Sat 27 November 2021: Ethiopia has announced new restrictions on the sharing of information about the war in the north of the country, which stipulate that battlefront updates can only come from the government, Reuters reports. “Disseminating information on military manoeuvres, war front updates and results via any medium is forbidden,” except for information provided by a […]
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Sat 27 November 2021: Fears of the spread of a new coronavirus strain discovered in South Africa, which has been designated as a “variant of concern” by the World Health Organization (WHO), have prompted countries around the world to impose travel restrictions. Early evidence suggests that the new B.1.1529 variant, called Omicron after a letter […]
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Fri 26 November 2021: South Africa confirmed on Thursday that it has detected the new Coronavirus variant B.1.1.529 in the country. The variant was discovered through collaborative efforts with private laboratories and the Network for Genomic Surveillance in South Africa (NGS-SA) members. NGS-SA is a network of laboratories, scientists and academic institutions that have been […]
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Fri 26 November 2021: As a new Covid variant with more than 30 mutations spreads in South Africa, the United Kingdom is temporarily halting flights from six countries. The announcement was made by Sajid Javid, the UK’s minister of state for health and social care, just hours after the World Health Organization briefed on the […]
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Fri 26 November 2021: According to a preliminary review by the World Health Organization (WHO), only 27% of African health workers have been completely vaccinated against COVID-19, leaving the majority of the personnel on the frontlines of the pandemic vulnerable. According to the WHO, a recent survey of 22 mostly high-income countries found that more […]
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Thu 25 November 2021: President Cyril Ramaphosa says as part of measures to improve electricity generation to deal with load shedding, municipalities will soon be allowed to generate and buy electricity from independent power producers to unburden the grid. The President said this when he responded to oral questions in the National Assembly on Thursday. […]
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Thu 25 November 2021: Health Minister, Dr Joe Phaahla, has confirmed that a new COVID-19 variant has been detected in South Africa. The Minister, who was speaking during a media briefing on Thursday, believes that the new COVID-19 variant, B.1.1.529, may have been tied to the recent cluster outbreaks in Gauteng. “You can be rest […]
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Thu 25 November 2021: Cabinet is pleading with parents and caregivers to keep an eye on their children following recent sporadic cases of child kidnappings across the country. On Thursday, Minister in The Presidency, Mondli Gungubele, said Cabinet was concerned about these abductions. He was briefing the media on the outcomes of the Cabinet […]
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Thu 25 November 2021: South Africa on Wednesday recorded over 1 000 new COVID-19 cases, of which 80% were logged in Gauteng. According to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), 1 018 infections were detected in Gauteng after the province reported 605 cases on Tuesday. The data shows that the second hardest-hit province was […]
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Thu 25 November 2021: Critics take to social media to slam royal’s comments concerning pressures faced by wildlife. The United Kingdom’s Prince William has been told to “mind his own business” by critics after suggesting that population growth is endangering wildlife in Africa. Speaking at the Tusk conservation awards in London on Tuesday evening, William said increasing […]
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