Tue 16 February 2021: South Africa has asked the Serum Institute of India to take back the one million COVID-19 vaccine doses the company had sent in early February, The Economic Times reported on Tuesday, a week after the country said it will put on hold use of AstraZeneca’s shot in its vaccination program. Serum […]
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Tue 16 February 2021: The Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Nathi Mthethwa, has congratulated South African filmmakers for the short film “Address Unknown” being selected to participate in the 2021 Pan African Film Festival (PAFF) taking place in Los Angeles in the United States. This is America’s largest and most prestigious black film festival. […]
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Mon 15 February 2021: DR Okonjo-Iweala, who takes office on March 1, will become the first woman and the first African to be chosen as Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), headquartered in Geneva Switzerland. Her term, renewable, will expire on 31 August 2025. “This is a very significant moment for the WTO. On behalf of […]
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Mon 15 February 2021: The 2020 combined matric examination was not compromised, while the leaks were only limited to a small group. This is according to the Department of Basic Education’s National Investigations Task Team (NITT) Chairperson, Hugh Amoore, who was leading the probe into the leaks of the 2020 matric Mathematics and Physical Science […]
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Mon 15 February 2021: Home Affairs Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, has appealed to travelers to ensure that they have all the requisite travel documents, including valid COVID-19 tests, when they present themselves to officials at the country’s borders. “Truck drivers should adhere to laws, regulations and agreements in place in the border area. This will […]
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Sat 13 February 2021: At least three people have been killed and eight others wounded after a car bomb exploded near a checkpoint close to the Somali parliament headquarters in the capital Mogadishu. “A suicide bomber driving a Toyota Noah [vehicle] drove past a security checkpoint in the Dabka area, forcing police to open fire. At […]
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Sat 13 February 2021: The family of Emir Abdelkader El-Djazairi, a leader of the Algerian resistance movement, rejected France’s endeavour to build a statue of him, according to the recommendation of a report issued in Paris last month regarding the colonial era in Algeria. Emir Abdelkader (1808-1883), considered the founder of the Algerian state, was a […]
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Sat 13 February 2021: The World Food Programme (WFP) announced it would reduce food assistance to refugees in Rwanda by a dramatic 60 percent, as of March 2021. Some 135,000 Burundian and Congolese refugees in camps in Rwanda rely on humanitarian assistance to meet their basic food needs each month. The decision is likely to […]
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Fri 12 February 2021: Government’s land redistribution programme continues to gain momentum, with President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday announcing that the state has to date distributed five million hectares of land. Delivering his hybrid 2021 State of the Nation Address, President Ramaphosa said the five million hectares of land comprised about 5 500 farms to […]
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Thu 11 February 2021: Cabinet has reassured citizens that the vaccination programme is still on track after the country halted its rollout plan o AstraZeneca. “The Johnson & Johnson vaccine will now be used instead of the AstraZeneca vaccine,” Cabinet said on Wednesday. The Executive has once again reiterated that the change of plan follows comprehensive […]
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