Fri 29 January 2021: Chairperson of the African Union (AU), President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on the World Trade Organization to waiver specific Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) obligations related to the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 for a defined period. Together with India, South Africa has proposed a TRIPS waiver in response […]
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Thu 28 January 2021: Algeria said it will reopen its embassy in Tripoli in the coming days after seven years of closure over security threats, Al Quds Al-Arabi reports. The announcement came yesterday after the Algerian Foreign Minister, Sabri Boukadoum, visited Tripoli, where he checked on the condition of the embassy ahead of its reopening. Boukadoum […]
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Thu 28 January 2021: No person, insured or uninsured, will be expected to pay when they access the COVID-19 vaccination. This is according to Health Department Technical Adviser, Dr Aquina Thulare, who said 40 million South Africans need to be vaccinated in South Africa to ensure that the population has the immunity it needs to […]
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Thu 28 January 2021: Government will use an electronic system to keep track of everyone who gets the COVID-19 vaccine as South Africa gears up for its historical mass vaccination. The Department of Health’s Acting Chief Operating Officer (COO), Milani Wolmarans, said the Electronic Vaccine Data System (EVDS), will allow the department to capture all […]
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Wed 27 January 2021: More than 60 percent of adults would definitely or probably take a COVID-19 vaccine, a survey has found, as the country gears up to administer its first doses of the jab in the next coming weeks. This is contained in a survey by the University of Johannesburg (UJ) and Human Sciences […]
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Wed 27 January 2021: Eloise brought winds of up to 150km/h followed by torrential rain over port city of Beira and adjacent Buzi district. A tropical cyclone that struck central Mozambique last week has affected 250,000 people, a sharp increase over initial estimates, according to a UN official. Myrta Kaulard, the UN’s resident coordinator in […]
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Tue 26 January 2021: A Ugandan court on Monday ordered security forces to leave the home of opposition politician Bobi Wine, terming his detention unlawful. He has been confined to his house in the outskirts of the capital Kampala since the Jan. 14 presidential election, in which he was declared runner-up to President Yoweri Museveni, […]
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Mon 25 January 2021: President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed his deep sadness at the passing of award winning jazz musician, Jonas Gwangwa, on Saturday. Aged 83, the esteemed Member of the Order of Ikhamanga was a globally recognised and awarded composer, arranger, producer and jazz trombonist. In a statement, President Ramaphosa said his thoughts and […]
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The Mozambican port city of Beira has breathed a sigh of relief as Cyclone Eloise caused less damage than feared as it passed through, but the danger of flooding has remained in a region still recovering from a devastating cyclone two years ago. “We all feel it’s been much less than what we expected,” […]
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Sat 23 January 2021: Ugandan soldiers working as part of a peacekeeping force in Somalia have killed 189 al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab fighters in an attack on one of their camps, the Ugandan army said. Ugandan troops are part of the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia, whose aim is to support the central government […]
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