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An elderly patient receives a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, at a clinic at Orange Farm, near Johannesburg. Pfizer has announced that a South African firm will begin producing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine, the first time that the vaccine will be produced in Africa. (AP)

South African firm to make Pfizer vaccine, first in Africa

The move will help address the continentâ€™s desperate need for more vaccine doses amid a recent surge of cases

22 July 2021 5:27 AM GMT

A young boy walks past a mural promoting vaccination for COVID-19 in Duduza township, east of Johannesburg, South Africa. (Photo: AP)

Delta Covid variant likely driving huge infection surge in South...

The NICD on Friday said nationally there had been 18,762 new COVID-19 infections and 215 COVID-19 related deaths...

27 Jun 2021 3:38 AM GMT

Medical staff wearing PPE suits (Personal Protection Equipment) transfers a body of a patient who died of Covid-19 coronavirus into a ambulance at mortuary in New Delhi on May 18, 2021. (Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP)

Sudan bans travellers from India, imposes other COVID-19 restrictions

Sudan's health emergency committee also warned that cases country could top 100,000-mark by mid-June if restrictions...

19 May 2021 7:07 AM GMT

Ever Given, a Panama-flagged cargo ship that is wedged across the Suez Canal and blocking traffic in the vital waterway is seen Sunday, March 28, 2021. The massive Ever Given, Japanese-owned ship that carries cargo between Asia and Europe, got stuck Tuesday in a single-lane stretch of the canal. (AP/Mohamed Elshahed)

Ever Given starts to move in Suez Canal: maritime traffic tracking...

Each day of the blockade could be costing global trade some $6-10 billion, according to a study published Friday by...

29 March 2021 6:17 AM GMT

Ever Given, a Panama-flagged cargo ship, that is wedged across the Suez Canal and blocking traffic in the vital waterway is seen Saturday, March 27, 2021. Tugboats and a specialized suction dredger worked to dislodge a giant container ship that has been stuck sideways in Egypts Suez Canal for the past three days, blocking a crucial waterway for global shipping. (AP)

2 tugboats speed to Egypt's Suez Canal as shippers avoid it

The tugboats will nudge the 400-meter-long Ever Given as dredgers continue to vacuum up sand from underneath the vessel

28 March 2021 8:25 AM GMT

This satellite image from Maxar Technologies shows the cargo ship MV Ever Given stuck in the Suez Canal near Suez, Egypt, Friday, March 26, 2021. A maritime traffic jam grew to more than 200 vessels Friday outside the Suez Canal and some vessels began changing course as dredgers worked frantically to free a giant container ship that is stuck sideways in the waterway and disrupting global shipping. (Â©Maxar Technologies via AP)

Over 200 vessels blocked as 'maritime traffic jam' grows outside...

An initial investigation showed the vessel ran aground due to strong winds and ruled out mechanical or engine failure as...

26 March 2021 5:52 PM GMT

Fresh picked avocados are seen in an orchard at the Afrupro avocado plantation in Tzaneen, on March 10, 2021. - Farmers around the quiet tropical town of Tzaneen are battling a scourge of avocado theft driven by booming global demand for the nutrient-rich fruit. Faced with a growing frequency of avocado raids, farmers have invested heavily in fencing and private security. (AFP)

'Green gold': Avocado craze drives crop theft in South Africa

Thousands of tonnes of avocados have been stolen over the past five years, according to the South African Subtropical...

26 March 2021 5:42 PM GMT

TikToks parent company, ByteDance, has a similar app for mainland China called Douyin that does share users data with the Chinese government, and is available in Hong Kong. (Photo | AFP)

2 Egyptian women to stand new trial over TikTok dance videos

The case drew the ire of Egyptian feminists who dismissed the prosecution of Hossam and Adham

15 Jan 2021 4:00 PM GMT

Theres a security issue too because countries which have already begun rolling out the vaccines have warned us that there is a huge theft of it, so we may not even disclose where it is being centrally stored, Department of Health spokesperson PopoMaja said. (Photo:AFP)

South Africa to store COVID-19 vaccines from India at secret place for...

South African government had secured 1.5 million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from India

10 Jan 2021 7:50 PM GMT

Britains Health Secretary Matt Hancock attends a remote press conference to update the nation on the status of the Covid-19 pandemic, inside 10 Downing Street in central London on December 23, 2020. - Britain on Wednesday introduced restrictions on travel from South Africa over the spread of another new variant of coronavirus, UK Health Minister Matt Hancock said. Were placing immediate restrictions on travel from South Africa, Hancock said, adding that two cases of the highly concerning new virus strain had been discovered in Britain. (AFP)

UK quarantines travelers from South Africa as one more Covid variant...

Hancock said the new variant has â€˜mutated furtherâ€™ than the one that recently prompted the British government to...

23 Dec 2020 4:55 PM GMT

File photo shows a lonely penguin appears in Antarctica during the southern hemispheres summer season. AP photo

Pandemic reaches Antarctica, last untouched continent

Chileâ€™s army announced Monday that 36 people at the Gen. Bernardo Oâ€™Higgins Riquelme Antarctic base have tested...

23 Dec 2020 6:47 AM GMT

Without practicing social distancing, people queue for social grant payments at a post office in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, Friday, Nov. 13, 2020. The African continent has surpassed 2 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 as health officials warn of infections starting to creep up again into a second surge. (AP)

African continent hits 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases

African health officials also worry that the continent will suffer as richer countries buy up supplies

19 Nov 2020 7:54 AM GMT