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Thu, 18 Feb 2021 11:49:34 +0200
Eastern Cape health MEC Sindiswa Gomba fired
Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane has fired health MEC Sindiswa Gomba.

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 11:35:54 +0200
Motorsport South Africa announces WRC 9 FIA Rally Star racing tournament
Motorsport South Africa along with FIA Rally Star offers you the chance to turn your online skills into a career as a professional rally driver by inviting you to take part in a series of 12 unique #RallyAtHome challenges using your own rig with WRC ...

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 11:08:03 +0200
'There's no dignity': Parents cause a stink over pit toilets for pupils
Angry parents in Limpopo disrupted learning after removing their children from a rural school with exposed pit toilets.

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 10:53:41 +0200
Another Mandela funeral scandal accused turns state witness
Former Buffalo City metro CFO Vincent Pillay is one of more than 30 witnesses lined up by the state for when the re-enrolled trial resumes.

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 10:52:29 +0200
Learning in a pandemic: An online education executive shares tips
In the darkest moments of the past year, Stephanie Dua, co-founder and president of HOMER, a New York City-based online learning program, turned to early lessons on hard work and optimism she learnt on her father’s almond and walnut farm.

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 10:47:47 +0200
Doctor who did Covid ward rounds with tears in her eyes relieved as KZN receives almost 11,000 vaccines
A doctor at Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital in Umlazi, south of Durban, has told of how staff who had manned Covid-19 wards with tears in their eyes were "relieved" to receive the vaccine on Thursday.

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 10:32:44 +0200
Nasa rover Perseverance on track for daredevil landing on Mars
Nasa's Mars rover Perseverance, the most advanced robotic astrobiology lab ever flown to another world, neared the end of its seven-month, 470 million kilometre journey on Wednesday, on target for a daredevil landing attempt on the red planet.

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 10:00:00 +0200
China arrests scammers for selling saline and mineral water as 'Covid-19 vaccine'
At least 70 people have been arrested in similar fake vaccine scandals in the country so far

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 08:35:45 +0200
Politics plays pivotal role in how the public buys into the Covid-19 vaccine, survey shows
There is a strong relationship between politics and willingness to accept the Covid-19 vaccine.

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 08:24:04 +0200
India to test travellers from Brazil, SA, UK after detecting new virus strains
India will make Covid-19 molecular tests mandatory for people arriving directly or indirectly from the United Kingdom, SA and Brazil in a bid to contain the spread of more infectious virus variants found in those countries.

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 08:05:37 +0200
Researchers urge delay in administering Pfizer vaccine's second dose, cite strong data
Researchers on Wednesday urged governments to delay administering the second dose of Pfizer Inc's Covid-19 vaccine, which they said had an efficacy of 92.6% after the first dose.

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 08:02:23 +0200
Workers trapped after ‘explosion’ at ArcelorMittal confirmed dead: Numsa
The three workers who were trapped after an explosion at ArcelorMittal’s premises in Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng, on Wednesday have been confirmed dead.

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 07:56:34 +0200
Escapee rearrested after being beaten up by community for alleged attempted rape
A 33-year-old man who escaped from police holding cells outside Groblersdal last year, has been rearrested, Limpopo police said on Thursday.

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 07:37:49 +0200
COVID-19 LIVE UPDATES | Johnson & Johnson has only a few million Covid-19 vaccine doses in stock
Coronavirus live updates.

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 07:30:00 +0200
Alan Winde to amend liquor act to curb Western Cape’s 'deadly relationship with alcohol'
Alan Winde says the province plans to change its deadly relationship with alcohol by amending the liquor act.

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 07:15:00 +0200
'Leading from the front'- SA praises Ramaphosa for taking Covid-19 vaccine
13,000 of the 80,000 vaccines were set aside for health workers in the Western Cape.

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 07:05:49 +0200
Yesterday was practice — today the vaccine rollout hits second gear
On Wednesday the hospital did a test run of 20 shots of the 80,000 Johnson and Johnson vaccines which arrived in the country on Tuesday evening

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 06:44:25 +0200
Fewer farm attacks, but more murders on SA's farms in 2020
In July 2020, Zakiyya Ahmedjan Ismail was brutally murdered during a home invasion on her farm in Weenen, KwaZulu-Natal.

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 06:20:53 +0200
Another tropical storm on the way, but it's not likely to have any 'negative effects on SA'
Another tropical storm is on the way this week, but it seems that it will have "no negative impact on SA in the days ahead".

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 06:00:00 +0200
WATCH | Vaccines for Ramaphosa and health-care workers, SA joins Covid-19 vaccination drive
President Cyril Ramaphosa was vaccinated on Wednesday at Khayelitsha District Hospital in Cape Town.

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 21:05:54 +0200
SA records 2,320 new Covid-19 cases, as positivity rate remains low
As SA began the first phase of its Covid-19 vaccination programme, health authorities would have also been buoyed by another day where new infections and the positivity rate remained low.

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 19:37:00 +0200
WATCH | Luxury cars smashed as 40 vandals storm Cape Town dealership
Social media was atwitter on Wednesday after reports surfaced that a luxury car dealership in Paarden Eiland, Cape Town, had been ransacked by about 40 people.

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 19:30:41 +0200
‘Black Africans more likely to be willing to accept a vaccine than white people,' new survey reveals
Black South Africans who don't have matric are seemingly more willing to take the Covid-19 vaccine than white and better-educated people.

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 19:06:23 +0200
KZN health MEC slams DA accusations that she 'instructed' hospital to postpone vaccinations
KwaZulu-Natal health MEC Nomagugu Simelane-Zulu has come under fire from the DA in the province, which claims she gave an instruction to postpone the vaccination of about 40 health-care workers on Wednesday.

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 18:44:25 +0200
Environment department probes sulphur stench causing headaches in Gauteng and Mpumalanga
The environment, forestry and fisheries department (DEFF) said on Wednesday that it would probe elevated levels of sulphur dioxide and hydrogen sulphur experienced in parts of Gauteng and Mpumalanga since the weekend.

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 17:38:15 +0200
Gunmen storm Nigerian school, kidnap 27 students
Unidentified gunmen abducted 27 students and some staff and their family members in an attack overnight on a secondary school in Nigeria's Niger state, the state governor's spokesperson said on Wednesday.

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 15:15:13 +0200
More than 100 games are reportedly coming to Stadia in 2021
Google Stadia wants to remind everyone that yes, it is actually bringing games to the platform in 2021.

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 15:10:17 +0200
Hello! Check out this new Oddworld: Soulstorm trailer
Oddworld: Soulstorm is coming to PC (via EGS) and PlayStation some time around May/June.

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 15:08:15 +0200
Ebola outbreaks in Africa must be stopped, White House says
The Biden administration on Tuesday said everything possible must be done to stop Ebola outbreaks in the African nations of Guinea and Democratic Republic of Congo before they become large epidemics.

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 15:06:32 +0200
Viking survival game hits Steam’s top five most-played
Released into Steam’s Early Access at the beginning of the month, Valheim is currently battling for third place against PUBG and it doesn’t even involve any PvP.



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