Jul 07 South Africa's ex-leader turns himself in for prison term By Mogomotsi Magome, Associated Press Zuma decided to hand himself over to authorities to obey the order from the country's highest court, the Constitutional Court, that he should serve a prison term for contempt of court. Continue reading
Jun 29 South African court orders ex-president to jail for contempt By Mogomotsi Magome, Associated Press South Africa's former President Jacob Zuma has been found guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to 15 months in prison for defying a court order to appear before an inquiry probing wide-ranging allegations of corruption during his tenure from… Continue reading
May 28 Visiting South Africa, France's Macron pledges vaccine help By Mogomotsi Magome, Associated Press Macron also pledged that France will help South Africa and other African countries to develop the capacity to produce their own vaccines to fight the pandemic. Continue reading
Feb 24 South Africa to spend $712 million on mass vaccination drive By Mogomotsi Magome, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Feb 18 Watch 6:58 South Africa battles to contain a mutant strain of COVID-19 By Chris Ocamringa South Africa is battling to contain a mutant strain of COVID-19 that has now been found in more than 30 other countries, including in the U.S., which has prompted a raft of travel bans on South Africa. But across Africa… Continue watching
Jan 24 Biden to reinstate COVID travel rules, add South Africa By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press The decision to reverse the order is not surprising, but the addition of South Africa to the restricted travel list highlights the new administration’s concern about mutations in the virus. Continue reading
Sep 12 Thousands march in Mauritius to protest disastrous oil spill By Cara Anna, Associated Press Thousands of people protested in Mauritius again Saturday over the government’s handling of an offshore oil spill that has become the Indian Ocean island nation’s worst environmental disaster in years. Continue reading
Sep 03 South African health care workers protest, threaten strike By Mogomotsi Magome, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Aug 27 How nations are going back to school -- or not By Associated Press Governments around the world are taking different strategies toward the new school year, depending on how many infections they're seeing, the state of their health care systems and political considerations. Continue reading
Jul 18 Breathtaking virus numbers show normal life still far away By Cara Anna, Associated Press The World Health Organization reported a single-day record of new infections at over 237,000. Daily death tolls have been reaching new highs in several U.S. states and India’s infections are over 1 million. Experts believe the true numbers around the… Continue reading