Today’s Weather Forecast for South Africa
See the latest weather forecast and warnings across South Africa. From Heat Waves to Thunderstorms, stay up to speed with TODAY’S Regional Weather Forecast: 15 March 2022.
South Africa’s National State of Disaster extended until April
The government has officially announced that the National State of Disaster has been extended for another month until the 15th of April 2022.
In a Government Gazette issued on Monday, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Minister, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, explained that the following was taken into consideration – “need to continue augmenting the existing legislation and contingency arrangements undertaken by organs of state to address the impact of the disaster”.
Political parties’ frustrations grows as Stats SA delay releasing unemployment figures
Growing frustrations has been seen from political parties such as the DA and other stakeholders over the delayed release of the Q4 unemployment statistics for South Africa.
According to Stats SA, the reason for the delay is that they need to conduct quality checks. However, the company has recently been silent and has given no new update on when the numbers can be expected.
As per the last report, South Africa’s unemployment rate stood at 34.9% and at 46.6% for the expanded rate – this also included discouraged job seekers.
Elon Musk challenges Vladimir Putin to single combat
On Monday, billionaire Elon Musk challenged Russian President Vladimir Putin to single combat over the country’s brutal invasion of Ukraine.
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO simply tweeted: “I hereby challenge Vladimir Putin to single combat. Stakes are Ukraine.”
Since the invasion, SpaceX and Russia have made it very clear that they do not see eye-to-eye – especially since Elon Musk provided Ukraine with internet access again.
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