Wed 17 March 2021: International Relations and Cooperation Minister, Dr Naledi Pandor, has conveyed South Africa’s sympathies amid Yemen’s deepening humanitarian crisis, sparked by the ongoing conflict in that country. The Minister relayed this message during a virtual meeting with Yemen’s Foreign Minister, Dr Ahmed bin Mubarak, on Tuesday morning. According to the department, the […]
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Wed 17 March 2021: Clad in leopard skins and colourful beads, hundreds of mourners on Wednesday gathered to pay their respects to the king of the Zulus, South Africa’s largest ethnic group, who died of illness last week. King Goodwill Zwelithini was the longest-serving monarch in Zulu history, reigning for half a century through years […]
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Wed 17 March 2021: The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) has approved the Section 21 application for Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. “This approval is subject to conducting a post Section 21 authorisation efficacy and safety surveillance of Comirnaty vaccine in South Africa,” said SAHPRA on Tuesday. According to SAHPRA, the main purpose of Section […]
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Wed 17 March 2021: The coronavirus pandemic in the African region has shown a downwards trend over the past week, the World Health Organization Africa office said, but urged caution. The African region registered 44,702 new cases, a 13.3% decrease compared to the previous week, the regional office of the UN health body said in […]
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Tue 16 March 2021: Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of the Algerian capital on Tuesday demanding freedom of speech and independence of the country’s judicial system. Anti-government protests resumed in the North African country in February, after the second anniversary of the mass protests in 2019. One of the protesters ‘ main demands […]
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Tue 16 March 2021: The South African Medical Research Council will soon implement the country’s first Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS). GATS is a global standard household survey aimed to enhance countries’ capacity to develop, implement, and monitor tobacco control interventions through systematic monitoring of adult tobacco use and tracking of key tobacco indicators. “The […]
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Tue 16 March 2021: South African Government has announced the details pertaining to the Special Official Funeral of King Goodwill Zwelithini KaBhekuzulu. King Zwelithini passed away in the early hours of Friday after an extended illness. President Cyril Ramaphosa has ordered that national flags be flown at half-mast as of Saturday, 13 March 2021. While […]
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Mon 15 March 2021: Higher Education and Training Minister, Dr Blade Nzimande, says the department and universities have reached another fee compact to ensure fee increases for the 2021 academic year are kept at affordable levels. The compact is also aimed at ensuring the sustainability of universities. Responding to the South African Union of Students […]
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Fri 12 March 2021: Deputy President David Mabuza says traditional leaders and faith-based leaders will play a crucial role in the roll out of government’s large-scale COVID-19 vaccination programme. The Deputy President said this when he fielded oral questions in the National Council of Provinces on Thursday. “Traditional leaders and faith-based leaders have committed to […]
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Fri 12 March 2021: There are widespread concerns that overcrowding at refugee centers and lack of health facilities will drive disease outbreaks in Ethiopia’s conflict-torn Tigray region, a UNICEF spokesman told Sputnik. “There is a very real risk of disease outbreak, particularly in overcrowded, unsanitary displacement sites, ” UNICEF Ethiopia’s communication chief Victor Chinyama said […]
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