Click the links below to read the full story or visit our home page for the latest news. The United Kingdom has removed South Africa from its red travel list as Covid-19 cases in the country continue to decline. The UK announced Thursday that it had removed 47 countries from its Red List and that eligible travelers vaccinated as of Monday October 11th in over 37 new countries and territories including Brazil, Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Pakistan, South Africa and Turkey will be treated as repatriated fully vaccinated UK residents unless they have visited a Red List country or area in the 10 days prior to their arrival in England. PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA – AUGUST 20: SAPS National Commissioner, Khehla Sitole. (Photo by Gallo Images / Phill Magakoe) The Presidency has confirmed that National Police Commissioner Khehla Sitole is facing suspension and has been asked to file a complaint with the President about his suspension. President Cyril Ramaphosa wrote to Sitole after reporting that the commissioner thwarted a criminal investigation into corrupt procurement deals. The investigation was carried out by the Independent Police Investigation Authority (IPID). The matter has been referred to a court and ruled by Judge Dennis Davis in the North Gauteng High Court. Photo: Delivered Top domestic money laundering threats are consistently understood by key authorities in South Africa, but understanding of their relative magnitude, vulnerabilities to money laundering, and threats from foreign predicates is limited, according to the latest report from Financial Das Got the Action Task Force (FATF) announced. The fourth round of the Mutual Assessment Report on Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Measures, released on Thursday, also found that key authorities’ understanding of the risks of terrorist financing was underdeveloped and inconsistent. The DA election posters in Phoenix, KZN, on which it reads: “The ANC has called you racists” and “The DA calls you heroes”. Image: Twitter / @ SihleSamketi The Democratic Alliance (DA) says it is in the process of removing its controversial local government election posters recently hung in Phoenix after the party was accused of fueling racial tensions in the area. The posters read: “The ANC called you racists” and “The DA calls you heroes”. Phoenix has been a hotbed of racial tension since the looting and riots in July. More than 30 people died and over 50 were injured in the violent unrest and looting in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, allegedly sparked by the arrest of former President Jacob Zuma. On Thursday, KwaZulu-Natal District Attorney General Dean Macpherson apologized for the “accidentally offended” posters. The Governor of the Reserve Bank, Lesetja Kganyago. Image: Gallo Images The governor of the South African Reserve Bank (Sarb), Lesetja Kganyago, said the central bank, like many other state institutions, had been “attacked” by the state’s arrest. But that it vigorously defended its independence. As a guest during an interactive online discussion on Wednesday hosted by the Center for Development and Enterprise (CDE) independent political think tank, Kganyago admitted that the state imprisonment “weakened several state institutions, while some were completely gutted” . When asked why independence is important for key institutions like the Sarb, he did not specifically name the institutions concerned. File image. Image for illustration purposes only. Five mobile classrooms at MJ Mgidi Secondary School in Soshanguve, Tshwane burned down Wednesday evening. The cause of the fire is still unknown at this point in time. “The only people suffering from these actions are the learners who are now being taught in overcrowded classrooms while some will have no classrooms at all,” said DA Shadow MEC for Education in Gauteng, Khume Ramulifho. Image: iStock The First National Bank (FNB) is offering its customers up to R6 million per month in a monthly drawing – but they have to be vaccinated to have a chance of winning. Vaccinated customers will stand in line to win the cash prizes by entering a lottery drawing that will take place over the next three months. In total, the FNB could give away R 18 million. The bank will give a customer between R3 million and R6 million on October 31st. The draws will then be held again in November and December.
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