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Greatest AfricansAfricaEducationJoburgSouth AfricaGreatest AfricansThe Gauteng province has been red-flagged for having the highest rate of daily infections in comparison to other provinces. Hospitals in Gauteng have been reported to be under pressure as Covid-19 infections continue to climb up, the Ga...
·almost 3 years ago
The uneven availability of COVID-19 vaccines has become an increasingly urgent and vexatious issue. But managing the problem of what’s been labelled “vaccine nationalism” is proving a hard nut to crack. Shortages of medicines and vul...
·about 3 years ago
The Gauteng Department has temporarily suspended visiting hours to all Gauteng public healthcare facilities. The Department says this is because of the escalating third wave of COVID-19 infections. Only one visitor per patient will be al...
·almost 3 years ago
14 Apr 2021The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA), Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has Gazetted the extension of the National State of Disaster on Covid-19 until 15 May 2021, in terms of section 27(5)(c) of the ...
·about 3 years ago
Decision to temporarily halt the Johnson & Johnson vaccine rollout ‘taken as a precautionary measure’ The Portfolio Committee on Health heard from the Minister of Health, Dr Zweli Mkhize, that the announcement made to halt the Johnson...
·about 3 years ago
On 28 October 2020, the Minister of finance, Tito Mboweni delivered the medium-term budget statement that lays out the country’s fiscal framework for the next 3 years and provides a readjustment to government expenditure, revenue, and...
·over 3 years ago
This week, we will be hosting the third South Africa Investment Conference.Given the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s conference will be held in a vastly different and immensely more challenging environment than last year. ...
·over 3 years ago
For most people, infection with SARS-CoV-2 – the virus that causes COVID-19 – leads to mild, short-term symptoms, acute respiratory illness, or possibly no symptoms at all. But some people have long-lasting symptoms after their infect...
·over 3 years ago
South Africa has seen a sharp rise in protests due to incompetence within its civil service. EFE-EPA/Nic Bothma The post-COVID-19 world will demand that governments do more with less, or at least spend within their means. Economic a...
·over 3 years ago
Ministero of Health DrDr Zweli Mkhize has announced the devastating news that South Africa is now experiencing a second wave of Covid 19. He said a criteria was formulated by the country's scientists and modeling teams. As it stands as ...
·over 3 years ago
On Wednesday the Health Department revealed a shocking spike of Corona Virus related cases. Stating that South Africa now has 3 250 new reported cases and the number of cases now sits on 775 502 ."The cumulative number of tests co...
·over 3 years ago
Minister Angie Motshekga is set to brief the media this Friday morning on Cabinet plans for the reopening of schools. The briefing will also be outlining Cabinet decisions on plans for schools in 2021.
·over 3 years ago
Following the recommendations of the National Coronavirus Command Council and after consultation with Premiers, metro mayors and traditional leaders. President Ramaphosa announced that Cabinet has decided to declare the Nelson Mandela ...
·over 3 years ago
The Department of Health has issued an urgent notice to people who subsequently attended the Rage year end parties in Balito, Plettenberg Bay as well as from Jeffreys Bay to immediately self quarantine as the event has been labeled as a...
·over 3 years ago
Vaccine hesitancy is a severe threat to global health, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). The term refers to the delay in acceptance or the refusal of vaccines, despite the availability of vaccination services. It’s a seri...
·over 3 years ago
President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the nation regarding developments in South Africa's Covid-19 response on Monday 14, evening. The address follows a meeting he had on Sunday with the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC), the...
·over 3 years ago
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed stark inequalities and fissures in societies around the world. One of these ruptures has been the disproportionate impact of the pandemic on women. In South Africa, women have suffered severe economi...
·over 3 years ago
President Ramaphosa addressed the nation on a way forward since his last announcement of the cointry going to an adjusted lock down level 3. He said they had an opportunity to review the measures that were put in place as part of adjuste...
·over 3 years ago
The cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma says a rise in coronavirus cases and deaths is the reason why government decided to ban all social, political, traditional and religious gatherings
·over 3 years ago
South Africa has an estimated population approaching 60 million. To achieve herd immunity against COVID-19, the government recently set the ambitious goal of vaccinating 67% of the population - roughly 40 million people. According to th...
·over 3 years ago
President Cyril Ramaphosa has formed the inter-ministerial committee set up to overlook the distribution of vaccines. He assures South Africans that the country will get enough vaccines.
·over 3 years ago
Hand hygiene is important to fight COVID-19 but how can you do that without water. ShutterstockJust over a year after the coronavirus was first reported in China countries are still reeling from its effects. Severe acute respiratory synd...
·over 3 years ago
The issue of vaccine production has become a topic of hot debate following the approval of treatments for COVID-19. In South Africa angry exchanges have been spurred by the country’s lagging access to COVID-19 vaccines. Generally, ...
·over 3 years ago
South Africa has begun the second phase of its public vaccination campaign, targeting people aged 60 or older. The first vaccinations were given in February to health workers. So far almost 600,000 healthcare workers and members of the p...
·almost 3 years ago
7,657 COVID-19 infections have been reported in South Africa in the past 24 this has pushed the country's overall caseload to about 1,747,000.
·almost 3 years ago
You pass through a wide doorway to a large space with good air circulation. Inside, an usher behind a screen scans your ticket and sends you onward. Signs on the carpet direct you to the large auditorium, which is arranged in clusters of...
·over 3 years ago
Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Dr Blade Nzimande addressed the media on the regulations relating to the COVID-19 Level 1 restrictions on Wednesday. He spoke on the implementation of measures by the post school ed...
·over 3 years ago
A legal attorney, corporate influencer, social entrepreneur, and socialite Hailing from Durban, in Kwa Zulu Natal aims to leave an impact in this world through touching , grooming and changing the lives of South Africans. Advocate Au...
·over 3 years ago
For people working in South Africa’s live music sector, 2020 has been “devastating”. That was the term that researchers read most frequently in responses to the country’s largest-ever live music and COVID-19 survey, published in Novembe...
·over 3 years ago
Minister of Social Development Lindiwe Zulu briefed the media and public on an update on the Department of Social Development's (DSD) Portfolio’s response, which form part of Government’s measures to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 ...
·over 3 years ago
"Unless we do things differently, this will be the last Chrismas for some" For this may be the last Chrismas they see, this was a sad statement uttered by President Cyril Ramaphosa as he addressed the nation on the increasing rates of Co...
·over 3 years ago
The Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize says that Covid 19 cases in South Africa are growing exponentially, recording ten thousand new cases in the past 24 hours. This is the first time the country has breached the 10 thousand mark since A...
·over 3 years ago
South Africa is never short of drama and the past two weeks the country was for change gripped with a national debate stirred by the actions and views of Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng. For the past few works news about the vaccine, succe...
·over 3 years ago
Covid 19 positive cases are drastically increasing daily as South battles the second wave of on Wednesday the Minster the of health Dr Zweli Mkhize said the cumulative number of COVID-19 cases identified on South Africa is 1 369 426
·over 3 years ago
The Reality of Ramaphoria: From Dawn to Sunset? Last week Thursday President Cyril Ramaphosa gave his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA). For the first time since 1994, the SONA was without the fan fair and fashion that colours the...
·about 3 years ago