[ad_1] By Reuters 10h ago Share this article: SharecheepShareShareShareE-mailShare By Julie Steenhuysen Chicago – Data from clinical trials on two Covid-19 vaccines show that a variant of the coronavirus first identified in South Africa is declining its ability to protect against the disease, underscoring the need to vaccinate large numbers …
Read More »Secunda’s drug lord will spend 20 years in jail
[ad_1] PHOTO: Felix Dlangamandla / Gallo Images A drug lord from Secunda was sentenced to 20 years in direct prison. Enzani Wiseman Shongwe and eight other members of the union were captured in 2016. Shongwe’s eight accomplices are serving 144 years in prison combined. A Secunda drug dealer has been …
Read More »EPP scandal: Gauteng Prime Minister David Makhura offers to resign … if asked by ANC
[ad_1] Gauteng Prime Minister David Makhura. Gauteng Prime Minister David Makhura says he is willing to appear before the ANC’s integrity committee and is willing to step aside if asked by the ANC. Makhura said the stories implicating him in tender corruption are based on wrong judgment. He said there …
Read More »Three dead and one wounded in a shooting from a vehicle in Cape Town
[ad_1] Western Cape Police are investigating a triple murder and attempted murder, following a shooting in Ravensmead on Friday night. Three of the victims were teenagers. Detectives from the province’s Anti-Gang Unit have been assigned to the case, confirmed police spokesman Brigadier Novela Potelwa. “Reports from the scene indicate that …
Read More »SARB Governor Lesetja Kganyago Sees Room for Encouragement in Reaction to Possible Third Wave of Covid-19
[ad_1] Lesetja Kganyago. Image: Gallo Images / Ziyaad Douglas South Africa Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago said there is room to provide encouragement in the event of a third wave of Covid-19 infections. Kganyago said that monetary policy does not respond to the disease but to the consequences of infections …
Read More »Donald Trump leaves Joe Biden a booby trap
[ad_1] The controversial move by former US President Donald Trump, while in office, to recognize Morocco’s disputed claim on Western Sahara has left a diplomatic headache for President Joe Biden (Photo: EPA-EFE / AL DRAGO / POOL) Trump’s last-minute decision to acknowledge Morocco’s claim to Western Sahara presents a dilemma …
Read More »7,150 new cases while another 555 deaths are confirmed – The Citizen
[ad_1] As of Thursday, January 28, 2021, the cumulative number of Covid-19 cases detected is 1,437,798 with 7,150 new cases identified, confirmed Health Minister Zweli Mkhize. There were 555 more deaths related to Covid-19, 150 from the Eastern Cape, 10 from the Free State, 70 from Gauteng, 249 from Kwa-Zulu …
Read More »Jazz star Sibongile Khumalo has died, family confirms
[ad_1] Jazz veteran Sibongile Khumalo died at the age of 63, reliable sources confirmed Thursday night. The details surrounding Sibongile’s death were still unknown last night. A close friend told SowetanLIVE’s sister publication TshisaLIVE that he was still trying to make sense of the news and was devastated. He asked …
Read More »KZN MEC Nomusa Dube-Ncube’s husband dies
[ad_1] The husband of the KwaZulu-Natal Treasury MEC, Nomusa Dube-Ncube, died last night in hospital after a brief illness. Sibusiso Ncube, who was also a prominent businessman, was rushed to hospital a few days ago. KZN MEC Treasury Husband Nomusa Dube-Ncube Sibusiso Dube died Wednesday There have been rumors that …
Read More »Kagiso Rabada makes history by claiming the 200th test wicket, the fourth youngest to do so
[ad_1] Kagiso Rabada became the seventh South African bowler to take 200 proving grounds He was the third fastest South African to reach the mark behind Dale Steyn and Allan Donald Hassan Ali was his 200th victim Kagiso Rabada became the seventh South African bowler to cross the 200 wicket …
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