A STATE memorial service for Zambia’s first president, Kenneth Kaunda, was held yesterday with a 21 gun salute and a fly past…
AFRICAN National Congress secretary-general Ace Magashule, pictured, met former South Africa president Thabo Mbeki and ex-deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe on Friday. This is part of the step aside resolution consultations that he has been undertaking throughout 30 days as prescribed by the national executive committee (NEC) resolution. “Great engagements I had today with President Mbeki…
DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi is increasingly being viewed as his own man. He has succeeded in shaking off his predecessor and perceived puppeteer Joseph Kabila and even gone ahead to be elected chair of the African Union. The world in general, and Africa in particular, has garnered confidence in the “new” DRC…
South Africa’s Zulu regent Queen Shiyiwe Mantfombi Dlamini Zulu, pictured, has died at 65, officials said, just over a month after she took the role following the death of her husband, King Goodwill Zwelithini. “It is with deepest shock and distress that the Royal Family announces the unexpected passing of her Majesty Queen Shiyiwe Mantfombi…
ROSSLYN, South Africa – Nissan is thrilled to announce the introduction of the Nissan Magnite, a compact SUV in South Africa that is now available for sale. The much-awaited B-Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) speaks to Nissan’s relentless crossover spirit of innovation and style which makes the launch concept a fitting one for this bold, beautiful and ‘charismatic’ game-changing SUV. “In line with Nissan’s philosophy of continuous innovation and enriching…
THE first batch of SA’s unwanted AstraZeneca vaccine doses have been dispatched to the AU, the health ministry yesterday. South Africa sold its supply of the vaccine, totalling one million doses, to the AU after tests showed it offered scant protection against the 501Y.V2 variant of the coronavirus that was discovered in the country at…
AFRICA will have to wait “weeks if not months” before receiving Covid-19 vaccines approved by the World Health Organisation (WHO), according to various officials working towards getting doses for the continent. Close to 900 million doses have been secured so far through various initiatives, enough to inoculate about 30 percent of the continent’s 1,3 billion…
CAPE Town and KwaZulu-Natal doctors and nurses are exhausted and “drowning” under the surge of seriously ill Covid-19 patients. Healthcare workers who spoke to IOL yesterday likened the pandemic to a “war”. They said they faced severe stress and trauma as many of their colleagues had become infected and were also dealing with daily reports of those…
HEALTH minister Zweli Mkhize has sent a stern warning to young people to shape up after local scientists discovered a new Covid-19 variant which is driving South Africa’s second wave. The new Covid-19 strain, which is called the 501.V2 variant, first emerged in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro, but scientists say they do not know…
SOUTH Africa’s ruling African National Congress party secretary-general Ace Magashule was yesterday released on bail of R200 000 after he made his first appearance in a packed Bloemfontein magistrate’s court to face charges of fraud, corruption and money laundering. Magashule’s advocate, Laurance Hodes, brought an application for his release on bail after he had presented…
