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Litchi the Green Turtle is Ready to Go Home, She Just Needs a Tracker Source: Litchi the Green Turtle is Ready to Go Home, She Just Needs a Tracker (goodthingsguy.com) The Two Oceans Aquarium has been home to Litchi the Green Turtle while she recovered but now she is ready to head home to the oceans of the world. Cape Town, South Africa (25 November 2021) – The Two Oceans Aquarium Education Foundation announced in September that Litchi is […]

NEW COVID-19 VARIANT DETECTED IN SA – NICD Source : New COVID-19 variant detected in SA – NICD (ewn.co.za)   Following genomic sequencing, the variant – B.1.1.529 – was detected in 22 positive cases in the country. In a statement on Thursday, the NICD’S acting executive director Professor Adrian Puren said that it was “not surprising that a new variant has been detected in South Africa”. The NICD said that although the data they had […]

PICS | Tennis legend Roger Federer shows Bok skipper Siya Kolisi around streets of Zurich Source : PICS | Tennis legend Roger Federer shows Bok skipper Siya Kolisi around streets of Zurich | Sport (news24.com) National rugby captain Siya Kolisi has made a detour in Switzerland before returning home from the Springboks’ year-end tour in the United Kingdom. Kolisi stopped in Zurich to meet up with tennis legend Roger Federer, who showed the Bok skipper around the streets […]

SA weather service forecasts severe, damaging winds along the Western Cape coastline Source : SA weather service forecasts severe, damaging winds along the Western Cape coastline (iol.co.za) Cape Town – The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued a series of severe weather alerts about damaging winds causing difficulty in navigation at sea due to rough and choppy conditions and the possibility of development and spread of runway fires all along the Western Cape coastline […]

SARS extends tax return deadline Source : SARS extends tax return deadline | Fin24 (news24.com) The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has extended the filing season deadline for non-provisional individual taxpayers from 23 November 2021 to 2 December 2021. This is despite an “overwhelming response” from taxpayers who have submitted their personal income tax returns since July this year, SARS said. “SARS is acutely aware of systemic issues the organisation has experienced, as well as […]