South Africa

As Africa continues to lag behind in the global COVID-19 vaccination race, the continent faces a dangerous resurgence of coronavirus, with deaths and hospital admissions reaching record levels. With just under 5.3 million reported cases and about 139,000 deaths among its nearly 1.3 billion people, Africa is still the world's least affected continent after Oceania, according to an Agence France-Presse (AFP). So far, African countries have been spared disasters comparable to Brazil or India. But the…

This is the first step for the African continent to be able to manufacture its own Covid vaccines on its own. Cyril Ramaphosa, the South African president who is already fighting to revoke patents, announced on Monday, June 21, during a press briefing by the World Health Organization, the establishment of a technology for a messenger RNA vaccine transmission center. .

"Against a global downward trend since the beginning of May, the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated in Africa for the fifth week in a row. Africa Pointabove all. The trajectory of Covid cases in Africa is "very, very worrying", the WHO estimated on Friday, with the spread of more infectious variants and a dangerously low level of vaccination. According to data collected by the WHO, there were 116,500 new infections in Africa…

This weekend, several surgeons and health specialists welcomed a 9-year-old child from Zimbabwe to a private clinic in Johannesburg. In early May, the boy was attacked by a hyena during a nightly religious ceremony outside. as reported from Johannesburg, Romain SongThe child lost an eye, a nose and part of the mouth and…

The semifinals first stage of the CAF Champions League smiled at visitors on Saturday 19 June. The Egyptians from Al Ahly won on the Esperance field in Tunis (1-0), in a match marked by incidents, while the South Africans from Kaizer Chiefs won on the same score on the Wydad field. Al Ahly, the most sacred club in the history of the CAF Champions League (9 victories) and title holder, took a big step towards the final in CAF Champions League, scheduled for July 17 in Casablanca. The Egyptian red devils got an important…

The family of a South African man whose girlfriend reportedly gave birth to 10 children last week concluded in a statement released on Tuesday that they do not exist until proven otherwise. Last week, local media reported that Gosiame Sithole, 37, had delivered ten children - seven boys and three girls - by caesarean section at an undiscovered hospital in the capital Pretoria. But Tebogo Tsotetsi's family, the "father", said in a statement that he had confirmed to them that he had not seen the children and had trusted his…

Single mother Lihle Magudulela spat out a mouthful of dirt as she sucked on a rock dug up from a hillside in South Africa's province of KwaZulu-Natal, convinced she might have found a diamond. Thousands have flocked to the outskirts of the village of KwaHlathi, more than 300 kilometers (186 miles) southeast of Johannesburg, after a cattle rider dug a handful of unidentified crystal-like stones last week. The news of the discovery spread quickly and triggered a rush to the site despite notices of caution from the…

President Cyril Ramaphosa regretted that the African Union was not invited to the summit, but expressed its satisfaction at having "been able to convey our message". The South African head of state welcomed the G7's commitments: lifting all barriers to vaccine exports, donating 5 million doses to the African Union at the end of the summer. He also believes that he has made progress on the issue of fair…

South Africa must sell 2 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Millions of doses of this vaccine were contaminated with components of other vaccines at a facility in Baltimore, USA. According to US authorities, at least 60 million doses must be discarded. as reported from Johannesburg,Romain SongUntil a few…

The British Prime Minister invited Cyril Ramaphosa. The South African president "has played an important role internationally in the fight against Covid-19", the invitation card states. President Ramaphosa is already present at the G7 in Biarritz, France in 2019 and returns to the big tables with an ambition: to convince his partners that intellectual property patents must be revoked in order to…