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2 Dec

#COVID19Africa WHO Regional Emergency Director for Africa, Dr Salam Gueye and Professor Anne von Gottberg, Clinical Microbiologist, Centre for Respiratory Diseases and Meningitis, NCID is giving on update on the COVID-19 pandemic on the continent. KB

#COVID19Africa Gueye says 7,5% of Africa’s population has been fully vaccinated - more than 80% of people have not even received 1 dose of the coronavirus vaccine. KB

#COVID19Africa Von Gottberg yesterday in SA we reported more 8000 new cases in the country, most of them in the epicenter of our current beginning of the 4th wave. KB

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2 Dec

The inquiry looking into the July unrest resumes proceedings, Kwanele Msizazwe a community leader from Blackburn village, north of Durban and Rajen Naidoo - Professor for Discipline of Occupation on Environmental Health at the University of KwaZulu-Natal are currently on the

witness seats to give their testimonies on the burning of the UPL Factory in Cornubia. -NM #SAHRCJulyUnrestHearing

The pair is expected to tell the commissioners how the burning of the factory affected the neighbouring communities’ environment health and human rights. #SAHRCJulyUnrestHearing

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1 Dec

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#SFSA2021 The 7th annual Science Forum South Africa kicks off at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) International Convention Centre in Pretoria today @KevinJohnBrandt – KB

#SFSA2021 The event provides a platform for national and international experts “to discuss the role of science, technology and innovation in addressing global and local challenges.” KB

#SFSA2021 Prof. Tulio de Oliveira of the KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform(KRISP), Centre for Epidemic Response & Innovation (CERI) with Stellenbosch University and WHO vaccine research coordinator Doctor Martin Friede are some of the key speakers today.

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1 Dec

#SAHRCJulyUnrestHearing Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu has told the inquiry into the July unrest that food security programmes and grant distribution services were affected by the violence that swept through Kwazulu-Natal and Gauteng. MS

#SAHRCJulyUnrestHearing Minister Zulu – who has tested positive for COVID-19 – is testifying virtually at the South African Human Rights Commission inquiry sitting in Umhlanga this morning. MS

#SAHRCJulyUnrestHearing The social development minister has reported that some storage facilities, where food for the department’s community nutrition programme is stored and packaged, were among the buildings that were burnt down. MS

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30 Nov

#COVID19SA #JnJ Aspen Pharmacare Senior Executive, Dr Stavros Nicolaou, says a deal to manufacture COVID-19 vaccines from a drug substance supplied by Johnson & Johnson, is a big win for the continent. KB

#COVID19SA Aspen will produce coronavirus vaccines branded - Aspenovax. KB

#COVID19SA Nicolaou says “the agreement provides Aspen the licensing rights, the intellectual property, for the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine. “KB

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30 Nov

#BenoniKidnapping Police have arrested five suspects in connection with the abduction of a 28-year-old man. KB

#BenoniKidnapping Tahseen Manteen Kardame, a Moulana (religious leader) was kidnapped outside his father’s hardware store in Benoni on the 12th of November. KB

#BenoniKidnapping Kardame was rescued by officers earlier today. KB

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