Covid-19 News
Mpox is not the new Covid, says WHO official
By: Reuters 20th August 2024 A World Health Organization official stressed on Tuesday that mpox, regardless of whether it is the new or old strain, is not the new Covid, as... →
Moderna puts Kenya plant plans on hold as Covid vaccine demand slumps
By: Reuters 11th April 2024 Moderna said on Thursday it had paused its plans to build a vaccine manufacturing facility in Kenya, following a post-pandemic decline in demand... →
Gates gives $40-million to boost access to mRNA vaccines in Africa
By: Reuters 9th October 2023 The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will give $40-million, including to a Belgian biotech company and two leading African vaccine manufacturers, in... →
Private sector working with government on multiple work streams to end loadshedding 
By: Martin Creamer 29th June 2023 The private sector is so far working with government on six of the ten energy crisis work streams, for which business raised R100-million to... →
Covid-19 set TB fight back 12 years, but SA still on track to meet global targets – Phaahla
By: News24Wire 20th June 2023 The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has led to significant reversals in the decline of tuberculosis cases, setting South Africa's fight against the... →
Competition watchdog fines Saps supplier R3.5m for 'shocking' sanitiser prices during lockdown
By: News24Wire 4th April 2023 The Competition Tribunal has found a supplier of hand sanitiser to the South African Police Service guilty of excessive pricing amounting to... →
Loadshedding, Covid-19 led to mixed performances for SA courts, says Zondo
By: News24Wire 24th February 2023 Loadshedding, Covid-19 and too few judges had an adverse effect on the courts during the last financial year. Ten of the 13 superior courts'... →
Ramaphosa determined to remove all impediments in way of sustained mining growth
By: Martin Creamer 7th February 2023 The Presidency is determined to remove all impediments in the way of the sustained growth of the South African mining industry, President Cyril... →
Sahpra registers medicine to treat Covid-19
By: Thabi Shomolekae 31st January 2023 South African Health Products Regulatory Authority CEO Dr Boitumelo Semete-Makokotlela indicated that as Covid-19 is a looming threat, the Sahpra... →
Inclusive growth can be achieved with more employment – Ramaphosa 
By: Thabi Shomolekae 26th January 2023 President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday that if South Africa’s economy is not creating enough jobs at scale to support the growing number of... →
South Africa’s overall gross R&D spending not reduced because of Covid-19, reports HSRC
By: Rebecca Campbell 19th January 2023 The Covid-19 pandemic had no discernible impact on overall research and development (R&D) activity in South Africa, the Human Sciences Research... →
