South Africa
Crowds clashed with police and ransacked or set ablaze shopping malls in cities across South Africa on Tuesday, with dozens of people reported killed, as...
A sense of continuity for the South African Cypriot diaspora
The Cyprus Brotherhood of South Africa has served its expatriate community for decades, but the pandemic and the growing desire for Cypriots to return to...
J&J to send 2 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to S.Africa by end-June
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Tuesday that Johnson & Johnson would send 2 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to the country by the end...
South Africa wants to return 1 mln vaccine doses, eyes Sputnik V
South Africa has asked the Serum Institute of India to take back the one million COVID-19 vaccine doses the company had sent in early February,...
South Africa’s ex-president Zuma fails to show at corruption inquiry
South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma did not show up on Monday at an inquiry into corruption during his time in office despite the country’s...
Global health officials back Astra jab after S. Africa study (Update)
Health officials around the world gave their backing to the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19, after a study showing it had little effect against mild disease...
South Africa puts AstraZeneca vaccinations on hold over variant data
South Africa will put on hold use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 shot in its vaccination programme, after data showed it gave minimal protection against mild-to-moderate infection caused by...
South African probe finds evidence of political pressure, fraud in COVID-19 contracts
A probe into public spending on coronavirus in South Africa has found evidence of political pressure, price inflation, and fraud in many of the contracts,...
Explosion at S.African oil refinery in Durban
There was an explosion at South Africa’s second-largest crude oil refinery in Durban on Friday morning, a local metropolitan police official told Reuters, adding it...
Father of South African Cypriot wife killer shot dead
The Greek Cypriot father of wife killer Christopher Panayiotou was shot dead early on Monday outside a fast-food restaurant in Uitenhage town, South Africa. The...