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[ad_1] The South African National Editors Forum (Sanef) has raised the alarm about threats to press freedom during the coronavirus pandemic, as well as the jobs that are being lost in the industry and the freelancers who are losing their income during closing. Live | All the latest coronavirus and …

[ad_1] Deputy Finance Minister David Masondo says he would support direct Reserve Bank purchases of government debt to help fund measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus. “The capacity of our government to raise revenue from tax and borrowing is highly limited,” Masondo said in an interview with the …

[ad_1] Doctors treating Boris Johnson for coronavirus prepared to announce his death after he was taken to intensive care, the British prime minister said on Sunday, in his first detailed comments about his illness. LIVE | All the latest coronavirus and lockdown updates “It was a tough old moment, I …

[ad_1] Madagascar delivered Guinea-Bissau on Saturday a shipment of an herbal tea that President Andry Rajoelina has touted as a powerful remedy against the new coronavirus and hopes to distribute it in West Africa and beyond. Live | All the latest coronavirus and crash updates Dubbed Covid-Organics, the drink is …

[ad_1] Madagascar delivered Guinea-Bissau on Saturday a shipment of an herbal tea that President Andry Rajoelina has touted as a powerful remedy against the new coronavirus and hopes to distribute it in West Africa and beyond. Live | All the latest coronavirus and crash updates Dubbed Covid-Organics, the drink is …

[ad_1] LONDON – Boris Johnson and his fiancée Carrie Symonds have named their newborn son Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas, partly as a tribute to two of the intensive care doctors who they said had saved the British leader’s life as he battled COVID-19 complications. Symonds announced the name on Saturday on …

[ad_1] Health Minister Dr. Zweli Mkhize said in a statement Saturday night (May 2) that there are now 6,336 positive cases of Covid-19 in South Africa. This increases 385 of the 5,951 Covid-19 cases announced Friday. Dr. Mkhize also announced that seven other people died from the virus, bringing the …

[ad_1] With 40 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and four deaths, the danger of the pandemic still seems far away for many in the country, which is already being hit by a deep economic and humanitarian crisis. Zimbabwean flag Image: Thomas Holder / EWN JOHANNESBURG: Zimbabwe’s blockade to curb the coronavirus …

[ad_1] Nearly three weeks after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s no-show at a key event sparked rumors he was seriously ill or even dead, state media published photos Saturday showing him in public. Kim’s conspicuous absence from the April 15 celebrations for the birthday of his grandfather, the North’s …

[ad_1] Tanzania’s main opposition party has called for the suspension of Parliament after three lawmakers died of unknown causes in the past 11 days. Freeman Mbowe, chairman of the opposition Chadema party, has repeatedly accused the government of covering up the true extent of the coronavirus pandemic, and hinted that …