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South Africans and other nationals have been urged to be counted for this year’s Census 2022, which is underway nationwide, Deputy Minister in the Presidency, Thembi Siweya, has said in Pretoria.
South Africa is among six African countries selected as the first recipients of technology from the World Health Organisation (WHO) ‘s global mRNA vaccine hub to produce drugs for the Covid-19 disease, the UN agency announced on Friday.
Former president Jacob Zuma’s legal team is expected to take his arms deal case to the Supreme Court of Appeal after he lost a lower court appeal to remove prosecutor Billy Downer from leading the trial that starts in April.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and his fellow African leaders are attending the 6th European Union-African Union Summit in the Belgian capital Brussels.
High Court judge Piet Koen on Wednesday dismissed former South African president Jacob Zuma’s appeal to the court to remove prosecutor Billy Downer from handling a case in which he is accused of benefitting from a multibillion-dollar arms deal in the 1990s.
Police Minister Bheki Cele has dismissed speculation that is South Africa facing a security threat due to challenges being encountered by some of the country’s security services.
Chinese technology giant Huawei Technologies was on Monday taken to court by the South African government over allegations that it violated the country’s labour laws by employing more foreigners than locals.
South Africa has extended the National State of Disaster to 15 March, with Cabinet announcing that this will be the last time it will do so after President Cyril Ramaphosa last week announced plans to end the emergency which was imposed two years ago.
The South African government will end the National State of Disaster soon as the country entered a new phase in its management of the coronavirus pandemic, President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a billion-dollar infrastructure programme cutting across several sectors as part of efforts to revive the economy and improve livelihoods.