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The South African government on Thursday retracted its earlier announcement stating school children were no longer required to wear masks amid a surge of infections driven by two new Omicron sub-variants. The withdrawal came 16 hours after the health ministry…
South Africa on Thursday ended mask-wearing for school children despite a surge of infections driven by two new Omicron sub-variants of coronavirus. Regulations requiring all students to mask up while in class expired at midnight and were not renewed, the…
Tens of thousand of mineworkers at South African platinum and gold mining giant Sibanye-Stillwater vowed Wednesday to push ahead with their wage demands during a strike that began nearly two months ago. The workers are demanding an increase of 1,000…
Two new Omicron sub-variants are driving an increase in reported Covid cases in South Africa, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, stressing the importance of testing to monitor virus mutations and spread. The heavily mutated and highly transmissible Omicron variant…
South African pharma giant Aspen said Tuesday it has not received any orders for its new anti-Covid vaccine despite relatively low vaccination rates and a looming new wave. The Durban-headquartered company clinched a deal last November with US-based Johnson &…
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday acknowledged mounting public frustration with South Africa’s leadership and institutions, two days after miners booed and drove him from a May Day celebration rally. Ramaphosa — a mining union leader under white-minority rule — was…
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa promised Tuesday to improve conditions for workers and the poor, saying he had heard the grievances of miners who drove him from a May Day celebration. The protesters held up placards demanding a pay rise…
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was ushered from a May Day event on Sunday after angry miners stormed the stage where he was due to speak. The protesters held up placards demanding a pay rise and chanted “Cyril must go”…
The latest damning report into Jacob Zuma’s presidency, released Friday, hands him a “critical” role in the plunder and mismanagement of South Africa’s state-owned enterprises during his nine years in office. A special inquiry filed a fourth volume of the…