[ad_1] The United Nations Office for Human Rights says South Africa has created a “culture of toxic closure” through aggressive and aggressive enforcement by the police. On Monday, Georgette Gagnon, director of field operations and technical cooperation for the UN Human Rights Office, highlighted a “highly militarized” police response to …
Read More »Trump abandons ‘enemy’ media briefings and then returns
[ad_1] The President of the United States, Donald Trump, was so angry with the media and so annoyed at the ridicule at his suggestion that disinfectant be injected into patients with coronavirus, that he abandoned his daily report on Monday. Well, for a couple of hours anyway. Live | All …
Read More »South Africa is getting a new blocking curfew: this is how it works
[ad_1] As part of South Africa’s amended Level 4 blockade restrictions, the government plans to introduce a “curfew” that will limit the times when South Africans will be able to leave their homes. First announced as part of a draft framework on Saturday (April 25), the curfew will place limitations …
Read More »Masiyiwa leads campaign for Zim
[ad_1] The Herald Herald ReporterEntrepreneur Mr. Strive Masiyiwa has called on the World Bank (WB), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other multilateral institutions to provide humanitarian support to Zimbabwe due to the economic costs of controlling Covid-19 and the need to improve medical services. Masiyiwa is also seeking global …
Read More »Rescue package to stop job loss: Mthuli
[ad_1] The Herald Mashudu Netsianda and Patrick ChitumbaA stimulus package to support companies shaken by the Covid-19 blockade will be released soon, as part of measures to prevent massive job loss and save livelihoods, said Minister of Finance and Economic Development , Professor Mthuli Ncube. In interviews on the sidelines …
Read More »Crisis, what crisis? How not to handle a pandemic
[ad_1] At the African headquarters of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, staff members were impressed with the response of most African countries to the pandemic. Although resources are scarce, most leaders have made difficult and proactive decisions to contain the spread of Covid-19, and …
Read More »Pastor who believed that “God can heal anything” dies after contracting coronavirus
[ad_1] By Peter Jamison 12h ago Share this article: SharecheepShareShareShareEmailShare Every day, Landon Spradlin was weakening, and now, on the morning he would leave New Orleans for the last time, the 66-year-old blues preacher and guitarist couldn’t load his bags into the white Ford F-250 he was supposed to be. …
Read More »Latest COVID-19 case numbers for South Africa
[ad_1] The Department of Health has released the latest COVID-19 case numbers for South Africa. South Africa has recorded a total of 4,793 cases, up from 4,546 the previous day. To date, 178,470 COVID-19 tests have been carried out in the country, with 9,827 in the last 24 hours. Three …
Read More »The latest on the spread of the coronavirus worldwide.
[ad_1] By Reuters 16h ago Share this article: SharecheepShareShareShareEmailShare More than 2.97 million people were reported to be infected with the new coronavirus globally, and 205,948 died, according to a Reuters count, at 0200 GMT on Monday. DEATHS AND INFECTIONS EUROPE * Italy reported 260 more deaths on Sunday, the …
Read More »People trapped without masks forced to sweep streets in Madagascar
[ad_1] President Andry Rajoelina has made the use of outdoor facial covers mandatory in the capital Antananarivo, as well as in the cities of Fianarantsoa and Toamasina, to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Brooms Image: Pixabay. ANTANANARIVO – Madagascar police forced citizens trapped outside without a coronavirus face mask …
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