private army 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.
infant industry 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.
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.
last minute reprieve 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.
Reading the smallprint 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.
antibody hit 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.