US Kicks Off Covid-19 Vaccine Launch As Doctors Fight Disease

[ad_1] Shipments of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are loaded onto a UPS aircraft on December 13, 2020 in Lansing, Michigan. (Photo by Rey Del Rio / Getty Images) The first doses of Pfizer-BioNTech’s vaccine, reportedly about three million, have been shipped to various states, where front-line workers are ready to …

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Nigerian troops approach kidnappers after school attack

[ad_1] More than 300 students are still missing Monday morning after gunmen attacked the secondary school in Kankara, a city in Nigeria’s northwestern Katsina state. JOHANNESBURG – The #BringBackOurBoys is trending on social media in Nigeria after the latest attack and mass kidnapping at a school. More than 300 students …

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Details provided on Dyantyi’s ban, 21 days to appeal

[ad_1] The independent panel that issued a four-year ban on Aphiwe Dyantyi found that she had “failed to meet the burden of proof to establish that her positive drug test was unintentional.” On Monday, the South African Institute for Drug-Free Sport (Saids) issued a statement to say that it confirms …

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Petition Against TV License Fees for Netflix in South Africa

[ad_1] The Democratic Alliance (DA) has launched a petition oppose government plans to extend television license fees to streaming services like Netflix and Showmax. In the Draft White Paper on the Audiovisual and Audio Content Services Policy Framework: A New Vision for South Africa 2020, the Department of Communications proposes …

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