South Africa hits out as travel bans gain pace
Johannesburg – More African countries on Monday joined the rush to suspend air links with the south of the... Read more
30 Nov, 2021
Covid variant Omicron ‘not a cause for panic’, says Joe Biden
Washington – President Joe Biden on Monday told Americans not to “panic” over the newly identified Covid variant Omicron and... Read more
30 Nov, 2021
Stranded Munster set to return home from South Africa
Johannesburg – The Munster rugby team, stranded in South Africa after a member of the travelling party contracted Covid-19, have... Read more
30 Nov, 2021
Rwanda bans flights with southern Africa over Covid fears
Nairobi – Rwanda has barred direct flights to and from nine countries in southern Africa, joining a growing list of... Read more
29 Nov, 2021
China leader promises Africa 1 billion Covid vaccine doses
Diamniadio – China’s president Xi Jinping on Monday pledged to offer one billion Covid vaccine doses to Africa, in a... Read more
29 Nov, 2021
South Africa says travel ban by African nations ‘regrettable, sad’
Johannesburg – South Africa on Monday said it was “regrettable… (and) sad” that fellow African nations had joined a... Read more
29 Nov, 2021
South Africa could top 10 000 daily Covid cases this week, says epidemiologist
Johannesburg – The newly-discovered Omicron variant is likely to fuel a surge in South Africa’s coronavirus cases that could see... Read more
29 Nov, 2021
Botswana detects 19 cases of the new Covid variant
Gaborone – Botswana, the only African country outside South Africa to have reported Omicron cases, said on Sunday it had... Read more
29 Nov, 2021
Keep borders open as we tackle new Covid variant, says WHO
Brazzaville – The head of the World Health Organisation in Africa on Sunday urged countries to follow the science rather... Read more
29 Nov, 2021
Cyril Ramaphosa wants ‘urgent’ lifting of travel bans
Johannesburg – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday called on countries to “immediately and urgently” reverse scientifically “unjustified”... Read more
29 Nov, 2021
