[ad_1] Vice President David Mabuza (Jan Gerber, News24) President Cyril Ramaphosa has established an inter-ministerial committee to oversee the deployment of Covid-19 vaccines in the country. Ramaphosa announced this at a Zoom meeting of the ANC’s Progressive Business Forum on Tuesday. He said that people were correct in showing interest …
Read More »India Praises Launch of ‘Life-saving’ COVID-19 Vaccine
[ad_1] India’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign got off to a successful start with more than 190,000 people taking their first hits and no one being hospitalized for major side effects. Residents hold a man while a healthcare worker takes a swab sample for COVID-19 coronavirus at a community gym center on …
Read More »SA will receive 9 million injections of Johnson and Johnson Covid-19 vaccine
[ad_1] By Reuters 3h ago Share this article: SharecheepShareShareShareE-mailShare Johannesburg, South Africa, which has yet to receive its first doses of coronavirus vaccine, will receive 9 million from Johnson & Johnson, the Health Ministry said Monday. The government is trying to secure enough Covid-19 vaccines after healthcare workers and scientists …
Read More »Tutu’s plea to SA: ‘Don’t let Covid-19 continue to devastate our country. Vaccinate!’
[ad_1] Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu. (Photo: Beeld) Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is the latest leader to commit to taking the Covid-19 vaccine once it becomes available. His promise comes as conspiracy theories about the vaccine have spread like wildfire on social media. Misinformation around vaccines has created doubt and fear. …
Read More »Rassie Erasmus reveals family battle with Covid-19: ‘We were pretty bad’
[ad_1] SA Rugby’s director of rugby, Rassie Erasmus, has revealed that he recently contracted Covid-19. The deadly disease affected his entire family. Erasmus, who had a serious illness last year, has made a good recovery. SA Rugby rugby director and 2019 Rugby World Cup winning coach Rassie Erasmus has confirmed …
Read More »Samsung billionaire heir sentenced to prison for bribery
[ad_1] The Samsung logo on the window of one of the South Korean company’s offices in Gangnam, central Seoul. (iStock) The Seoul High Court first jailed Jay Y. Lee in 2017 after convicting the billionaire for his role in a corruption scandal that toppled former President Park Geun-hye; however, the …
Read More »Music genius and killer Phil Spector, 81, dies
[ad_1] Phil Spector, famous producer, died at the age of 81. The musical genius, known as the undisputed king of rock ‘n’ roll, worked on songs like Tina Turner’s Deep river high mountain and the beatles Let it be. Phil also struggled with a darker side, and in 2003 he …
Read More »South Africa Battles “Relentless” Rise of COVID-19 | Coronavirus pandemic news
[ad_1] Johannesburg, South Africa – South Africa’s health services are collapsing under pressure from rising COVID-19 infections driven in part by a new variant of the coronavirus spreading across the country. Medical professionals warn that the “relentless” wave of infections that has seen more than 130,000 new COVID-19 cases and …
Read More »Motsweding FM host Kabelo Molopyane dies
[ad_1] The SABC has confirmed the death of the station. JOHANNESBURG – Motsweding Kabelo ‘KB’ Molopyane’s FM radio host has died. The SABC has confirmed the death of the station. While details on the radio personality’s death are still unclear, it is understood that Molopyane passed away on Sunday morning. …
Read More »KB Molopyane, popular Motsweding FM radio athlete, dies
[ad_1] Motsweding FM DJ Kabelo (KB) Molopyane has died Motsweding FM DJ Kabelo (KB) Molopyane died, according to a social media post by the radio station on Sunday. The 45-year-old joined the station in 2002, where he hosted prime-time shows Monday through Friday. He was the voice of Weekend Breakfast, …
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