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The British & Irish Lions arrive in South Africa for their much-anticipated eight-match tour on Monday, 28 June.
The president also stressed the importance of keeping the economy open after months of stifling movement restrictions.
He urged citizens not to drop their guard and continue adhering to the health rules, such as wearing face masks and respecting curfew times.
South Africa has recorded just over 800,000 coronavirus infections - more than a third of the cases reported across the African continent - and over 20,000 deaths.
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[New Zimbabwe] ZIMBABWE is spending over US$46 million a month on the importation of maize, wheat and crude oil indicating deep weaknesses embedded in the country's agriculture sector.
DA councillor Nqaba Bhanga was elected as the new Executive Mayor of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro, SA's latest COVID-19 hotspot.
The country's youngest craft gin distiller shares his 'spirit' journey and how it led him to Autograph Gin.
Former Chippa United coach Dan Malesela says it was difficult coaching a 'limited' squad after he was fired by the club for the fourth time.
The study was prepared by a team of academics at various institutions.
It is unlikely South Africa will see any vaccine before the country experiences a second wave of Covid-19, says Health Minister Zweli Mkhize.
Cyril Ramaphosa is preparing to address the nation, but this won't be a joyous family meeting. There are some serious matters that need to be discussed.
14-year-old entrepreneur Zhanyia McCullough, founder and CEO of Islande Beauty, launches hair growth oil for natural hair
Irish club Munster have confirmed that Springbok fire-pit burn victims Damian de Allende and RG Snyman have been cleared to travel to South Africa.
The kick-off time for Mamelodi Sundowns' CAF Champions League second leg match against Jwaneng Galaxy on Tuesday, 5 December has been changed.
MTN South Africa CEO Godfrey Motsa
MTN South Africa has launched a commercial 5G network in South Africa, providing access from 100 high sites around the country.
One of the key innovations driving the broad roll-out by MTN has been a strategic approach to dynamic spectrum sharing
“Today’s launch comes on the back of government’s allocation of temporary spectrum but is also the culmination of extensive 5G trials and testing,” the company said in a statement.
Four bands
Chiarelli said MTN will deliver 5G connectivity on four different spectrum bands:
3.5GHz at 58 sites: This is the ideal spectrum band for 5G, known as the “golden band”, offering both faster speeds and low latencies.
2.1GHz and 1.8GHz at 35 sites: MTN is re-farming some 4G spectrum to allow it to run 4G and 5G spectrum, at the same time, in the same band.
Our call to the regulator and government is to release permanent 4G and 5G spectrum as a matter of urgency so that we can fuel the digital revolution our nation needs to bridge the digital divide that currently deepens the gap between the ‘haves’ and the ‘have-nots’,” said MTN South Africa CEO Godfrey Motsa.
In the latest news in South Africa on Monday 4 January, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has detailed SA's COVID-19 vaccine rollout plan.
The Rape Impact Cohort Evaluation (RICE) study enrolled 1 019 HIV negative women and found that among those who were raped, there was a 60% increased likelihood of contracting HIV
On World AIDS Day, South Africa's progressive policies have been deemed the best in the world by the 2020 Global HIV Policy Report.
The comedian has taken himself off the platform after getting an ugly response to his body-positive selfie.
ZIMBABWE are out of the running for a ticket to the 2021 Under–20 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) finals after they were beaten 2-0 by Mozambique in a Cosafa Under-20 Championships Group A match at the Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa yesterday. BY HENRY MHARA The Under-20 Championships serve as a qualification tournament with the finalists booking a ticket to the Afcon finals set for Mauritania next February. The Tonderai Ndiraya-coached side drew 2-2 with South Africa in their opening match on Thursday, and needed to win yesterday’s match to stay in the hunt for the ticket. The top team in each pool as well as best-placed runner-up advance to the semi-finals of the Cosafa Championships. Needing to win the match, the Young Warriors looked like they were up for the challenge until they conceded a penalty in the 54th minute which was put away by Simon Cupriano. Zimbabwe were by far the better side to this point. Ndiraya’s reaction to the setback, was to introduce the highly-rated attacking midfielder Oscar Magejo for Munashe Katondo. They continued to pile on pressure as they searched for the equaliser. However, they were further pegged back when Gabriel Pinho scored the second for Mozambique with five minutes remaining to crush the Young Warriors hopes. In another group A match, South Africa clobbered Lesotho by 7-goals to nil to remain second in the group with four points, two behind leaders Mozambique. Zimbabwe play winless Lesotho tomorrow in a dead-rubber while South Africa and Mozambique clash in a winner takes all contest on the same day. Follow Henry on Twitter @henrymhara
South Africa declared a second wave of coronavirus as the number of cases surge.
The country registered a record 6,709 infections on Wednesday, bringing the total number to 828,598, with 22,574 deaths.
South Africa is the country hardest hit by COVID-19 on the continent.
The health minister Zweli Mkhize said in a statement he expected faster-rising numbers with a higher peak than in the first wave.
The wave is being driven by the provinces of Western Cape, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and the economic hub Gauteng, Mkhize said.
The latest surge comes as millions prepare to travel to their home towns during the Christmas period.
South Africa introduced one of the world's most stringent lockdowns in March during the first wave but progressively eased measures as cases dropped.
Last week President Cyril Ramaphosa announced new restrictions such as a curfew and a ban on alcohol sales.
Long queues and desperate attempts to enter SA have placed a huge strain on the country's border posts, but Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says nothing more can be done.
Reggae music, though born in Jamaica, is deeply African in ancestry. From the thumping backbeat to the Rastafarian Panafrican-themed lyrics, the roots are clear. Thus, its no real surprise that reggae is widely popular in African countries, nor that Africa has produced some of reggaes greatest musicians. Here, from the well-known to the obscure, are five African reggae CDs that would make an excellent addition to any music lovers collection.
South Africas Lucky Dube is probably the best-known name on this list and was the first major reggae star to emerge from Africa. He was a prolific songwriter and an excellent performer, and youd do well to pick up any of his CDs, but this excellent 2-disc compilation, released after Dube was killed in a random drive-by shooting near Johannesburg in 2007 and curated by the excellent Tom Schnabel, is a great place to start.
Best-known for his 2010 World Cup Soccer Anthem African Soccer Fever (found on this album in its original form, African Reggae Fever, which features Ladysmith Black Mambazo), Rocky Dawuni is a young Ghanaian roots reggae star with a romantic and powerful lyrical touch and a knack for composing deeply catchy melodies. Never one to shy away from outside influences, Hymns for the Rebel Soul features small but powerful touches from other genres and styles, including a churning Arabic dumbek drum on the track Jerusalem and a Finnish folk flute on Take it Slow (Love Love Love) -- unexpected but lovely.
Alpha Blondy, from the Ivory Coast, is an artist known as much for his rich rhythms as for his carefully penned lyrics, which often touch on heavy issues of African and African Diaspora politics, as well as Old Testament religious topics, which he writes about from something of a Judeo-Christian Universalist perspective. This album, recorded in 1986 with Bob Marleys backing band, The Wailers, was his first to really make waves on the international music scene. It is an album that focuses heavily on religion, tying together the
The Springboks started the year atop the standings and they will finish the year in the same position, despite not playing a single Test.
The recent spike in COVID-19 deaths has put immense pressure on the funeral industry - as coffin shortages have been reported in some regions of SA.
All eyes will turn to Paris on Monday, December 14 for the all-important pool draw for the 2023 Rugby World Cup.
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- As of November 30, the confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries have reached 2,163,577. Reported deaths in Africa have reached 51,724 and recoveries 1,830,891.
