South Africa

Goodwill Zwelithini died at the age of 72 after a long hospital stay with diabetes. King of Zulu since 1971, he was South Africa's most influential monarch. A king without power but with moral authority for 12 million South Africans. as reported from Johannesburg, Romain SongHis words counted. King Goodwill Zwelithini did not…

King Goodwill Zwelithini of the Zulu people in South Africa died on Friday at the hospital where he was being treated for diabetes-related problems. The king, 72, was the leader of South Africa's largest ethnic group, the Zulu. He had been taken to KwaZulu-Natal hospital last week to monitor his ongoing diabetes, according to a report from the Demirören News Agency (DHA). The royal family announced in a statement that King Zwelithini's diabetes-related condition suddenly deteriorated and he died early…

The health crisis hit South Africa's economy hard in 2020. According to the statistical agency StatSA, the country's GDP fell by 7% compared to 2019, its first recession in twelve years. The incarceration imposed at the end of March 2020 in South Africa to slow down the spread of Covid-19 was the most severe in the world.…

After fighting the virus for a year, healthcare workers in South Africa are breathing a cautious relief as cases across the country fall. Although they have reason to celebrate, medical staff are worried about a likely imminent wave of infections in the coming months. "We are relieved now because the number is down and the patients are no longer so sick," nurse Constance Mathibela told Agence France-Presse (AFP) at Thembisa Hospital, in a township east of Johannesburg. After the epidemic struck, the…

A new preliminary study - based on a small sample - has suggested that people previously infected with the COVID-19 variant identified in South Africa may have better immunity to other coronavirus mutations, experts said on Wednesday. The results, from a not yet peer-reviewed research by the team of South African researchers who discovered the 501Y.V2 variant, raise hopes that vaccines modeled on the strain can protect against future mutations. Only 4% of a sample of 55 patients who had 501Y.V2 failed…

South Africa, the country most affected by the coronavirus continent, crossed the million mark over the weekend since the epidemic began. The country is currently experiencing another wave with a variant of the virus appearing to be more contagious and responsible for most new cases. New restrictions were announced on Monday, December 28th.…

The latest figures are worrying. “The last few weeks have notes Wakat Séra in Burkina, Covid-19 figures are experiencing a revival in the world and especially in Africa. The number of confirmed cases on the continent is just under 2.5 million, the African Center for Disease Control and Prevention announced the day before yesterday. South Africa, Morocco, Egypt and Ethiopia are currently the African countries most affected…

After the UK, South Africa in flip broadcasts {that a} new variant of coronavirus has been found in its territory. This transformation was introduced this weekend by the South African Minister of Well being, which is predicated on analysis from nationwide researchers. This new variant of Covid-19 appears to be spreading sooner.…

Final week, Donald Trump introduced the normalization of relations between Morocco and Israel and the popularity of Rabat's sovereignty over the territory claimed by the separatists from the Polisario Entrance. On this difficulty, in South Africa, the ruling social gathering, the ANC, has lengthy been a supporter of the Polisario Entrance. .

South Africa is presently experiencing a second wave of coronavirus with greater than 8,000 new circumstances per day. A number of provinces are making ready to shut their seashores to stop the epidemic from spreading. And this whereas the summer time holidays have simply begun. South Africa is essentially the most affected nation on the African continent with greater than 850,000 registered…