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One of South Africa's most beloved celebrities has been recognised for inspiring others during the national lockdown.
The president also stressed the importance of keeping the economy open after months of stifling movement restrictions.
He urged citizens not to drop their guard and continue adhering to the health rules, such as wearing face masks and respecting curfew times.
South Africa has recorded just over 800,000 coronavirus infections - more than a third of the cases reported across the African continent - and over 20,000 deaths.
AFP
WhatsApp users are unable to send or receive messages and voice calls. Here's what we know about the global outage.
“I am learning all the time. My tombstone will be my diploma.” — Eartha Kitt, actress, singer, goddess.
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The UIF TERS scheme is due to come to an end on 15 August - four days from now - and July applications are still not open.
Dylan Frittelli feels his career wouldn't be complete without adding his name to the South African Open trophy.
A 44-year-old woman in Zimbabwe, Tendayi Gwata, is battling to avoid a mastectomy after her breast cancer treatment abruptly ended when the only radiotherapy machine in the capital, Harare, stopped working. Gwata, a marketing consultant, had already lost all her hair during chemotherapy. Then she was told that because the machine had broken down, she might need to have her breast removed. Zimbabwe’s health sector has largely collapsed amid an economic crisis that has seen inflation soaring to 785%, and a severe shortage of cash. The crisis has been compounded by the coronavirus outbreak. Gwata told the BBC’s Clare Spencer about her ordeal: “In July 2019 I had discomfort in my breast so I went to the doctor in Harare and had a scan and mammogram. A biopsy then confirmed I had stage-three breast cancer and the cancer had spread to my armpit. I flew to South Africa to go through the full cycle of chemotherapy and had surgery to remove the tumour. Then I started radiotherapy back in Harare to stop the tumour from recurring. When we booked for radiotherapy, there was only one machine working in the whole of Harare and that was at the private facility, Oncocare. I had got quite far in my treatment — 21 sessions of the 30 that I was supposed to do. Then I got the call. I was in my car on my way to my 22nd daily radiotherapy session when they phoned me to tell me to turn back because the machine had broken. That was on April 21. A week went by. A month went by. And I still had no clue when the radiotherapy machine was going to get fixed. My oncologist said I would need to start thinking about having a mastectomy. I tried really hard to not cry. I have worked so hard to stay positive, to stay energised, to look to the future and say: “I am going to survive this,” to only get to this point where I am now having to go through a new set of fully invasive procedures, in the hope that I have a better chance of survival all because someone won’t fix the machine. I was really just wanting to burst into tears but my anger took over and I went to Twitter. I also started learning as much as I could about radiotherapy. The only research I could find on the impact of missing radiotherapy sessions is for up to two days. I couldn’t find any research on the impact of missing it for two months, for three months. It’s not even explored because it’s so incomprehensible to the rest of the world that a machine can break down and not be fixed. I talked on BBC Focus on Africa radio about my anger and frustration and after that interview I had loads of people phoning me asking: “What can I do? How can we help?” I explained to them that I was failing to get in touch with someone who could actually give me answers and who I could talk to for a way forward. So, one of my friends I went to high school with gave me the phone number of the head of the Health Service Board, who in turn put me in touch with Ernest Manyawo, the chief executive officer of Harare’s biggest public hospital, Parirenyatwa. It’s not just me That is when I discovered the scale of
President Cyril Ramaphosa urged citizens to remain careful and adapt to measures necessary to limit the spread of the coronavirus pandemic as confirmed infections in the country breached 500000.
Amidst mass protest in Zimbabwe, Mnangagwa blamed the state of the ailing economy and the chaos unfolding on the streets on rogue detractors.
[Nation] Pretoria -- Southern Africa's development bloc, SADC, is facing increasing calls to reprimand Zimbabwe for alleged rights abuse.
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- As of November 30, the confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries have reached 2,163,577. Reported deaths in Africa have reached 51,724 and recoveries 1,830,891.
[allAfrica] As of August 5, the confirmed Covid-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 978,527.
It is unlikely South Africa will see any vaccine before the country experiences a second wave of Covid-19, says Health Minister Zweli Mkhize.
New High Commissioner of India to Jamaica R Masakui (centre) presented his credentials to Governor General Sir Patrick Allen on Friday, December 4, at King's House, St Andrew.
The Bushiris, who are implicated in a money laundering scandal, left South Africa for Malawi a few weeks ago, breaking their bail conditions.
South Africa's caseload now stands at 563 598 confirmed cases, along with 10 621 deaths and 417 200 recoveries.
BY WINSTONE ANTONIO SOUTH AFRICA-BASED Zimbabwean hip-hop sensation King98 said he was happy to be reaping the rewards of investing in his music career as he reached a milestone with his latest single Kachiri, whose video clocked one million views in less than 48 hours on YouTube. Kachiri is a popular dance in Tanzania that means shake it. The trending video that features Tanzanian Bingo flavour star Diamond Platnumz premiered on music channel Trace Africa last week on Wednesday before it was availed on several other online music platforms including YouTube. Shot in Tanzania, the video was directed by Dir Kenny, adding to King98’s growing catalogue of collaborations with regional heavyweights. In an interview with NewsDay Life & Style yesterday, King98’s manager Steven Tsikirayi saluted the fans for their support. “The song and video of Kachiri have become record breakers not only for us. This is certainly an achievement for our Zimbabwean music industry,” he said. “This is our first music video to reach one million views within 48 hours of release because of the support of our fans. We salute them for enabling such a success.” Tsikirayi said the sound of the two artistes made it possible for the collaboration. “King98 is the youngest artiste to have a collaboration with Diamond Platnumz, thereby making the former an incubator of great talents. The adage says the deep calleth unto the deep. King98 working with Diamond Platnumz has been a revolution and it was a great synthesis of two great talents determined to change the arts industry of Africa and their diverse talents paved the way for them to meet,” he said. He described the two artistes as “international” adding that their duet was revolutionary. “King98 has a vision of synthesising Afro-pop and hip-hop, therefore, him being the pioneer of such a great vision, King98 had the dream for east Africa also to listen to this unique sound and this has been made possible through Kachiri,” he said. Tsikirayi said their aim was to revolutionise local hip-hop music through collaborations. “As the King98 camp, our quest is to take our brand and music to the people, not only in Zimbabwe but across the continent and fly the country’s flag high on the music scene. To achieve these goals and objectives, we have considered collaborations as the formula to accomplish our mission and that is exactly what we are doing,” he said. Tsikirayi said they were happy that their plans had been going according to the script such that they have managed to grow their fan base beyond the borders, giving them strength to work even harder. “We are not in competition with anyone but working hard to establish a strong brand in the creative industry. We hope we will be able to reach out and have a collaboration with celebrated American singer Chris Brown one day who is on King98’s wish list of musicians to collaborate with,” he said. After the release of his debut 14-track album Francesca last year that also features some regional heavyweights, King98 has not laid back, but has managed to strengthen
Key indicators of the spread of Covid-19 in South Africa are showing signs of being on the decline. But, authorities warn, complacency is not an option.
South Africa can fix the balance sheet of its loss-making power utility by transferring its guaranteed debt to the government’s balance sheet, according to the former CEO of Goldman Sachs Group in sub-Saharan Africa.
A slew of industry accolades has once again reinforced Nedbank Group’s position as a South African, African and global leader in innovative banking solutions delivered on world-class technology platforms.
The second ODI between South Africa and England which was due to take place at Newlands on Monday, December 7 will NOT go ahead.
Funeral businesses are taking measures to cope with an influx of bodies.
