! It was literally money up’ for grabs’ after a CIT truck was bombed in Rustenburg. In the video, several South Africans can be seen flocking to the scene and grabbing as much money as possible from the damaged vehicle.
Meanwhile, it seems like we are slowly but surely making our way into the predicted fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic as the number of confirmed cases increases daily. The fourth wave should be the mildest one South Africa has experienced thus far due to higher herd immunity and the vaccine roll-out.
But will this ensure a brighter Christmas for all, with fewer restrictions? We will just have to wait and see.
TODAY’S LATEST NEWS IN SOUTH AFRICA, Monday 22 November
Watch: Locals grab cash from bombed CIT truck in Rustenburg
Leading South African crime activist Yusuf Abramjee announced the armed robbery cash heist in the North West on Sunday afternoon. “CITRobbery Rustenburg NW. Cash van bombed.”
It didn’t take long for Abramjee to provide a dramatic update. A video was shared to show footage from the scene.
The CIT truck is seen blown up nearly into two. A maroon old school Mercedes Benz is seen crashed into the front of the cash van before the bombing. With the shock of the chaos, fire, and smoke noted, it is impossible to miss the scores of locals who helped themselves to the cash that was left all over the shattered truck.
COVID-19 latest: SA reports 687 new confirmed cases
South Africa recorded 687 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has said on Sunday.
It brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2 929 862. This increase of 687 new COVID-19 cases represents a 3.4 % positivity rate. A further two COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 89 574 to date.
On Saturday, a total of 887 new confirmed cases were reported, while on Friday, 789 new cases were reported.
KwaZulu-Natal teen crisis: 21 000 young girls fell pregnant in current financial year
An estimated 21 000 girls younger than 15 years old fell pregnant in KwaZulu-Natal in the current financial year.
KwaZulu-Natal Social Development MEC, Nonhlanhla Khoza revealed this while speaking at the Mpandwini Area in Mbumbulu, south of Durban, where government and traditional leaders discussed the role of men in curbing Gender-Based Violence.
“Looking at the stats, you tell yourself ‘who made them pregnant’ because they are starting from the age of 9 to 14 years,” Khoza said.
Party funding: ‘EFF has nothing to declare,’ says Malema
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has moved to assure supporters that there is nothing dubious about how the party gets its funding.
Malema addressed the party’s Siyabonga Rally in Thembisa, east of Johannesburg on Saturday, 20 November 2021.
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) released a report which shows that the EFF and more than 300 other political parties failed to disclose who their funders were, following the local government elections.
The EFF has long been criticised for not revealing its funders, but Julius Malema says the party gets its money from supporters, through the sale of merchandise as well as party levies, which are paid by MPs, MPLs and councillors.
Western Cape: Car plunges down Bainskloof Pass – THREE kids DEAD
The Western Cape’s Department of Transport and Public Works has confirmed that three children have been tragically killed as a result of a car accident: The vehicle they were travelling in plunged down the Bainskloof Pass on Saturday evening, 20 November 2021.
The Bainskloof Pass is between Wellington and Ceres. The driver of the vehicle is a 60-year-old woman who managed to survive the accident but sustained some serious injuries, which she is treating in hospital. The Bainskloof Pass is currently closed to traffic due to roadworks that are expected to be completed by March 2022. Limited access is allowed to people living along the route and those who have been issued with permits. Stop-and-go sections are in place to facilitate such movement.
According to the Western Cape’s Department of Transport and Public Works spokesperson Jandre Bakker, the female driver refused to stop at three points and forcefully went through the closed boom-operated control point on the road.
South African man killed in Jerusalem shooting by Hamas gunman
A man from South Africa was shot and killed during an attack by the Palestinian Islamist movement, Hamas, in Jerusalem’s Old City.
The SA Jewish Board of Deputies said Eliyahu David Kay (26), a tour guide in Jerusalem, was murdered by a Palestinian gunman while on his way to pray at the Western Wall (Kotel).
Kay later died in Hadassah Hospital. Three more people were wounded in the attack by the Hamas militant. He was shot dead by authorities, Israeli officials said.
AFP reported that those wounded included police officers and civilians. They were taken to the hospital.
Rassie Erasmus latest: World Rugby wanted a LONGER ban!
According to reports, World Rugby wanted to suspend Rassie Erasmus for 24 Springbok Tests so he would also miss the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France!
However, Sunday’s Rapport newspaper cited sources claiming that Erasmus’ legal representative Frikkie Erasmus and SA Rugby made representations in their recent World Rugby disciplinary hearing that ultimately resulted in Rassie Erasmus’ ban “only” lasting just under a year – until 30 September 2022.
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