Fri 17 September 2021: The African continent is facing a 470 million COVID-19 vaccine shortfall due to the cuts in the COVAX facility deliveries, with enough doses to vaccinate only 17% of the population versus the target 40%, the WHO reported on Thursday. “With the cutback COVAX is now expected to deliver 470 million doses […]
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Fri 17 September 2021: Dutch Foreign Minister Sigrid Kaag resigned Thursday after lawmakers formally condemned her handling of the Afghanistan evacuation crisis. “The House considers that the government has acted irresponsibly. And although I stand by our commitment, I can only accept the consequences of this judgement as the minister with ultimate responsibility,” Kaag said in a […]
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Thu 16 September 2021: Securing and restoring livelihoods should be top of the agenda in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, an African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) has resolved. It is against this backdrop that an online platform for the African Green Stimulus Programme has been launched to provide an overarching framework to […]
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Sun 17 September 2023: An Islamic scholar turned freedom fighter, Omar Al-Mukhtar is best known for leading an armed revolution and guerrilla campaign against Italian colonisers for the last two decades of his life until his capture and subsequent execution 90 years ago. He remains a Libyan national hero and an inspirational symbol of resistance […]
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Thu 16 September 2021: According to the Department of Health’s latest data, the country administered 241 867 doses of the COVID-19 jab on Wednesday, bringing the total number of doses to 15 447 034. Meanwhile, 126 309 were fully vaccinated in the past 24 hours, increasing the number to 7 609 183 since the start […]
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Wed 15 September 2021: KwaZulu-Natal province is set to host the 2nd Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF2021) at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli ICC from 15 – 21 November 2021. A high-powered delegation, led by the former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, will on Thursday descend on the province for a signing ceremony. The ceremony will be […]
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Wed 15 September 2021: French Defence Minister Florence Parly has warned Mali against a deal with Russian private security group Wagner amid claims the country’s military government is close to hiring 1,000 mercenaries. Two French sources told the AFP news agency on Tuesday that the Malian government was nearing a deal with the controversial Russian […]
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Tue 14 September 2021: Businesses affected by the devastating public violence and looting that swept across Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal in July have until 30 September 2021 to apply for government financial relief. This comes after the National Treasury on Monday launched a registration portal for the registration of businesses that suffered losses. The intervention […]
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Mon 13 September 2021: South Africa has received at least $2 billion in financial assistance from the New Development Bank since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The New Development Bank is an initiative of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) countries, which seeks to mobilise resources for infrastructure and development in […]
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Mon 13 September 2021: No South African has died from the COVID-19 jab, as the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHRPA) continues to investigate the safety of vaccines. This is according to the National Immunisation Safety Expert Committee (NISEC) Chairperson, Professor Hannelie Meyer, who was speaking during a webinar on self-reporting of side effects […]
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