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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Mon 29 November 2021: The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) says it expects the international cricket series between India and the Proteas in South Africa to go ahead following concerns that the tour may be put in jeopardy due to the emergence of the Omicron COVID-19 variant. The Indian ‘A’ side – or […]
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Mon 29 November 2021: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday that authorities were considering making COVID-19 shots compulsory for certain places and activities, as a rise in infections linked to a new variant threatens to become a fourth wave. Only a quarter of South Africans are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 despite a sufficient […]
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Mon 29 November 2021: The coronavirus pandemic will cost the global tourism sector $2.0 trillion in lost revenue in 2021, the UN’s tourism body said Monday, calling the sector’s recovery “fragile” and “slow”. The forecast from the Madrid-based World Tourism Organization comes as Europe is grappling with a surge in infections and as a new […]
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Sun 28 November 2021: The head of the WHO in Africa has urged countries to follow the science rather than imposing flight bans in a bid to contain the new Omicron variant. WHO urged countries to keep borders open, saying banning flights over the potentially more transmissable Omicron strain “attacks global solidarity.” “With the Omicron […]
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Sun 28 November 2021: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa address to the nation about the country’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Following meetings of the National Coronavirus Command Council, the President’s Co-ordinating Council, and the Cabinet, the president delivered his address. The President says there are still a number of things about the variant that […]
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Sun 28 November 2021: Algeria’s early local elections recorded low voter turnout, according to the electoral commission on Sunday, Anadolu reports. Mohamed Charfi, the head of the Independent National Election Authority, said voter turnout reached 35.9% in the municipal elections and 34.3% in the provincial polls. He, however, said that the turnout in the local polls was […]
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Sun 28 November 2021: At least two people were killed and 16 were injured when a French military convoy was met by protesters in Niger after crossing from Burkina Faso, where the column had been blocked for a week. On Saturday, a French military convoy redeploying from Ivory Coast to Mali was met with new […]
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Sun 28 November 2021: As more cases of the coronavirus’s Omicron strain have been reported around the world, South Africa appears to be taking a bashing for disclosing its detection of the variant. The United Kingdom, Belgium, Israel, Germany, and the Netherlands are among the most recent countries to report cases of the new strain. […]
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Sat 27 November 2021: The new Omicron variant of the coronavirus results in mild disease, without prominent syndromes, Angelique Coetzee, the chairwoman of the South African Medical Association, told Sputnik on Saturday. The World Health Organization (WHO) identified on Friday the new South African strain as one of concern, as it is reported to carry […]
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