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EFF leader Julius Malema has yet again let loose on some heavy comments. The CIC claims white people are responsible for COVID-19 in SA.
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
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According to CNN, the log flume ride was based on the 1946 movie “Song of the South,” which was notorious for racial stereotypes of Black people and romanticized portrayals of the antebellum South.
Because Splash Mountain was connected to such a film, a Change.org petition surfaced online calling on Disney to change the ride’s theme from “Song of the South” to “The Princess and the Frog,” the movie featuring Disney’s first Black princess.
“The classic log flume ride Splash Mountain is featured in Disneyland, Disney World and Tokyo Disneyland,” the petition read.
Splash Mountain has been a premiere ride at Disney parks since it was first created in 1989.
Disney said that the new ride, which the company has been developing since last year, will pick up from the “final kiss” scene from “Princess and the Frog” where Princess Tiana and her trumpet-playing alligator Louis take “a musical adventure.”
For over 30 years satellite radio political commentator and author Dr. Wilmer Leon has witnessed protests surrounding racism– from the Rodney King verdict, to the uproar over the acquittal of George Zimmerman who killed Trayvon Martin and now the most recent uprising following the death of George Floyd.
While there were massive national demonstrations that illuminated the plight of Black men in the aftermath of those lapses in justice, Dr. Leon remains cautiously optimistic that the worldwide upheavel following Floyd’s apparent murder by Minneapolis police will result in meaningful change.
Leon said he finds it interesting to see the “ethnic dynamics” of White people walking down the street with Black Americans in mostly peaceful non-violent civil disobedience.
“For some it’s a fashion statement; they put on their (Black Lives Matter) t-shirts and masks and hold up the signs so when they turn 60 they can say I was cool and down with the cause,” Dr. Leon added.
“They had seen pictures like the Rodney King video although many didn’t want to believe their lying eyes back then,” Dr. Leon said.
Calling it a “dark and shameful week,” South African president Cyril Ramaphosa denounced the latest surge in violence against women, including the murder of a woman eight months pregnant.
But his remarks ring hollow when a “new government report” released in September also declared gender-based violence a national crisis.
Nomakhosazana Xaba, in her late 20s, says this violence now resembles a country at war against its women.
After the September report, President Ramaphosa announced a five-point plan to tackle violence against women, including media campaigns, strengthening the criminal justice system, and providing training for healthcare workers and counsellors.
Commenting on the recent surge of violence, he blamed the sale of alcohol during lockdown level 3.
Professor Salim Abdool Karim was awarded the 2020 John Maddox Prize.
A Georgia news anchor participated in the first round of Phase 3 vaccine trials for the coronavirus, according to CNN.
The World Health Organization’s Africa regional head warns that a spike is likely to result in the wake of steadily improving and increased testing.
Whiles the figures remain very low in a number of countries, quite a sizeable number have passed the 1000 mark with only South Africa and Egypt breaching the 10,000 mark.
South Africa one of Africa’s most impacted country has been praised by some analysts for their dedication to mass and intensive testing which an African Union Centers for Disease Control, CDC, official has asked that all countries need to scale up if the magnitude of infection is to be ascertained.
The basic records are referenced from the Africa CDC and the John Hopkins hospital LIVE portal, we also prioritize tallies from trusted national sources.
All figures valid as of May 26 at 07:00 GMT
North Africa
\t
\t\tAlgeria – 8,503
\t\tEgypt – 17,697
\t\tMorocco – 7,532
\t\tTunisia – 1,051
West Africa
\t\tGhana – 6,808
\t\tGuinea – 3,357
\t\tIvory Coast – 2,423
\t\tNigeria – 8,068
\t\tSenegal – 3,130
\t\tGuinea-Bissau – 1,178
\t\tMali – 1,059
Central Africa
\t\tCameroon – 4,890
\t\tDR Congo – 2,297
\t\tGabon – 2,135
\t\tEquatorial Guinea – 1,075
East Africa
\t\tDjibouti – 2,468
\t\tSomalia – 1,689
\t\tSudan – 3,976
\t\tKenya – 1,286
Southern Africa
Major African stats: May 26 at 6:00 GMT:
\t\tConfirmed cases = 115,892
\t\tNumber of deaths = 3,479
\t\tRecoveries = 46,553
\t\tActive cases = 65,860
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President Cyril Ramaphosa has confirmed that a curfew, last in force during our phases of hard lockdown, will now make a comeback.
