"The vaccine’s job is not to fix pre-existing conditions. These matters should be referred to the Mens Clinic for robust engagement and recommendations," said the MEC.

Hundreds of people were evacuated by boat from an island near Athens as Greece braced for a fourth day of wildfires on Friday with emergency services forecasting strong winds and searing temperatures.

Herman Dormehl says his family is considering switching off the geyser at weekends and taking scheduled showers during the week too, as he struggles to keep up with the cost of electricity.

Covid-19 hospitalisations have decreased in every province except the Western Cape.

China's foreign ministry branch in Hong Kong slammed US President Joe Biden's offer of temporary “safe haven” to Hong Kong residents in the US as “violently intervening” in the city's internal affairs.

President Joe Biden on Thursday offered temporary “safe haven” to Hong Kong residents in the US, allowing what could be thousands of people to extend their stay in response to Beijing's crackdown on democracy in the Chinese territory.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong have discussed efforts to engage with North Korea, including the prospect of humanitarian aid, their offices said on Friday.

The J&J Covid-19 vaccine protects people against dying if they get infected with the Delta variant.

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga apologised on Friday for accidentally skipping parts of a speech in Hiroshima to mark the anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city 76 years ago.

Two Belarus coaches who cut short sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya's Tokyo Games have had their accreditation revoked and were removed from the athletes village, the IOC said on Friday.

For the first time in South Korea, a nursing assistant who suffered paralysis after receiving a Covid-19 vaccine was recognised as a victim of an industrial accident, making her eligible for government benefits and financial compensation.

News media company CNN has terminated three of its employees for coming to the office unvaccinated against the Covid-19 last week, according to a memo sent to staff internally on Thursday.

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A South African children's TV series, designed to instil curiosity in the young viewer to know more about the natural world in a fun-filled way, has won an international award.

A biography of Zimbabwe president Emmerson Mnangagwa released on Thursday sold copies worth US$755,700 (about R11m) on the day of release, the presidency says.

Two suspected rhino poachers were arrested on a farm in Vierfontein in the Free State on Thursday, provincial police said.

The Hawks say its officers have apprehended a Crime Intelligence policeman, after he allegedly collected a firearm he had given a hitman for a planned assassination.

The SABC has removed a clause in its employment contracts dealing with the corporation’s right to intercept, monitor and read any communications of employees.

Getting vaccinated against Covid-19 significantly reduces chances of severe illness should you contract the virus.

Eskom is the biggest polluter and contributor to climate change on the entire African continent. So it might seem strange to think that climate change might actually be what ends up saving the beleaguered utility. Vrye Weekblad reports.

Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke has welcomed a report by the World Bank that the AG office, and that of the Seychelles, were the only two among 118 institutions studied that had very high independence.

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The Health Professions Council of SA CEO and registrar, Dr David Motau, says he will plead not guilty to all charges he is facing because there are no reasonable prospects of a successful prosecution against him.

The case against five suspects accused of the brutal murder of two North West police officers has been postponed, the Hawks said on Thursday.

There were more than 4,000 new Covid-19 cases recorded in the Western Cape, driving SA to 13,777 total new infections in the past 24 hours.

The Supreme Court of Appeal has ruled against a woman who unilaterally removed three children from Thailand and brought them to SA in December 2019.

The risk of developing severe or fatal Covid-19 is 30% greater in people living with HIV compared to those who are HIV-negative, according to a new report from the World Health Organisation.

Unfortunately, due to the current global situation, we are devastated to report that the FIFAe World Cup 2021 has been cancelled.

Freda Staebler has seen patients die, daily. But those nursed back to good health, who get to go home, bring a sense of joy.