Sat 12 December 2020: South Africa’s chief justice on Friday vehemently defended a prayer he made against “satanic” COVID-19 vaccines, seeming to refer to a conspiracy theory that they could “infuse 666” into people’s DNA. Mogoeng Mogoeng, a devout Christian, came under strong criticism on social media following the prayer at an event in Johannesburg […]
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Fri 11 December 2020: While the better-than-expected latest gross domestic product (GDP) figures indicate that more people became employed in the third quarter of 2020, this does not mean that South Africa is out of the woods, says the Department of Employment and Labour. In a statement on the latest figures, department Director-General, Thobile Lamati, […]
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Fri 11 December 2020: The Health Department will launch the COVID SA travel system, a digital screening platform that allows travellers to complete the required travel health questionnaire (THQ) on their personal devices ahead of their arrival at ports of entry. The COVID SA travel system will be live from noon on 15 December 2020. […]
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Thu 10 December 2020: Africa’s top public health official has said “it will be extremely terrible to see” rich countries receiving COVID-19 vaccines while African countries go without it, especially as a new surge in cases begins on the continent of 1.3 billion people. As the world watches mass vaccinations begin in Britain, Africa Centers for […]
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Thu 10 December 2020: South Africa has officially hit the second wave, with 6 709 COVID-19 new cases reported in the last 24 hours pushing the total number of cases to 828 598. In a special briefing on Wednesday night, Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, said the country now meets the resurgence criteria formulated by scientists and […]
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Thu 10 December 2020: A delegation from the International Criminal Court (ICC) will visit Libya on Friday to inspect mass graves unearthed in the city of Tarhuna, the Libyan army said Wednesday. The delegation will also investigate those involved in war crimes in coordination with the Tripoli Prosecutor’s Office, the media office of the government-led […]
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Wed 09 December 2020: Morocco’s King Mohammed VI ordered that all Moroccans should receive a coronavirus vaccine for free, the Royal palace said on Tuesday. Morocco plans to roll out China’s Sinopharm vaccine in the coming weeks as soon as its phase three trials are over, Prime Minister Saad Dine El Otmani told Reuters last month. […]
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Wed 09 December 2020: Russia is ready to produce a coronavirus vaccine in Algeria, Russian Ambassador to the North African country, Igor Belyaev, announced yesterday. “Russia is ready to cooperate with Algeria to design a vaccine on the local level,” Belyaev told Sputnik, adding that he had discussed the matter with the Algerian health and pharmaceutical […]
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Wed 09 December 2020: The two members of the “Crusaders” right-wing organisation have been sentenced in the Middelburg Regional Court for contravention of Protection of Constitutional Democracy against Terrorist and Related Matters Act. This is after the pair planned to carry out terrorist attacks on government institutions and the African population in South Africa on […]
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Wed 09 December 2020: South Africa’s economy rebounded strongly in the third quarter as coronavirus restrictions were eased, with mining and manufacturing leading an expansion across all sectors. Africa’s most advanced economy was in recession before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, with a strict lockdown from the end of March leading to a deeper economic contraction. […]
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