Pretoria News Weekend Saturday, June 27, 2020

You can eat ... but not drink Strict conditions for restaurants and other venues VAL BOJE ARMAND HOUGH African News Agency (ANA) GET ready to dine out again from Monday – but without alcoholic drinks being allowed to be served with your meal. Before you sit down to order, expect to fill in a health form, have a temperature check and sanitise your hands. Tables will be spaced 1.5m apart and you and your dining companions must wear a mask, except while eating or drinking. The Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs has amended level 3 lockdown regulations to allow the reopening of restaurants, casinos, theatres, museums and libraries under certain strict conditions. Yesterday Minister of Tourism Nkhensani Kubayi-Ngubane briefed the media on detailed safety protocols which…

Tshwane scores Miss South Africa finalist hat-trick TSHWANE has three of the 15 finalists in the Miss South Africa 2020 competition. They are 24-year-olds Chantelle Pretorius and Lebogang Mahlangu and 22-year-old Natasha Joubert. Pretorius is a full-time model who spends half her time working in Europe while also working to complete a BCom business management degree at Unisa. Mahlangu is a food scientist working for a large multinational. Her original passion was for soccer, and she represented Gauteng province. She is also a social entrepreneur with a community bakery in Soshanguve. Joubert, who comes from Centurion, holds a BCom degree in marketing and works as a public relations officer for a legal firm. The other finalists are Anarzade Omar, Busisiwe Mmotla, Olin-Shae De La Cruz (Gauteng), Savannah Schutzler and Jordan…

‘Prioritise female judges for GBV cases’ LIAM NGOBENI OUPA MOKOENA African News Agency (ANA) REPLACE male judges with female ones in courts dealing with cases of gender-based violence (GBV). This is one of the demands made by the women under the banner of the #EnoughIsEnough protest. The protest moved along Madiba Street to the Union Buildings to add its voice to the growing outrage over GBV. The group is asking that the murder of women becomes a national priority, and that there should be detailed tracing and reporting on GBV in the country, with information shared at a monthly media conference. Another issue raised was the need for free legal assistance to GBV victims to assist in bringing their cases to the fore and securing convictions. Minister in the Presidency-for…

Cigarette ban stands, Fita case stubbed out ZELDA VENTER zelda.venter@inl.co.za THE buying and selling of tobacco products, including cigarettes and electronic cigarettes, remains banned in South Africa. This was confirmed yesterday afternoon when the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, turned down with costs the application by the Fair Trade Tobacco Association (Fita) to reverse the ban on the sale of tobacco products as part of the national lockdown. The ban, introduced for health reasons as part of the strategy to prevent the spread of Covid-19 and help manage the health risks for those who contract it, has led to an increase in the smuggling and illegal sale of cigarettes. When amendments to lockdown level 3 regulations were announced, alcohol sales were permitted from June 1 during limited hours, but tobacco sales…

CAPTURED Spectacular drone pictures DRONES this week captured two natural encounters off the coast of South Africa. A drone picture by Gerard Britz in eMkhomazi and posted on Drone Love South Africa captured a huge shoal of sardines as the annual sardine run reached the South Coast shore. The sardines bring in their wake gannets, dolphins, seals, sharks and other animals. This year, because of lockdown, only those living near the coast have got to participate – with those living inland relying on social media to share in this natural phenomenon. Meanwhile, a teenage drone pilot called Zach B captured scenes of a great white shark circling some surfers and paddlers in Plettenberg Bay. The NSRI is asking people to be cautious along the Southern Cape coastline and the Eastern…

Nine types of remote-work personalities A RANGE of work-from-home personality types have emerged during lockdown. Nine distinct types have been identified by Pretoria University associate professor in human resource management, Nasima MH Carrim, who told the Pretoria News that while some coped well with the adjustment, others did not fare as well over the past few months. Here are the types she has identified: The eager beaver The eager beaver is a workaholic and needs to keep busy all the time. While some aspects of the business have stopped and staff may be on obligatory leave, the eager beaver feels that this is the right time to work on improving the systems. The backbone of the organisation These employees are highly dedicated to the company. The backbones are able to…