Wed 23 June 2021: The defence lawyers representing ousted Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir have asked to transfer him from Kober Central Prison to a private hospital for examination because it is suspected that he may have Covid-19, state television has reported. Bashir is in the prison to the north of Khartoum serving time on a […]
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Mon 21 June 2021: The World Health Organization (WHO) is planning to set up a technology transfer hub in South Africa for the country to produce its own messenger RNA (mRNA) COVID-19 vaccines and provide necessary training to local manufacturers, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday. “Today, I’m delighted to announce that WHO […]
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Mon 21 June 2021: The Department of Basic Education is calling on all teachers and staff to be at school in order to prepare for the COVID-19 vaccination programme set to start on Wednesday. In a statement on Monday, the department said the vaccination programme is an opportunity to normalise schooling and intensify the process […]
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Mon 21 June 2021: Gauteng Health MEC, Dr Nomathemba Mokgethi, has assured the public that healthcare workers and the department remain committed to tackling the third wave of COVID-19 infections. In addition, the MEC said they will be appointing additional staff to the 5 521 COVID-19 posts filled as of 1 June 2021. “Despite the […]
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Mon 21 June 2021: Oscar-winning actress and the Special Envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Angelina Jolie visited a refugee camp in Burkina Faso on World Refugee Day to raise awareness about the displacement of refugees, the UNHCR reported. “I’m humbled to be in Burkina Faso, and by the extraordinary grace […]
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Mon 21 June 2021: Tests have revealed that the stones discovered in the KwaHlathi area, outside Ladysmith, are not diamonds but quartz crystals. Addressing the media on Sunday, KwaZulu-Natal Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs MEC Ravi Pillay said the tests conducted conclusively revealed that the stones discovered in the area are not diamonds “as […]
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Mon 21 June 2021: The COVID-19 vaccination of teachers and support staff will start this Wednesday until a day before the schools close to mark the end of the second term on 8 July 2021. Basic Education (DBE) Minister Angie Motshekga made the announcement during a recent media briefing on the basic education sector’s response […]
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Sat 19 June 2021: Police officers are next in line to get vaccinated after the inoculation of teachers. This is according to the Health Department’s Dr Nicholas Crisp, who said this second major vaccination programme is now at an advanced stage of planning. “It will be rolled out immediately upon the completion of the teacher […]
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Sat 19 June 2021: Senegalese President Macky Sall urged his country to get vaccinated to avoid serious illness from the coronavirus, media reports said Friday. “The trend of new contaminations is increasing,” he said late Thursday. Sall’s remarks were made during an economic tour following the announcement of an increase in new infections made by […]
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Thu 17 June 2021: Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia’s founding president and liberation hero, has died at a military hospital in Lusaka where he was being treated for pneumonia, his son, Kambarage, said on Thursday. He was 97. Kaunda ruled Zambia from 1964, when the southern African nation won its independence from Britain, until 1991, and afterwards […]
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