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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.
AFP
BY HENRY MHARA NATIONAL senior football team defender Patson Jaure is happy to be playing competitive football again after almost a year of inactivity and the Warriors can’t wait to face off with Cameroon tomorrow. The two clash in the curtain raiser of the African Nations Championships (Chan) tournament at the Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium in Yaoundé at 6pm Zimbabwe time. “The lads are buzzing and can’t just wait to play,” said the Dynamos defender who is tipped to be handed the captain’s armband for this tournament. “Playing football is what we love as soccer players, and personally the past year has been one of the most difficult periods in my soccer career. I miss playing football,” Chan is a tournament reserved for players plying their trade in their domestic leagues. Zimbabwe’s domestic premier soccer league failed to kick-off last year due to the coronavirus outbreak. This season is also uncertain as the deadly virus continue to wreak havoc. “This is a chance for the few of us who were lucky enough to be chosen for this tournament to enjoy ourselves. The feeling is just great,” Jaure said from Yaoundé yesterday. The centre-back is tipped to be named captain for this assignment, a role he has played previously. The Warriors’ preparations for the tournament has been chaotic. Coach Zdravko Logarušić was forced to select players who have not played competitive football for the whole. Their camp was disrupted after some players and officials contracted the coronavirus. They only returned to training on Saturday, a week before the start of the tournament. But in spite of all that, Jaure is still hopeful that the team will get post positive results. “Morale is high, and we are ready to compete. Like I said, we had missed playing football too much. We have had problems with the coronavirus, but this is the situation that we are in and as hard as it may sound we should embrace it and remain positive. I think we have good players who can compete despite all the problems that we have encountered in our camp.” Jaure predicts a tough opening match against the hosts who will be cheered on by their supporters after the Confederation of African Football this week announced that fans will be allowed into stadiums. “With or without the supporters, this match was always going to be tough. Cameroon are a very good side and their supporters will push them. We are ready to suffer in this match. It’s our first group match and it’s very key that we get a positive result. We will work hard to get a positive result. We are really motivated for this match,” he added. The Zimbabwean delegation left Harare on Wednesday afternoon and arrived in Cameroon yesterday around midday after a stop-over in Ethiopia. Zimbabwe are in Group A which also has Mali and Burkina Faso. Zimbabwe t face Burkina Faso on Wednesday before concluding their group stages campaign against Mali on Sunday with the top two teams progressing to the quarterfinals. Warriors Chan squad Goalkeepers: Ariel Sibanda (Highlanders), Simba Chinani (Dynamos), Nelson Chadya (Ngezi) Defend
A wellness check for Patrick Warren Sr., a Black pastor, turned fatal Sunday, Jan. 10, when an officer in Killeen, Texas, shot Warren after his […]
Black activism, so often the driving, unsung force of American democracy, yet many times the first voice silenced, is in the spotlight this month on WORLD Channel.
MANAUS/BRASILIA, (Reuters) - Brazil’s Air Force flew emergency oxygen supplies yesterday to the jungle state of Amazonas devastated by a resurgent pandemic and the government scrambled to organize nationwide vaccinations while President Jair Bolsonaro said he “should be at the beach.”
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\"Today, we wish to reiterate our plea to South Africans to heed the threat of the rising numbers of Covid-19 cases identified,\" Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said.
It is best to open with the good news for the nation which began on January 5 when Georgia’s runoff victories were announced for the state’s two US Senate seats.
The Western Cape has seen a whopping 53.4% increase in new Covid-19 cases in the last week.
Beginning Friday, voters in Los Angeles Region 5, which includes Hollywood, can request their vote-by-mail ballots for the 2021 Los Angeles Neighborhood Council election, the city clerk announced today.
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Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine has raised alarm over his security, claiming soldiers surrounded his home Friday evening.
The device was developed by a group of East London-based volunteers that includes doctors, engineers and entrepreneurs; and the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) has now approved the OxERA device for emergency COVID-19 use.
Tonight the second season of American Gangster: Trap Queens airs on BET+, telling the true-life stories of five notorious female crime bosses. Narrating the series is rapper Lil Kim whom we got […]
The post Lil Kim Shares The One Thing She Wants Viewers To Take Away From BET+ Show 'Trap Queens:' 'Everybody Has A Past' appeared first on Essence.
