South Africa’s main opposition Democratic Alliance applauded the 21-day lockdown announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday night to combat the spread of Covid-19, calling it the right thing to do in a situation similar to war time. The smaller, but influential Economic Freedom Fighters noted the lockdown from midnight[…]
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday announced a $1bn cut in American aid to Afghanistan after he failed to convince Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his political foe to end a feud that has helped jeopardise a US-led peace effort. The United States also is prepared to cut[…]
The South African National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) has welcomed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s historic speech on Monday night announcing a lockdown from midnight on Thursday, 26 March until midnight on 16 April. Ramaphosa made the dramatic announcement of a three-week national shutdown as part of wide-ranging interventions to combat the spread[…]
Questions around the processes for the burial of Muslim coronavirus patients have been raised, bringing to the fore a range of important issues from an Islamic and health perspective. As it stands South Africa has 402 confirmed cases of Covid-19. Gauteng has the highest cases of the virus and the Western[…]
The reality of Covid-19 on South Africa’s weak economy is devastating. So says Abdul Aziz Davids, head of research at Kagiso Asset Management, commenting on the financial pinch being felt on small and medium businesses in the wake of the coronavirus. Currently, South Africa has 402 confirmed cases of Covid-19[…]
Authorities in India have placed more than 80 districts across the country under stringent lockdown after cases of coronavirus were detected from those areas, as the world’s second-most populous nation stepped up measures to halt the spread of the pandemic. “State governments will issue orders allowing only essential services to[…]
No loadshedding was expected this week, but South African power utility, Eskom, warned on Sunday that the possibility that loadshedding may be implemented remained high. “Eskom does not expect to implement loadshedding during the week, but the possibility that loadshedding may be implemented remains. The system remains constrained and vulnerable,”[…]
Uganda ministry of health has confirmed its first case of coronavirus (Covid-19). Minister of health in Uganda Jane Ruth Aceng said the confirmed case is a 36-year-old Ugandan man who arrived from Dubai on Saturday. Aceng said the confirmed case presented with high fever and poor appetite. “He is not[…]
Jordan’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorised physicians to use hydroxychloroquine along with an antiviral medicine as a treatment for COVID-19 in patients in an advanced stage of the disease. A recent French study has shown hydroxychloroquine, a malaria treatment that has been in use around the world for decades,[…]
One local businessman has opted to help the elderly community of Cape Town with coronavirus care packages, because he says, they will suffer the most. The Mr Cheap wholesaler in Lansdowne opens at 09:00, but pensioners from surrounding communities start queuing here from as early as 08:30 already, waiting patiently[…]
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