Fri 01 October 2021: President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that the Department of Health will soon roll out the vaccine certificate as proof that residents have been vaccinated against COVID-19. In a televised address to the nation, the President said the digital pass system could be used to show vaccination status to facilitate travel, access […]
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Fri 01 October 2021: President Cyril Ramaphosa will today lead the inaugural Vooma Vaccination Weekend in Katlehong, Gauteng. The Vooma Vaccination Weekend aim to mobilise citizens and people living in South Africa to get vaccinated as a means of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. Today is the first Vooma Vaccination Weekend in a series of outreaches […]
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Fri 01 October 2021: Just two percent of the population, or fewer, have been fully vaccinated against coronavirus in half of the countries in Africa, the World Heath Organization said on Thursday, Fifteen of the continent’s 54 nations have managed to vaccinate at least 10 percent of their people, thereby achieving the global goal for […]
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Fri 01 October 2021: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said today that he “was shocked” at the expulsion of seven senior UN officials by Ethiopia for “meddling in internal affairs”, Anadolu Agency reports. The UN chief said all UN humanitarian operations are guided by the core principles of humanity, impartiality, neutrality and independence. “In Ethiopia, the UN is […]
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Thu 30 September 2021: Cabinet has called on more businesses affected by the July unrest to register on the Business Loss Registration Portal for financial relief. This government intervention will provide a single entry point for companies to indicate the losses suffered in affected areas in KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng and other affected areas. Cabinet has welcomed […]
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Thu 30 September 2021: South African Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi has warned the public to beware of yet another scam which purports to be communication from the Ministry about supposed projects and funding. In a statement on Wednesday, the department said that in the latest scheme, the scammers are impersonating the Minister as […]
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Wed 29 September 2021: Najla Bouden Ramadhane, a World Bank-experienced university engineer, has risen from political obscurity to become Tunisia’s — and the Arab world’s — first female prime minister. According to Reuters, Ramadhane was named president on Wednesday after Kais Saied, who took office two years ago, fired her predecessor and suspended parliament in […]
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Wed 29 September 2021: The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment is set to plant 4 000 indigenous trees in Vryburg, North West, as part of an ambitious plan to restore forests. The department’s Deputy Minister, Makhotso Sotyu, accompanied by North West Premier Bushy Maape, will lead the planting initiative on Thursday. Government has committed […]
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Wed 29 September 2021: Two of the first portraits of persons of African heritage in the history of European art are being exhibited together in what can be described as a “Black Lives Matter” movement effect. The curators of the Rijksmuseum claim that this is the first time in the museum’s 500-year history. The show […]
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Wed 29 September 2021: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday asked the World Trade Organization to suspend intellectual property rights for Covid-19 vaccines to bridge the huge gap in vaccination rates worldwide. India and South Africa last year brought forward the intellectual property waiver proposal before the WTO but there has been no consensus. […]
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