A family in Killeen, Texas is demanding an officer be brought to justice after he fatally shoots an unarmed man experiencing a mental health episode.
by JAIROS SAUNYAMA THE Marondera Municipality yesterday allayed fears of a massive spread of COVID-19 emanating from Proton Bakeries headquarters in the dormitory town, saying that the situation was under control after more than 10 workers tested positive to the respiratory virus recently. The company employs more than 1 000 workers at its headquarters in Marondera. Recently, social media reports claimed that more than 40 workers at the company had tested positive to the coronavirus, hence the sharp rise in the number of people infected with COVID-19 in the farming town. A team from the provincial medical director’s office and the municipality’s health department visited the company’s premises on Wednesday for inspection. According to a report dated January 13, 2021 compiled by the Marondera environmental health manager Tonderai Parayiwa, which is in possession of NewsDay, only 18 workers at the company tested positive to COVID-19. “Contrary to social media reports, Proton has recorded 18 cases out of the 1 000 workers, giving a positivity rate of 1,8%. They (Proton) were advised to make a thorough screening of suspected cases for early detection. They were also advised to increase awareness so that they promote early treatment-seeking behaviour,” read the report. The report also revealed that the company was following health guidelines among them, regular disinfection of the premises and its equipment. The visit by the health officials came after residents demanded the shut down of the company following a spike in COVID-19 cases in that town. In a statement yesterday, the former Marondera Central legislator Caston Matewu (MDC Alliance) criticised the company, accusing it of not valueing the lives of its workers. “I have been talking to various employees who say that they are still being told to come to shifts and do their jobs despite the spread of the pandemic at the workplace. Worse still, most of these workers have not been tested. Senior managers are given risk allowances while the rest of the workers suffer. This is an indication of corporate greed. “By allowing Proton Bakeries to remain open, they are now the biggest COVID-19 super-spreader in our town. The hundreds of people employed at the bakery interact with their families and the rest of the Marondera community and, therefore, they have the propensity to spread the disease to the rest of the town,” Matewu said. Follow Jairos on Twitter @jairossaunyama
In January 1901, at the beginning of a new century, George H. White was ending his term as a Congressman from North Carolina’s Second Congressional District. Realizing that he was bringing to a close a thirty two year period when nearly forty Southern African Americans sat in Congress, White used the occasion of his farewell address to remind that body and the nation of the reason for his defeat and the elimination of black representation in the nation’s capital. He also predicted that African Americans would return to Congress. His prediction became a reality when in 1928, Oscar DePriest was elected to represent a Chicago congressional district. Part of White’s address appears below.
I want to enter a plea for the colored man, the colored woman, the colored boy, and the colored girl of this country. I would not thus digress from the question at issue and detain the House in a discussion of the interests of this particular people at this time but for the constant and the persistent efforts of certain gentlemen upon this floor to mold and rivet public sentiment against us as a people and to lose no opportunity to hold up the unfortunate few who commit crimes and depredations and lead lives of infamy and shame, as other races do, as fair specimens of representatives of the entire colored race... In the catalogue of members of Congress in this House perhaps none have been more persistent in their determination to bring the black man into disrepute and…show that he was unworthy of the right of citizenship than my colleague from North Carolina, Mr. Kitchin. During the first session of this Congress…he labored long and hard to show that the white race was at all times and under all circumstances superior to the Negro by inheritance if not otherwise, and…that an illiterate Negro was unfit to participate in making the laws of a sovereign state and the administration and execution of them; but an illiterate white man living by his side, with no more or perhaps not as much property, with no more exalted character, no
April 18, 2020: Eritrea president likens COVID-19 to sudden war
\tEritrean president Isaias Afwerki has delivered his first public address on the coronavirus pandemic since the country recorded index case on March 21.
As of April 18, the Eritrea COVID-19 situation report had 35 confirmed cases, all currently under treatment – meaning the country had not recorded any recovery or death.
April 14, 2020: Eritrea cases reach 34, diaspora contributions pouring in
\tEritrea coronavirus statistics as of April 14 stood at 34, no death and no recoveries have so far been announced meaning all 34 patients were under treatment.
The country continues to celebrate the financial commitment and contributions of its diaspora in supporting government efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
He wrote: “#Eritrea: Financial contributions to bolster GOE measures on COVID-19 continue to flow from individuals, firms/ commercial enterprises in the country our communities in the Diaspora…Eloquent and veritable testimony that the nation is marching in lock-step in these hard times!”
By Associated Press Undefined Germany has too many loopholes in its coronavirus lockdown rules, the head of the country's disease control agency said as figures published Thursday showed the highest number of daily deaths since the start of the pandemic. The Robert Koch Institute said 1,244 deaths from COVID-19 were confirmed in one day up to Thursday, taking the total number to 43,881. There were also 25,164 newly confirmed cases, putting Germany's total known infections close to 2 million. Lothar Wieler, president of the institute, said data indicated people in Germany are traveling more than during the first phase of […]
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By MAURICIO SAVARESE and DAVID BILLER Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Hospital staff and relatives of COVID-19 patients rushed to provide facilities with oxygen tanks just flown into the Amazon rainforest's biggest city as doctors chose which patients would breathe amid dwindling stocks and an effort to airlift some of them to other states. As heavy rain poured down Thursday in Manaus, Rafael Pereira carried a small tank containing five cubic meters of oxygen for his mother-in-law at the 28 de Agosto hospital. He didn't want to be interviewed because of his stress, but he looked relieved when the […]
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