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Tour guides whose livelihoods are affected by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are set to benefit from a Department of Tourism fund.

Minister of Tourism Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane says the department has created a R30 million fund that will assist guides who work as freelancers and independent contractors. The fund will provide financial relief over a period of two to three months.

The beneficiaries will include:

South African online rewards platform Zlto has been rewarding youth for being positive role models and taking responsible actions during the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that South Africa has moved to Level 3 with effect from 1 June - with more sectors of the economy opening and the removal of a number of restrictions on the movement of people.
 

Addressing the nation recently on the developments in South Africa’s risk-adjusted strategy to manage the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), the President says the country will have a differentiated approach to deal with areas that have far higher levels of infection and transmission.

COVID-19 hotspots

Online exposure introduces the work of artists to an international audience.

The arts sector is moving online at a more aggressive rate as the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to be felt across South Africa.

Keaoleboga Motlhankane (19) of Rustenburg in the North West believes that it is important to save the academic year in order to avoid future economic challenges.

She is a second-year social work student at North-West University’s Potchefstroom campus.  

Pule Ratsoma, a young emerging artist based in Tembisa, is not letting the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic take away his passion for art.

Ratsoma (30) was in his last month of an internship as a gallery assistant at the Artist Proof Studio in Newtown when the virus brought everything to a halt.

Thabang Ntima (20) of Virginia in the Free State says the COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress Grant has helped reduce some of the stress he has been under as a result of the national lockdown.

He is one of the unemployed South African youth to benefit from the new social grant that is being rolled out by the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA).

He completed matric last year and has been looking for a job without luck for six months.

Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga, says no school that will resume if not ready to do so.

The Minister was speaking at a media briefing on Sunday in Pretoria, on the readiness for schools to reopen for matrics and Grade 7s.

She said most of the country’s schools were ready to receive learners.

Parents who are not comfortable with their children going back to school can apply to the Department of Basic Education (DBE) to have their children home schooled.

However, according to Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga, in terms of the relevant section of the South African Schools Act, parents or guardians need to get home schooling approval from the education authorities.