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Contest for South Africa's ANC leadership a two-horse race

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

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South Africa starts vaccination drive for those 60 and older

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

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South Africa kicks off phase two of COVID-19 inoculation

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

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South Africa plans to vaccinate 200,000 people daily against COVID-19 - report

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

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South Africa launches its COVID-19 vaccination drive

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

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South Africa scraps AstraZeneca vaccine, will give J&J jabs

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

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S. Africa to vaccinate health workers with J&J jabs against COVID-19

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

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New evidence South African COVID-19 variant more infectious: scientist

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

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South Africa's COVID-19 caseload tops one million mark

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

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Africa's COVID-19 cases up to 2.44 mln amid warnings of second wave

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

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South Africa's 2nd COVID-19 wave driven by a new variant: Minister

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

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South African minister urges behavioral change in end-year festivities

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

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SA Health minister denies country is experiencing second COVID-19 wave

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

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Minister warns South Africans against complacency in COVID-19 fight

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

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S. Africa's COVID-19 cases surpass 600,000

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

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S. Africa welcomes experts from WHO

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

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No COVID-19 virus in breastmilk: S. African health minister

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