Johannesburg, South Africa | XINHUA | South Africa will move to lockdown Level 4 for 14 days with stringent measures to curb the spread of COVID-19, said President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday during a televised speech. From June 28 to July 11, “all gatherings whether indoors or outdoors are prohibited. …
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Johannesburg, South Africa | XINHUA | South Africa has deployed military servicemen in hospitals in the province of Gauteng to help fight against a COVID-19 cases surge, said Acting Health Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane in a press briefing on Friday. The minister said the South African National Defence Force medics would …
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Entebbe, Uganda | XINHUA | State-owned Uganda Airlines is set to start direct flights to Johannesburg, South Africa, in a move to expand connections on the African continent. The airline in a statement issued on Thursday said the first flight of the four-times-weekly flights from Entebbe to Johannesburg is scheduled …
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Okwi named captain ahead of Uganda Cranes friendly against South Africa Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Uganda Cranes stand-in coach Abdallah Mubiru has summoned 34 players to prepare ahead of an international friendly away to South Africa’s Bafana Bafana slated on June 10th, 2021. Following the retirement of …
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Book sheds light on how South African icon should be viewed | COLIN BUNDY AND WILLIAM BEINART | There are two widely available views of Nelson Mandela, the first post-apartheid president of South Africa. The first is a reverential and uncritical celebration of his life and achievements. It resonated in …
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The king wielded great influence among millions of Zulus through his largely ceremonial and spiritual role despite having no official power in modern South Africa Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | King Goodwill Zwelithini of the Zulu nation in South Africa died on Friday in a hospital where he was being …
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Pretoria, South Africa | Xinhua | A total of 570 police officers have succumbed to COVID-19 in South Africa while over 27,000 were infected, said Police Minister Bheki Cele on Friday. Cele made the remarks in Pretoria while releasing the crime statistics for the third quarter of the 2020-2021 financial year. …
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📌 #SPARChallenge March 24-31 🇿🇦 SPAR Proteas 🇿🇦 SA President’s XII 🇿🇦 SPAR Baby Proteas 🇺🇬 Uganda’s She Cranes 🇳🇦 Namibia (TBC) Johannesburg, South Africa | THE INDEPENDENT | Following the relaxation of lockdown level three restrictions, Netball South Africa has today announced that netball activities will resume effective from Monday 08th February …
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Johannesburg, S.A. | Xinhua | South Africa said Sunday the roll-out of the AstraZeneca vaccine in the country will be temporarily put on hold until more “clinically efficacy information” of the vaccine against new COVID-19 variants becomes available. “It’s a temporary issue that we have to hold onto AstraZeneca until we …
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Johannesburg, South Africa | XINHUA | South African Police Service (SAPS) on Monday said they arrested three suspects who tried to smuggle gold weighing 73.5 kg worth R61 million (4.2 million U.S. dollars). The police said the trio were arrested with gold as well as foreign currency in their hand …
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