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Celebrity News
Eric Clapton tests positive for COVID-19
The 77-year-old music legend, who has previously told how he has lost friends and music pals due to his anti-lockdown…
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World News
Kim Jong Un orders national lockdown after North Korea reports first COVID cases
North Korea confirmed its first-ever COVID cases on Thursday and declared a “serious emergency”, with leader Kim Jong Un ordering…
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South Africa News
5 486 new COVID-19 cases, 5 more deaths
5,486 new cases have been recorded in the past 24 hours. Gauteng accounts for almost half of those, with 2,213…
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World News
Fears mount for China’s economy as leaders dig in on zero-Covid
Mass testing of China’s vast population could bring fresh misery to the economy, experts warned Friday, after Beijing vowed to…
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South Africa News
WHO: 2 Omicron sub-variants are driving SA’s COVID spike
Two new Omicron sub-variants are driving an increase in reported COVID cases in South Africa, the World Health Organization said…
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South Africa News
Steve Biko hospital nurses demand better working conditions & more staff
Nurses and workers affiliated to the Young Nurses Indaba Trade Union marched to the national Department of Health and Treasury’s…
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World News
Beijing closes dozens of subway stations as Covid controls tighten
Beijing closed dozens of subway stations on Wednesday as Covid restrictions constrict movement around the Chinese capital despite it recording…
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South Africa News
Aspen says has zero orders for new COVID vaccination
South African pharma giant Aspen said on Tuesday it has not received any orders for its new anti-COVID vaccine despite…
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World News
Shanghai to ease lockdown in some areas despite record COVID infections
China’s financial centre of Shanghai reported more than 25 000 new coronavirus infections as authorities began on Monday to shape…
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South Africa News
Prison visits reinstated as National State of Disaster ends
The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) is reinstating prison visits at all correctional centres after President Cyril Ramaphosa terminated the…
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Covid-19 Updates
COVID-19: China reports 13 000 cases, most since end of Wuhan’s first wave
China reported 13,000 Covid cases on Sunday, the most since the peak of the first pandemic wave over two years…
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South Africa News
Education Dept system delays first term school report cards
Parents and pupils alike faced the stress of leaving their schools empty-handed with no reports at the end of the…
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South Africa News
South Africa not yet out of the woods despite GDP growth, says Maluleke
Statistician-General Risenga Maluleke has cautioned that the country’s economy is not yet out of the woods despite the positive gross…
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South Africa News
Health Dept: Fewer South Africans showing up for their first COVID jabs
There’s been a drop in the number of people getting their first COVID-19 shots. The Health Department said that following…
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South Africa News
New health laws being drawn up to end state of disaster
South Africa is poised to get its life back as the country prepares to move away from the national state…
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South Africa News
COVID-19: 2 411 positive tests recorded in SA
On South African shores, another 2,411 COVID tests have come back positive over the last 24-hour reporting period, a positivity…
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South Africa News
COVID: SA records 1 456 new infections and 50 deaths
The Health Department said that one COVID-related death was confirmed over the past 48 hours. However, the ongoing audit has…
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South Africa News
Cyril Ramaphosa discusses vaccine inequality with European & African Union members
As the demand for covid vaccines in South African continues to rise, the European Union has been slammed for hindering…
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South Africa News
WC Education Dept engaging with Malmesbury school after protest over overcrowding
The Western Cape Education Department said that it had been talking with a Malmesbury school after scores of pupils took…
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Covid-19 Updates
AstraZeneca warns on falling COVID treatment sales
British COVID vaccine maker AstraZeneca on Thursday warned that coronavirus product sales and profit margins would drop this year as…
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