Thousands turn up for jabs during first Vooma drive | ANC frustrated with ‘difficult’ coalition partners in metros

Download the SowetanLIVE app [image: SowetanLIVE]( [image: SowetanLIVE]( [image: SowetanLIVE] Morning Newsletter — October 4 2021 --------------------------------------------------------------- [News]( | [South Africa]( [Thousands turn up for jabs during first Vooma drive]( [image: Thousands turn up for jabs during first Vooma drive]( More than 350,000 people heeded the call to get vaccinated during the first Covid-19 Vooma vaccination drive this past weekend. Although the target of 500,000 had not been reached by 4pm yesterday the department of health said 350,352 people had been inoculated since Friday,... [Read more >>]( Top stories [News]( | [South Africa]( [ANC frustrated with ‘difficult’ coalition partners in metros]( [image: Thousands turn up for jabs during first Vooma drive]( The ANC has expressed frustration at being forced to work with coalition partners in some of the municipalities where it was dislodged in 2016, including Johannesburg. [Read more >>]( [News]( | [South Africa]( [Let us go back to work and save taxpayers’ money, plea suspended workers]( [image: Thousands turn up for jabs during first Vooma drive]( Twelve municipal employees who have been paid while sitting at home for more than a year and half say they want to go back to work and not waste taxpayers’ money. [Read more >>]( [News]( | [South Africa]( [Winnie Mandela town embraces the jab]( [image: Thousands turn up for jabs during first Vooma drive]( Residents of Winnie Mandela town, formerly Brandfort, in Free State, are eager to be vaccinated against the deadly Covid-19 pandemic even if this means they must wake up as early as 5am to make it to the queue. [Read more >>]( [News]( | [South Africa]( [People over 30 lose hope in getting jobs]( When Kabelo, 27, chose a career in electrical engineering he thought getting a job would be easy as it was in high demand. Three years later, armed with a trade test and a couple of internships under his belt, he is struggling to find employment. [Read more >>]( [News]( | [South Africa]( [Mpumalanga flood victims claim to have been abandoned at school hostel]( About nine destitute families whose houses were washed away when cyclone Eloise hit parts of Mpumalanga earlier this year have been left in a dilapidated school boarding house with no water and electricity for months. [Read more >>]( [News]( | [South Africa]( [Government records largest employment drop in the country]( The majority of people who lost their jobs in the second quarter of the year were employed by government followed by those in the manufacturing and construction sectors. [Read more >>]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [News]( | [South Africa]( [North West mayor dies in car crash]( [News]( | [South Africa]( [Police in Gauteng recover 78 unlicensed firearms in seven days]( [News]( | [South Africa]( [Police make arrests in connection with spate of QwaQwa murders, robberies]( [News]( | [South Africa]( [Public protector opens contempt case against municipality speaker]( [News]( | [South Africa]( [Narrow escape for drivers in head-on collision on wet road]( [News]( | [South Africa]( [Can I get the flu shot and Covid-19 jab at the same time?]( [Sport]( | [Soccer]( [Sundowns clip Swallows’ wings]( [Sport]( | [Soccer]( [Things get tough for Gallants coach]( [Sport]( | [Soccer]( [Baxter implores Chiefs fans for patience]( [Sport]( | [Soccer]( [Sluggish Bucs not where they should be, says Ncikazi]( [Unsubscribe]( • • [View PDF]( • [Pause Subscription]( • [View Online]( This email was sent to {EMAIL} on 04-10-2021 [Arena Holdings]( is intended for opt-in communication only. If you feel this email is unsolicited please [report it]( to us Email Powered By [Arena Holdings](