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Article content JOHANNESBURG — A South African inquiry into corruption during Jacob Zuma’s time as president will ask the constitutional court to impose a jail term on the former leader after he defied an order to appear before the inquiry on Monday. Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, who leads the inquiry, said there was “no valid or sound reason” for Zuma’s failure to appear before the inquiry, which is probing allegations of high-level graft during Zuma’s period in power from 20...

JOHANNESBURG, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Staff at Hotel Sky in Johannesburg's wealthy Sandton district adhere to strict COVID-19 protocols, wearing masks and physically distancing from guests as much as possible; all, that is, except Lexi, Micah and Ariel.

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/SAFRICA (UPDATE 1):UPDATE 1-S.Africa to start vaccinating with millions of Pfizer, J&J vaccine - Ramaphosa

* J&J, Pfizer vaccines to be used against 501Y.V2 variant * S.Africa's second wave has deepened economic woes * Recovery plan to focus on building...

3 Min Read JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - While Michelle Cerfontyne was completing her medical training last year, the COVID-19 pandemic overwhelmed South Africa’s understaffed public hospitals, so the young doctor thought she would get a job easily. But when she started applying for posts prospectively in September, there seemed to be no vacancies. Since then, a second wave of the coronavirus in Africa’s most industrialised country has far outstripped the first, hitting 20,000 daily cases earlie...

3 Min Read BLANTYRE (Reuters) - Two senior Malawian cabinet ministers and two other senior political figures died on Tuesday from COVID-19, the government said. The deaths followed a cabinet meeting and other gatherings attended by politicians over the Christmas period, but officials did not say where the victims were infected. Local Government Minister Lingson Berekanyama and Transport Minister Sidik Mia both succumbed to the disease in the early hours of Tuesday, the government spokesman said...

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  South Africa has recorded nearly half the coronavirus deaths in Africa, and the continent as a whole is struggling to secure sufficient vaccines to start countrywide inoculation programmes for its 1.3 billion people. “We need those who have hoarded the vaccines to release the vaccines so that other countries can have them,” Ramaphosa told a virtual meeting of the World Economic Forum. “The rich countries of the world went out and acquired large doses. … Some countries even acquire...

Stop hoarding COVID-19 vaccines, South Africas Ramaphosa tells rich nations FILE PHOTO: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa speaks during a news conference after a meeting with his Nigerian counterpart Muhammadu Buhari, in Pretoria, South Africa, October 3, 2019. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko reuters_tickers This content was published on January 26, 2021 - 16:13 January 26, 2021 - 16:13 By Alexander Winning JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday urged wealthy c...

4 Min Read JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday urged wealthy countries not to hoard surplus COVID-19 vaccine supplies, adding his voice to calls for global production to be shared more equally. With Africa struggling to secure sufficient vaccines to start countrywide inoculation programmes for its 1.3 billion people, the head of the international Gavi vaccine alliance meanwhile said the surplus doses that richer countries had ordered ran into the hundreds...