South Africa will be hosting Africa’s first COVID-19 vaccine facility. The World Health Organization and its Covax partners are working with a number of South African consortiums to establish a technology transfer hub. The aim is to boost COVID-19 production and supplies to the continent. African countries have had the least access to vaccines. President …
The South African Government is more concerned with profit. That’s a view from Greenpeace Africa. The organisation has expressed disappointment over a leaked document that suggests the governments plans to reject a proposed new global treaty on plastics. The Mail & Guardian reports the treaty would make it harder to capitalise on the trade in …
eNCA’s senior reporter Siphamandla Goge is with suspended Secretary-General Ace Magashule Magashule will be taking the ANC to court tomorrow following his suspension in May. Courtesy #DStv403
Today marks the all-important start of the teachers’ vaccination program. In Gauteng, the provinces’ education MEC Panyaza Lesufi will kickstart the process by receiving his jab at the Rabasotho Community Hall in Tembisa. Gauteng aims to inoculate more than 125-thousand educators and broader school staff in the province. 46 vaccination sites have been identified. eNCA’s …
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says schools will remain open to successfully complete the vaccination drive. But some teachers’ unions are opposing the move. The Educators’ Union of South Africa’s Western Cape Leader, Andre De Bruyn, shares more details. Courtesy #DStv403
An angry young Gay man has called out President Cyril Ramaphosa for what he describes as putting on blinders while members of the LGBTQI plus community are murdered in the country. In an open letter, Mpho Buntse, a Queer activist and Leader of the ANC women’s league LGBTQI desk – says the horror that’s plaguing …
