South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) nominated just two candidates to run for its top job on Saturday, leaving President Cyril Ramaphosa facing the hea
South Africa has started its mass vaccination drive with the goal of inoculating nearly 5 million citizens aged 60 and above by the end of June.Shots of the Pfizer vacc
A medical staff member prepares a shot of COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination site in Johannesburg, South Africa, May 17, 2021. The South African government has officially launched the second phase
South Africa plans to administer coronavirus vaccines to up to 200,000 people a day beginning around May, the Sunday Times newspaper said on Sunday, citing Health Minis
South Africa has kicked off its vaccination campaign against COVID-19 by injecting healthcare workers with the shot developed by Johnson & Johnson as part of an observational study. /VCG South
South Africa will give the unapproved Johnson & Johnson vaccine to its front-line health workers beginning next week as a study to see what protection it provides from
Medical workers go about their business at a COVID-19 test point in Johannesburg, South Africa, Feb. 1, 2021. /Xinhua Minister for health in South Africa said on Wednesday, the country would v
FILE PHOTO: A medical worker checks the temperature of a local resident during a regional health screening program in Rustenburg, South Africa. (Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty I
FILE PHOTO: Locals line up to get tested for Coronavirus in Pretoria, South Africa, 11 June, 2020. /VCG South Africa’s COVID-19 caseload surpassed the one million mark on Sunday as the county
Photo by Xinhua Africa's total number of confirmed coronavirus cases stood at 2,448,266 as of December 18, according to data from the World Health Organization (W.H.O.).South Africa remains th
South Africa's Health Minister, Zweli Mkhize says there is a new variant of COVID-19 in the country. /VCG South Africa's Health Minister, Zweli Mkhize says there is a new variant of COVID-19 i
File Photo: A waiter sanitizes a chair in a restaurant at the Montecasino complex in Johannesburg, July 3, 2020. /AFP South Africa's Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize has urged citizens to be mi
FILE PHOTO: South African Minister of Health, Dr Zweli Mkhize. /Getty Images South Africa's Minister of Health Dr. Zweli Mkhize denied reports that the country was experiencing a second wave o
VCG Image South Africa's fight against COVID-19 is well on course, but the country may face a second wave of infections if citizens become complacent in the fight against the virus, Health Min
South Africa has so far recorded a total of 603,338 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 3,398 new cases reported over the last 24 hours, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said o
South African National Department of Health on Wednesday welcomed the arrival of experts from the World Health Organization (WHO). The department's spokesperson Popo Maja told Xinhua that the visi
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize assured South Africans on Tuesday that the COVID-19 virus has not been found in breastmilk. Research evidence has shown that the virus is not transmitted through breastmi