Wed 01 December 2021: South Africa recorded 4 373 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, of which 3 143 were reported in Gauteng alone. According to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), this means there is now a total number of 2 968 052 laboratory-confirmed cases. Meanwhile, data shows that the latest infections represent an […]
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Tue 30 November 2021: The Department of Transport has denied reports that Cabinet has taken a final decision on e-tolls. This after media reports suggested that Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula had announced during a meeting with the chairpersons and CEOs of Transport entities that the e-tolls would be scrapped. According to the department, at the […]
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Tue 30 November 2021: The number of unemployed South Africans rose by 0.5% in the third quarter (Q3) of 2021, Statistician-General Risenga Maluleke has announced. The rise saw the country’s unemployment reach 34.9%. Releasing the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the last quarter, Maluleke said during this period the number of employed persons decreased […]
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Tue 30 November 2021: President Cyril Ramaphosa has slammed travel bans imposed on South Africa as countries around the world continue to react with apprehension to the emergence and reporting of the COVID-19 Omicron variant. He was speaking during the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), hosted by the Republic of Senegal on Monday. President Ramaphosa […]
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Tue 30 November 2021: Amid widespread concern over the new Omicron coronavirus variety, Joe Biden has advised Americans to receive COVID-19 vaccines. However, the US president says the strain should be considered a “cause for concern, not a cause for panic.” Biden said senior US health officials are speaking with key vaccine makers and preparing […]
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Mon 29 November 2021: On Monday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed his deep concern about travel restrictions imposed on southern African countries in an effort to halt the spread of the coronavirus variant Omicron, which was first discovered in South Africa. “I am now deeply concerned about the isolation of southern African countries due to […]
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Mon 29 November 2021: Morocco is preparing to establish two units to manufacture drones using Israeli technologies in the country, local media reported. Israel24 news site quoted Moroccan media outlets as saying that a Moroccan-Israeli committee will be tasked in the coming months to study the project, taking into account areas with the necessary infrastructure including […]
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Mon 29 November 2021: Chinese President Xi Jinping announced on Monday that China will ship an additional billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines to African countries. “China will provide Africa with another billion doses of vaccines,” Xi said at the opening ceremony of the 8th ministerial conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, as quoted by […]
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Mon 29 November 2021: Gauteng continues to see continued high levels of COVID-19 cases and hospital admissions, as the fight against the Omicron variant begins. According to Dr Waasila Jassat of the National Institute for Communicable Diseases, hospital admissions have mostly been recorded in Tshwane, in both the private and public sectors. However, the other […]
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Mon 29 November 2021: The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has confirmed the transfer of convicted murderer Oscar Pistorius to a correctional centre in Gqeberha to start a dialogue with the family of his victim, model Reeva Steenkamp. The disgraced Paralympic gold medalist was transferred from the Kgosi Mampuru Correctional Facility in Tshwane where he […]
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