- Disaster Risk Management Centre investigates flooding across the Cape Town metro
- SCA finds regulation banning the sale of tobacco products during lockdown invalid
- Kanye West accuses the head honcho of Adidas of stealing Yeezy shoe designs
Cape Town disaster management reports damaged properties – EWN
According to the disaster risk management centre (DRMC), Plainview, Strand, Riverside, Bonteheuwel, Delft, Khayelitsha, Nomzamo, Gugulethu, Nyanga and Bellville South have been the worst hit by Cape Town’s floods and blocked drains.
“During the last 24-hour measuring period, rainfall stations in the metropolis recorded between 34 and 123 millimetres of rain in a short period.”
EWN reports that this has put the capacity of the stormwater systems to the test. Fortunately, it is not a “life threatening situation”. It is predicted that the storm will last until Wednesday evening. Read more here
SCA dismisses minister’s appeal on tobacco products ban during lockdown – Sowetan Live
In March 2020, co-operative governance and traditional affairs minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma banned the sale of tobacco and e-cigarettes. Three months later, British American Tobacco and JT International SA took the matter to court to declare the ban “invalid”.
According to Sowetan Live, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) agreed with a ruling from the Western Cape High Court stating it was illegal to sell tobacco products during the lockdown.
“In its judgment on Tuesday, the SCA said assuming there was a causal link between smoking and the risk of contracting a more severe form of Covid-19, the minister would have had to show that stopping smoking during the tobacco ban would have reversed or reduced the risk of contracting a severe form of Covid-19.” Read more here
Kanye West Accuses Adidas CEO Of Imitating His Yeezy Slides – Huffington Post
Ye, who used to be called Kanye West, is back on Instagram after a three-month break. On Monday, the rapper and fashion designer said that Kasper Rorsted, the CEO of Adidas, stole the design of the Yeezy slides.
“This Ye with the blue paint on my face These shoes represent the disrespect that people in power have to the talent This shoe is a fake Yeezy made by adidas themselves I’m not talking to DC about this either Kasper come talk to me.” Read more here
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