World Feb 24 South Africa to spend $712 million on mass vaccination drive South Africa plans to spend $712 million to vaccinate some 67% of its 60 million people to control the country’s COVID-19 battle and get the economy to rebound from its decline of 7.2% last year.
World Sep 07 Southern Africa’s increased food insecurity blamed on climate, COVID-19 The COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with climate change and the struggling economies of several countries, are the main causes of the food insecurity.
World Sep 03 South African health care workers protest, threaten strike More than 100 South African healthcare workers have protested against poor working conditions and urged the government to end corruption in the purchase of COVID-19 personal protective equipment.
Nation Aug 27 South Africa police accused of abuse after teen is killed South African police have clashed with protesters demonstrating against the alleged killing of a 16-year-old boy by local policemen in Eldorado Park, an area of Soweto near Johannesburg.
World Apr 21 South Africa announces $26 billion to help struggling nation South Africa’s president has announced an “extraordinary budget” of $500 billion rand ($26 billion) to address the huge socioeconomic effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
Health Mar 27 South Africa has first death as lockdown begins Security forces screamed at people on the streets after midnight in downtown Johannesburg, and homeless people scattered. But people later gathered in crowded townships, with some drinking and children playing.
World Mar 23 South Africa to go into 3-week nationwide lockdown South Africa, Africa's most industrialized economy and a nation of 57 million people, will to go into a nationwide lockdown for 21 days starting Thursday to try to contain the spread of the new coronavirus, the president said Monday.
World Mar 15 Several African nations roll out measures to fight virus Several African countries have announced sweeping restrictions to try to contain the steady spread of the coronavirus, which has reached at least 25 of Africa's 54 countries.
Economy Feb 13 South Africa seeks more renewable energy amid power cuts South Africans have been outraged by rolling power cuts in the current mid-summer that also have worried investors.
Arts Feb 11 Ladysmith Black Mambazo founder Joseph Shabalala dies at 78 JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The founder of the South African multi-Grammy-Award-winning music group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Joseph Shabalala, has died at age 78, the state broadcaster reported Tuesday. Shabalala died at a hospital in the capital, Pretoria, Tuesday morning, his family…