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John Magufuli, Tanzanian president elected as an agent of reform, dies at 61 Matt Schudel © Michele Spatari/AFP/Getty Images Tanzanian President John Magufuli in 2019. John Magufuli, who presided over an increasingly authoritarian regime as president of Tanzania and, during the final year of his reign, rejected scientific evidence of the coronavirus pandemic, urging his citizens to raise their voices in prayer rather than cover their faces with masks, died March 17 at a hospital in Dar es Salaam. He was 61. The death was announced in a statement by Tanzanian Vice Presi...

Channels Television   Updated March 17, 2021 (FILES) Tanzanian President John Magufuli has died from a heart condition, his vice president said in an address on state television on March 17, 2021,, after days of uncertainty over his health and whereabouts. (Photo by Michele Spatari / AFP)   Tanzanian President John Magufuli died Wednesday aged 61 from a heart condition, his vice president said, after more than five years of divisive, authoritarian rule capped by his refusal to take COVID-19 seriously.  Magufuli, popularly nicknamed the “Bulldozer”, had been missing from public view fo...

Nzimande’s last-minute scramble to find funding for students has not stopped them from mobilising for a nationwide shutdown.

Around half of South Africa's population is thought to have contracted Covid-19, studies and statisticians say, suggesting the virus.

Daily news update: Zuma vs Zondo, back to school and another blow for Dudu Myeni The Citizen Jacob Zuma. Picture: Pool/AFP/File/Michele Spatari An easy-to-read selection of our top stories. Stay up to date with The Citizen – More News, Your Way. Here’s your morning news update: Click on the links below for the full story or visit our home page for the latest news. A nurse ad...