Premier Zamani Saul blames the doubling of Covid-19 case numbers a week after level three restrictions were implemented – on people travelling from neighbouring provinces
The DA is working hard at wooing the province’s voters, but its electorate would rather abstain than not vote for the ANC
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/ 22 January 2015
The effects of alcoholism on pregnancy are keenly felt beyond just the Western Cape’s winelands.
Alcohol abuse breeds apathy and joblessness, and fuels abuse in an ever more vicious cycle.
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/ 17 January 2014
Women in South Africa are waking up to the dangers posed by fetal alcohol syndrome.
De Aar, which has the world’s highest rate of foetal alcohol disorders, has shown that something can be done to fight alcoholism.
The ANC faced a tough audience in a dry, hot De Aar when party leaders attended the Workers’ Day rally organised by Cosatu.
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/ 23 September 2007
Hundreds of children in the Northern Cape dustbowl town of De Aar have been diagnosed with foetal alcohol syndrome, giving the town the unenviable distinction of the world’s highest reported incidence of the condition. Unfortunately, alcohol’s grip on the community will be hard to loosen.
Higher fuel costs have hit rural bed-and-breakfast (B&B) establishments hard this year, as companies have had to raise fuel allowances due to higher fuel costs for their commercial travellers visiting rural areas, while cutting their accommodation allowances to keep down the overall cost per sale.
The mayor, speaker and city manager of the Emthanjeni Municipality in De Aar have been arrested on charges of fraud, Northern Cape police said on Monday. The trio allegedly offered a local businessman a tender on July 2 in exchange for a kickback. The tender involved a municipal house that is to be sold.