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January 19, 2022

US tycoon opens Africa’s first start-to-finish Covid-19 jab plant

US biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong on Wednesday opened a plant in Cape Town that will be the first in Africa to produce Covid-19 vaccines from start to finish. The factory should churn out its first vials of second-generation coronavirus vaccine…

January 19, 2022

US biotech tycoon opens Africa’s first end-to-end Covid-19 jab plant

US biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong on Wednesday opened a plant in Cape Town that will be the first in Africa to produce Covid-19 vaccines from start to finish. The factory should churn out its first vials of second-generation coronavirus vaccine…

January 18, 2022

S.African lions, pumas contracted Covid from zoo workers: study

Big cats caged in zoos are at risk from catching Covid-19 from their keepers, a study said Tuesday. Research led by scientists at the University of Pretoria found three lions and two pumas fell ill with coronavirus — and the…

January 17, 2022

Ramaphosa rebukes S.African minister who slammed constitution

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday reprimanded a senior minister after she slammed the constitution and “mentally colonised” judges in a scathing attack that has fuelled speculation about new rivalries within the ruling party. Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu, daughter…

January 17, 2022

Ramaphosa fires warning shot after minister slams judges

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday reprimanded a senior minister after she attacked the constitution and said judges were “mentally colonised” in a scathing attack that has fuelled speculation about new rivalries within the ruling party. Tourism Minister Lindiwe…

January 13, 2022

South African indigenous ‘king’ released on warning

The leader of an indigenous South African group was released on bail on Thursday, one day after his dramatic arrest for growing marijuana outside the president’s office in a years-long protest. The activist, who calls himself King Khoisan South Africa,…

January 12, 2022

SAfrican indigenous ‘king’ arrested for growing pot at presidency

South African police Wednesday uprooted cannabis plants grown by indigenous activists who have camped outside President Cyril Ramaphosa’s office for more than three years, AFP reporters saw. Their leader, wearing a traditional loincloth, clung to a shoulder-height plant as police…

January 12, 2022

New South African task force to tackle Zuma-era graft

South African prosecutors said Wednesday they have created a new task force to pursue the damning findings of a landmark report into endemic corruption under former president Jacob Zuma. After four years of investigations, a special commission last week released…

January 12, 2022

16 burnt to death in South Africa mini-bus crash

Sixteen people were burnt to death on Tuesday when a minibus taxi and an SUV collided on a highway in South Africa’s northeastern Limpopo province, a local official said. The SUV driver lost control after a tyre burst and collided…