Fri 05 February 2021: Africa might have to wait for years to access enough COVID-19 vaccines for its population until richer countries’ orders are met by vaccine producers. GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance, on Wednesday announced that it would provide COVID-19 vaccines to almost all countries in Africa under the framework of the COVAX facility that […]
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Fri 05 February 2021: Somalia has declared a state of emergency on Thursday over a new generation of desert locust swarms that have caused major damage to farmlands. On its official Twitter account, Somali state television announced that the country’s Ministry of Agriculture had declared a state of emergency due to the desert locust invasion. […]
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Thu 04 February 2021: Members of the South African media are invited to submit their entries for the 2021 Southern African Development Community (SADC) Media Awards competition. “To promote regional integration and cooperation, the awards aim to recognise excellence in journalism in the areas of print, photo, television, radio, as well as to encourage media […]
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Thu 04 February 2021: The National Consumer Commission (NCC) of South Africa has launched an investigation into allegations of price gouging relating to garlic and ginger. “The law defines price gouging as an unfair or unreasonable price increase that does not correspond to or is not equivalent to the increase in the cost of providing […]
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Wed 03 February 2021: Clinicians can now self-register to get their COVID-19 inoculation, as government prepares for its historic vaccination rollout in the next coming weeks. Launching the Electronic Vaccine Data System (EVDS) on Wednesday, Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, said more than 34 000 frontline workers have already registered. Healthcare workers can register on http://vaccine.enroll.health.gov.za. In […]
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Tue 02 Februuary 2021: At least eight people, including soldiers, were killed and several others wounded when militants ambushed military personnel in Lower Shabelle region of Somalia on Tuesday, an official said. The ambush took place in the vicinity of Doonka, 40 kilometers (24 miles) southwest of Mogadishu. The al-Shabaab militant group claimed responsibility. […]
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Tue 02 February 2021: South Africa’s president confirmed late Monday that no one will be forced to take the coronavirus vaccine against their will, nor will it be administered in secret. “I want to be clear. Nobody will be forced to take this vaccine. Nobody will be forbidden from travelling, from enrolling at school, or […]
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Tue 02 February 2021: South African Department of Health has developed an Electronic Vaccine Data System to streamline the vaccine registration and rollout process President Cyril Ramaphosa has outlined South Africa’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout plan as the country has officially received its first shipment of one million Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines, also known as Covishield. The first […]
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Mon 01 February 2021: South Africa has officially received its first shipment of one million Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines. The Emirates cargo carrying the first batch of the lifesaving jabs from India touched down at OR Tambo International Airport on Monday afternoon. President Cyril Ramaphosa, together with his Deputy David Mabuza, who chairs the Inter-Ministerial Committee […]
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Mon 01 February 2021: South Africa saw a marked decline in rhino poaching during 2020, with the killing of rhino declining by 33%. “While the extraordinary circumstances surrounding the battle to beat the COVID-19 pandemic contributed in part to the decrease in rhino poaching in 2020, the role of rangers and security personnel who remained […]
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