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One of South Africa's most beloved celebrities has been recognised for inspiring others during the national lockdown.
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
The Lebombo border post between South Africa and Mozambique has been temporarily closed after a SARS official tested positive for Covid-19.
Google kicked off the Wear A Mask, Save Lives doodle on Tuesday to "reinforce the message that wearing masks can save lives, in the midst of a resurgence of COVID-19 cases across the globe'.
Australia and West Indies' T20 series scheduled to take place in October has been postponed leaving a clear path for all gun players to grace IPL13.
Mkhize said that the cumulative COVID-19 cases since March reached 529 877, with a total of 9 298 people having died from the virus.
For all the latest news in South Africa, be sure to check out what’s making headlines on Thursday 16 July.
In light of a warning by the World Health Organisation with regard to the reopening of schools while Covid-19 is approaching its peak, President Cyril Ramaphosa says the matter is currently under discussion.
Samsung Electronics unveiled its latest Galaxy Note smartphone on Wednesday hoping to regain ground against rivals Huawei and Apple as the smartphone market begins to recover from its Covid-19 slump.
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Zindzi Mandela tested positive for COVID-19 on the day of her shocking death, her family confirmed on Wednesday.
United Airlines has announced it won't restart flights between New York and Cape Town until late 2021.
With growing unrest in Zimbabwe, Zulu has said that the ANC is doing all it can to assist with the 'political crisis' in the country.
African American entrepreneurs are widening out and starting companies in all kinds of industries. They are no longer just owners of barbershops, hair salons, and restaurants. Nowadays, they are investing…
You'll be paying more at the pumps for the remainder of August. Here's the logic behind the petrol price rise, and how much motorists will be asked to pay.
We must change our behaviour now to prevent a resurgence of the virus and manage outbreaks wherever they occur, President Cyril Ramaphosa said in his address on Thursday night.
The Bushiris, who are implicated in a money laundering scandal, left South Africa for Malawi a few weeks ago, breaking their bail conditions.
Dig into the work of a South African feminist author for Women's Month with these three titles by Professor Pumla Dineo Gqola.
Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize announced there had been 13 172 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours to take South Africa's confirmed infections to a total of 324 221.
Where are the boundaries for the new lockdown restrictions? Here's a map of the NMB hot-spot and two other high-alert regions in all their glory.
A presentation to the Health Portfolio Committee has outlined how things may change once South Africa lifts the alcohol ban. It's bad news for 18-year-olds.
The raging COVID-19 pandemic is not only claiming people’s lives, but is also snatching their jobs away, plunging them into poverty.
Tempers are raging at the Beitbridge border post between South Africa and Zimbabwe, where truck drivers claim that bribes of up to R1 000 are being extorted from those who want to cross the border.
Six senior clinicians at the Faculty of Health Sciences at University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, have volunteer to participate in South Africa’s first COVID-19 vaccine trial.
The Ox1Cov-19 Vaccine VIDA-Trial aims to find a vaccine that will prevent infection by SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at University of the Witwatersrand, Martin Veller said It is very appropriate that healthcare professionals and people who are involved in the research of the environment if they can also get involved.
“These are unprecedented times. Coronavirus is going to affect everybody in the world. We need a vaccine and the more people get involved in finding a suitable vaccine the better,” he added.
According to Aslam Dasoo, Doctor and member of the Progressive Health Forum there has been some concern, among the public, but there is nothing to be afraid of.
“There is the benefit that if the vaccine works and if I get the vaccine shot – if it is not the placebo – I will be protected. There are a number of reasons, but mostly demonstrate that this is something that should be supported and encouraged and that no one be afraid of it,” Dasoo said.
“We have to wait for cases of COVID-19 to develop amongst the volunteers, and unfortunately this is not because we are infecting people, but rather that is the nature of the virus that people are being exposed and becoming infected,” said Shabir Madhi, Professor of Vaccinology at University of the Witwatersrand.
South Africa started a #Covid19 vaccine trial on Wednesday, the first such study in Africa.
Oxford University developed the vaccine, which is being trialed in the U.K., South Africa and Brazil pic.twitter.com/NXkIu7KVpE— Bloomberg QuickTake (@QuickTake) June 25, 2020
Currently there the only clinical trial of a Covid-19 vaccine in sub-Saharan Africa, is taking place in South Africa. However, the African Union and the World Health Organization and some other agencies are hoping that the number of clinical trails will increase across the continent.
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The second ODI between South Africa and England which was due to take place at Newlands on Monday, December 7 will NOT go ahead.
[The Herald] The Zimborders Consortium has secured nearly US$300 million for the upgrade and modernisation of Beitbridge border post, the country's busiest inland port of entry and one of the region's key transit points, the company has revealed.
A new study shows that female rape survivors are 60% more likely to contract HIV within a year or two after their rape than women who have not been raped.
[East African] A waiver on patents and other intellectual property-related rights to Covid-19 drugs, vaccines, diagnostics and other technologies -- lasting the duration of the pandemic -- has been delayed by at least nine developed countries.
