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South Africa: Zuma spy allegations could splash Ramaphosa, too

Grandiose spy tales about abuse and rot in South Africa’s intelligence services aired this week, revealing that former president Jacob Zuma’s ... personal spy force was in place before he even became president in 2009.

UNITED FRONT

Africa: AU chair Ramaphosa calls out ‘painful irony’ of vaccine access

African Union (AU) chair Cyril Ramaphosa told a high-powered meeting of regional and global leaders about the “painful irony” of clinical ... trials being conducted on the continent, which is now struggling to gain access to supply.

A syringe with a vaccine is seen ahead of trials by volunteers testing for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), and taking part in the country's human clinical trial for potential vaccines at the Wits RHI Shandukani Research Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa, August 27, 2020. Picture taken August 27, 2020. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

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South Africa: How to grow the vaccine production industry

The issue of vaccine production has become a topic of hot debate following the approval of treatments for COVID-19. In South Africa angry exchanges ... have been spurred by the country’s lagging access to COVID-19 vaccines.

Phishing Alert

Cybersecurity: Companies in Africa need to do more to fight off attacks, says Kaspersky

Telling your boss that your company computer has been phished – victim of a campaign to obtain sensitive information through fraudulent emails ... – needs to be seen as a corporate win, not a danger to your job.

South Africa top stories

President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers his State of the Nation address in parliament in Cape Town

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South Africa: Three scenarios for Ramaphosa’s corruption ultimatum

A street traders' fruit is displayed on a street in Pietermaritzburg

BITTER-SWEET

Can Maersk, MSC and Transnet save South Africa’s citrus season?

Students protest in Johannesburg

The information game

South Africa: Leaks and deepfakes shaping the race for ANC presidency

President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers his State of the Nation address in parliament in Cape Town

deep clean

South Africa: Three scenarios for Ramaphosa’s corruption ultimatum

A street traders' fruit is displayed on a street in Pietermaritzburg

BITTER-SWEET

Can Maersk, MSC and Transnet save South Africa’s citrus season?

Students protest in Johannesburg

The information game

South Africa: Leaks and deepfakes shaping the race for ANC presidency

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SHOT IN THE ARM

South Africa: Ramaphosa makes a move to end Covid ‘vaccine nationalism’

South Africa is to embark on one of the most ambitious vaccination campaigns in its history, confirmed President Cyril Ramaphosa. He is also ... the current chair of the African Union (AU) and is being more vocal about what he calls creeping “vaccine nationalism” on the international scene.

no jab, no joy

Covid-19 vaccines in Africa: Mo Ibrahim and others lament sorry state of access

Sudanese billionaire businessman and philanthropist Mo Ibrahim voiced “shock and sadness” at the spectacle of the Global South being excluded ... from the mass Covid-19 vaccination drive taking place in richer countries.

the beauty in the struggle

South Africa: Jonas Gwangwa – The political musician

Music is not a zero-sum game with only one ‘best’. But if you seek to name one musician whose life embodies the South African people’s ... struggle for a national culture, it must be trombonist, composer and cultural activist Jonas Mosa Gwangwa, who was born on 19 October 1937 in Orlando East, Johannesburg, and died on 23 January 2021 in Johannesburg aged 83.

Ace Magashule, the secretary general of South Africa's ruling African National Congress reacts as he appears at the Bloemfontein high court in the Free State province, South Africa

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South Africa: Ramaphosa rival Magashule plays the long game

The African National Congress has postponed at the 11th hour a long-awaited discussion on the fate of its highest-ranking full-time official, ... secretary general Ace Magashule. Magashule has refused to step down as recommended last month by the party’s integrity commission, consisting of elders appointed to police leaders’ morals, after he was charged with corruption.

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South Africa’s Santam defends position on COVID-19 claims

The Africa Report’s latest article on Santam’s stance on paying COVID-19 business interruption claims has prompted a detailed response from ... the company, South Africa’s largest general insurer.

Empty vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine

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South Africa: Fauci raises concern over Covid 19 variant

Dr Anthony Fauci, director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, says that some coronavirus treatments may be less ... effective against Covid-19.

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