South Africa unrest hits farming, threatens food supply
July 14, 2021 South African farmers have been hit by days of unrest and looting as trucks carrying produce are prevented from delivering to markets, threatening food supplies, industry officials…
Businesses shut as looting, violence spreads in South Africa as grievances boil over
July 13, 2021 Rioters looted shops and threw stones at police on Tuesday as violent protests triggered by the jailing of former president Jacob Zuma spread across South Africa. The…
South Africa Deploys Troops As Unrest Spirals After Zuma Jailing
July 12, 2021 Members of the South African Police Services (SAPS) aim at looters following sporadic looting and vandalism outside the Lotsoho Mall in Katlehong township, East of Johannesburg, on…
Ex-President Zuma hands himself over to police to begin sentence
July 8, 2021 South African former President Jacob Zuma turned himself in to police on Wednesday to begin 15 months in jail for contempt of court, the culmination of a…
Setting up COVID-19 vaccines hub in South Africa a historic step to spread lifesaving technology – WHO
June 22, 2021 The WHO is setting up a hub in South Africa to give companies from poor and middle-income countries the know-how and licenses to produce COVID-19 vaccines, in…
S. Africa’s President Ramaphosa urges G7 nations to help fund COVID-19 testing, diagnostics, vaccines
June 13, 2021 South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged the Group of Seven countries to help finance the World Health Organization’s programme to boost COVID-19 testing, diagnostics and vaccines,…
AfDB working with global, African stakeholders to articulate 2030 vision for Africa’s Pharmaceutical IndustryÂ
April 16, 2021 As African leaders assembled at a global meeting to discuss the status of local pharmaceutical manufacturing on the continent, underscoring the need to increase local production of…
South Africa’s Ramaphosa Calls For African-Made COVID-19 Vaccines
April 13, 2021 Africa needs the skills and capacity to manufacture its own vaccines, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said Monday, as the continent lags other global regions in inoculating…
G20 leaders urged to provide funds for COVID-19 vaccines, drugs, tests
G20 leaders must help close a funding gap to buy vaccines, drugs and tests to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, a letter from South Africa’s president, Norway’s prime minister, and the…
Buhari, most followed African leader on Twitter ahead of Paul Kagame, Ramaphosa – BCW Twiplomacy report
President Muhammadu Buhari has been ranked as the most followed Sub-saharan African leader on Twitter with 3,121,169 followers. This is according to Burson Cohn and Wolfe (BCW), a global communications…