Premier Alan Winde says the province is now focusing on recovering the 321,000 jobs lost due to the Covid-19 pandemic and -lockdown. Winde says the severe restrictions that have been imposed, over the past six months, had a devastating impact on the tourism sector. Winde says the first priority is to regain the lost jobs, before focus can be placed on creating more jobs.

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The Western Cape Premier Alan Winde says the province’s Covid-19 test positivity rate is now on 4% and it continues to drop. Winde says the drop in this rate is good news, and bodes well for the province even as they have expended their testing strategy.
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The 51-year-old man, who led last week’s protests at the Senekal court, was denied bail earlier today. André Pienaar was arrested last week, after storming the court-building, after the appearance of the suspects accused of the murder of farm foreman, Brendin Horner. Magistrate Buti Mlangeni says it is uncertain whether Pienaar, due to his bipolar disorder, will be able to be controlled if he is released on bail. The State also says that video footage shows Pienaar strangling a female police officer. Pienaar’s trial has been postponed to 20 November.

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