Nelson Mandela Bay calls for large events to be shelved as Covid-19 infections rise | Safa postpones congress after delegates test positive for Covid-19

Download the SowetanLIVE app [image: SowetanLIVE]( [image: SowetanLIVE]( [image: SowetanLIVE] Afternoon Newsletter — December 10 2021 --------------------------------------------------------------- [News]( | [South Africa]( [Nelson Mandela Bay calls for large events to be shelved as Covid-19 infections rise]( [image: Nelson Mandela Bay calls for large events to be shelved as Covid-19 infections rise]( Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Eugene Johnson says the city has urged event organisers to postpone or cancel planned large gatherings ahead of the festive season due to a resurgence in Covid-19 infections. [Read more >>]( Top stories [News]( | [South Africa]( [Uncle given life sentence for raping niece]( [image: Nelson Mandela Bay calls for large events to be shelved as Covid-19 infections rise]( Limpopo MEC for social development Nkakareng Rakgoale has welcomed the life sentence meted out against a 34-year-old man who raped his niece. [Read more >>]( [News]( | [South Africa]( [De Lille distances herself from Western Cape police housing fracas]( [image: Nelson Mandela Bay calls for large events to be shelved as Covid-19 infections rise]( Public works minister Patricia de Lille has distanced herself from a police housing controversy in Cape Town. [Read more >>]( [Sport]( | [Soccer]( [Safa postpones congress after delegates test positive for Covid-19]( [image: Nelson Mandela Bay calls for large events to be shelved as Covid-19 infections rise]( The SA Football Association (Safa) has postponed its Congress from Saturday due to a number of delegates who would have attended having tested positive for Covid-19, Safa CEO Tebogo Motlanthe said. [Read more >>]( [Entertainment]( [Minnie Dlamini works up courage to say farewell to her friend Naledi Willers]( "Naledi was a force who never stopped pushing for her dreams no matter what life threw at her." [Read more >>]( [News]( | [South Africa]( [Gauteng education department hopes 4,712 pupils will be placed by end of Friday]( The Gauteng education department said it is hopeful that 4,712 grade 1 and 8 pupils will be placed by the end of Friday. [Read more >>]( [News]( | [South Africa]( [LISTEN | Sam Mkokeli talks SA economy]( In this episode, Sam Mkokeli talks to top intellectuals about South Africa's economic crisis. Speakers include former finance minister Tito Mboweni, economists Isaah Mhlanga and Mamokete Lijane, and public intellectual Songezo Zibi. They discuss structural problems and ways to... [Read more >>]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [News]( | [South Africa]( [Two arrested in North West for possession of lion's head]( [Sport]( | [Soccer]( [Mngqithi warns Mamelodi Sundowns against anxiety in Tshwane derby]( [News]( | [South Africa]( [Former ‘7de Laan’ actress Themsie Times, who played Maria, has died]( [News]( | [South Africa]( [‘Dear President Ramaphosa’: plea for clarity on festive season travel as fourth wave gathers steam]( [News]( | [South Africa]( [SA’s Beta breakthrough biologist goes one better with Omicron]( [Business]( [London's Heathrow says business travellers cancelling over Omicron]( [Unsubscribe]( • • [View PDF]( • [Pause Subscription]( • [View Online]( This email was sent to {EMAIL} on 10-12-2021 [Arena Holdings]( is intended for opt-in communication only. If you feel this email is unsolicited please [report it]( to us Email Powered By [Arena Holdings](