Login to BlackFacts.com using your favorite Social Media Login. Click the appropriate button below and you will be redirected to your Social Media Website for confirmation and then back to Blackfacts.com once successful.
Enter the email address and password you used to join BlackFacts.com. If you cannot remember your login information, click the “Forgot Password” link to reset your password.
Bafana Bafana recorded a come-from-behind 3-2 win over Uganda in an international friendly which was played at the Orlando Stadium on Thursday.
A November 26 letter from the presidency asked the head of Uganda's national drug authority to 'work out a mechanism' to clear the importation of the vaccines.
China has about five COVID-19 vaccine candidates at different levels of trials. It was not clear what vaccine was being imported into Uganda.
One of the frontrunners is the Sinopharm vaccine developed by the Beijing Institute of Biological Product, a unit of Sinopharm’s China National Biotec Group (CNBG).
On Wednesday, the United Arab Emirates said the vaccine has 86% efficacy, citing an interim analysis of late-stage clinical trials.
China has used the drug to vaccinate up to a million people under its emergency use program.
On Tuesday, Morocco said it was ordering up to 10 million doses of the vaccine.
Record cases
Uganda on Monday registered 701 new COVID-19 cases, the highest-ever daily increase, bringing its national count to 23,200.
The new cases were out of the 5,578 samples tested for the novel coronavirus over the past 24 hours, the country's health ministry said in a statement.
Tuesday's tally was 606, the second-highest ever number of new infections, bringing the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the east African country to 23,860.
Health authorities have blamed ongoing election campaigns which have drawn huge crowds for the rise in infections.
[The Herald] IN his five-year-stint at Mamelodi Sundowns, Khama Billiat worked under one coach -- and he flourished.
For all the latest news updates, South African news & anywhere in the world. The South African is an independent, no agenda and bias online news platform that gives the latest news updates.
PSL: Kaizer Chiefs return to the playing field this evening when they host Bidvest Wits at the Orlando Stadium in a crunch Absa Premiership clash.
Samir Nurkovic has played no part in Kaizer Chiefs' 2020/21 campaign after going under the knife in the offseason.
Uganda will go ahead with its planned re-opening of the country despite recording more than 150 Covid-19 cases in three days, according to President Yoweri Museveni.
In an address to the nation on Monday evening, President Museveni said that public transport will resume but with necessary health and safety measures in place.
\"For the next 21 days, no private or public transport is allowed in the border districts.
Meanwhile, Uganda on Tuesday recorded 32 new Covid-19 cases raising the national tally to 489.
\"Nineteen of the new confirmed cases are from 1,693 samples from points of entry while 13 are from 423 samples of contacts and alerts,\" the Health Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
Supersport's DStv Premiership commentator Mark Gleeson has praised the progress Mamelodi Sundowns have shown since being taken over by billionaire owner Patrice Motsepe.
Al Ahly coach Pitso Mosimane has named his squad to take on Mamelodi Sundowns in the second leg of their CAF Champions League quarter-final.
Kenya has moved to fix the challenges that had threatened to stall the Sh6.9 billion Inland Container Depot (ICD) at Naivasha.
This comes days after Kampala protested the move by Nairobi to direct all transit cargo destined for Uganda -- Kenya's biggest trade partner -- to be cleared at the Naivasha ICD from June 1.
\"The Naivasha ICD is ready and it is so important for the country and the region especially at this time when we are dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic,\" he said.
DN body text: Mr Macharia said using the ICD would also be cheaper by about Sh45,000 ($450) per container compared to the roads.
On December 17 last year, President Uhuru Kenyatta launched the extended standard gauge railway (SGR) freight services from Mombasa to the Naivasha ICD, promising faster transportation of cargo to western Kenya and on to neighbouring countries.
WATCH: Shocking scenes unfold as Mamelodi Sundowns fans attack Pitso Mosimane and Al Ahly's bus minutes before kick-off in Attridgeville!
Recognise historical figures who promote the values of freedom, dignity, peace and justice, says Ugandan lawyer
Nairobi - Thousands of people have signed a petition calling for the East African nation to rename roads and landmarks that celebrate white power, joining a growing, global movement against racism.
Now a prominent Ugandan lawyer and writer has joined the worldwide push on monuments, winning the backing of some 5,000 people to review place names that honour British colonial rule.
Uganda gained independence from Britain in 1962, but countless roads, monuments, buildings and landmarks in the east African country still bear the name of British royals, army regiments and senior military officers, he said.
Makubuya wants the government to set up an independent body to review all monuments, roads and buildings and rename them after Ugandans and other historical figures who promote values such as freedom, dignity, peace and justice.
The petition is addressed to President Yoweri Museveni, the Ugandan Parliament and the Kampala Capital City Authorities - but Don Wanyama, Museveni's senior press secretary, said it was not in the president's power to rename roads and monuments.
Kaizer Chiefs are expected to make a number of announcements TODAY, 30 June as the contracts of no less than 10 players expire.
[New Zimbabwe] ZIMBABWE has been spared the embarrassment of playing their home matches on foreign soil after the Confederation of African Football (CAF) provisionally cleared the National Sports Stadium to stage next month's 2022 World Cup qualifiers.
