[ad_1] A video circulating on social media shows two police officers, one wearing a sjambok against one man and the other slapping a second man earlier this week. A screenshot of a police officer assaulting a man with a sjambok in Worcester: Image: SAPS CAPE TOWN – The Democratic Alliance …
Read More »South Africa Warns to Prepare for Heavy Rain and Wind as Tropical Storm Eloise Strikes Moz
[ad_1] Eloise is expected to make landfall in Mozambique with a high possibility of the storm turning into a tropical cyclone. JOHANNESBURG – Tropical Storm Eloise is scheduled to hit South Africa, and the weather service is warning that there is the possibility of heavy downpours and damaging winds in …
Read More »In farewell speech, Trump wishes the next administration luck without mentioning Biden
[ad_1] By Reuters 23h ago Share this article: SharecheepShareShareShareE-mailShare Jeff Mason Washington – US President Donald Trump, in a farewell speech released Tuesday, touted his legacy and wished the new administration of President-elect Joe Biden luck, but without recognizing his successor by name. Trump has refused to offer a full …
Read More »New SA Covid-19 variant defeats plasma treatment, may reduce vaccine efficacy
[ad_1] By Reuters 9h ago Share this article: SharecheepShareShareShareE-mailShare Johannesburg – The new variant of Covid-19 identified in South Africa may evade the antibodies that attack it in treatments that use blood plasma from previously recovered patients and may reduce the effectiveness of the current line of vaccines, scientists said …
Read More »566 more deaths from Covid-19 and more than 12,710 new SA infections
[ad_1] By IOL Reporter 5h ago Share this article: SharecheepShareShareShareE-mailShare Johannesburg – Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced more than 12,710 new infections and 566 more deaths related to Covid-19 on Wednesday night. This brings South Africa’s Covid-19 infections to more than 1.3 million infections since March, with a death toll …
Read More »‘Democracy has prevailed’, says Biden in inauguration speech
[ad_1] Biden appealed to Trump supporters, vowing to listen to all parties after four years of deep polarization in which Trump disparaged minority groups and tried to cast doubt on basic facts. United States President-elect Joe Biden, flanked by his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, arrives for his inauguration as the …
Read More »China sanctions Pompeo and other Trump officials when their term ends
[ad_1] Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. ami Chappell / AFP via Getty Images China imposed sanctions on former Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and other Trump administration officials even as Joe Biden took office, saying they had made “crazy moves” that damaged ties between the United States and China. …
Read More »Who is Biden’s Inauguration Poet Amanda Gorman?
[ad_1] The 22-year-old became the youngest inaugural poet in American history. Amanda Gorman. Image: Denver Channel / YouTube screenshot. JOHANNESBURG – At age 22, Amanda Gorman became America’s youngest inaugural poet after acting The hill we climbed at the 2021 inauguration of the President of the United States, Joe Biden, …
Read More »Public Protector Mkhwebane is due to appear in court tomorrow on charge of perjury
[ad_1] Busisiwe Mkhwebane will appear in court Thursday morning on charges of perjury. ARCHIVE: Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. Photo: Abigail Javier / EWN JOHANNESBURG – Eyewitness news he learned Wednesday that Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane will appear in court on a charge of perjury. Eyewitness news has seen a subpoena …
Read More »Biden Sworn in as 46th U.S. President, Harris Officially Vice President
[ad_1] Previously, former California Senator Kamala Harris was sworn in as Vice President of the United States and was the first woman to hold the position. Joe Biden will be sworn in as President of the United States as his wife Jill Biden watches during his inauguration on the West …
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