Category: Africa

SA’S AFRIGEN MAKES MRNA COVID VACCINE USING MODERNA DATA

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Researchers at Afrigen Biologics and Vaccines are attempting to replicate Moderna’s vaccine.Credit: Afrigen Biologics. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Fri 04 February 2022: South Africa’s Afrigen Biologics has used the publicly available sequence of Moderna’s COVID-19 mRNA vaccine to make its own version of the shot, which could be tested in humans before the end of this year, Afrigen’s […]

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LOAD SHEDDING TO CONTINUE DESPITE PROGRESS IN ESKOM RECOVERY

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Thu 03 February 2022: Eskom Chief Executive, Andre de Ruyter, says load shedding Stage 2 is expected to continue throughout the weekend although some generating units have or are expected to return to service. De Ruyter was speaking during a media briefing on Thursday morning on challenges facing the power system following the announcement of […]

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LOAD SHEDDING PREVENTS ‘CATASTROPHIC BLACKOUT’ – DE RUYTER

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Wed 02 February 2022: Eskom Chief Executive Officer, Andre de Ruyter, says the power utility is obligated to implement load shedding in order to avoid a total system failure. He was speaking after the power utility announced that it would be implementing Stage 2 load shedding from Wednesday morning following breakdowns at power stations. “[We] […]

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CHEETAH CUBS THREATENED BY PET TRADE, GLOBAL WARMING IN SOMALILAND

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Wed 02 February 2022: The two starving cheetah cubs squeak and tug at their string leashes in the white dust of Somaliland, as a government vet pushes needles through the fluffy fur to drip-feed them liquid and nutrients, Reuters reports. Just around five months old, the baby cheetahs are dehydrated, stunted and so lacking in […]

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FRANCE WILL NOT STOP ITS WAR ON TERROR BECAUSE OF MALI’S “IRRESPONSIBLE” GOVERNMENT

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Wed 02 February 2022: France will not abandon the battle against terrorism in the Sahel area because of the military junta in Mali’s “irresponsible” conduct, the country’s foreign minister said Tuesday. Jean-Yves Le Drian defended France’s military presence in Mali in front of legislators, who criticized the Macron administration for the humiliation of the country’s […]

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SA SCHOOLS TO RETURN TO FULL TIME ATTENDANCE NEXT MONDAY

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Tue 01 February 2022: All schools across the country will return to full time attendance from Monday next week following a decision taken at a meeting of the Council of Education Ministers this morning. This comes after Cabinet said primary, secondary and special schools should return to daily attendance and the regulatory provision for social […]

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SOUTH AFRICA: R11 BILLION WORLD BANK LOAN ABOVE BOARD, SAYS GODONGWANA

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Tue 01 February 2022: South Africa’s recent R11 billion loan from the World Bank is an above board credit facility with favourable conditions, says Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana. The Minister and the National Treasury, led by Director-General, Dondo Mogajane, gave the assurance during a detailed presentation on the loan to Parliament’s Standing Committee on Finance […]

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