Essa, 36, would often end up either using too much water on her 2-feddan (2-acre) plot outside Samalout city or hiring another farmer to take over the irrigation duties, she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Then, in December last year, the mother of four joined a new government project that uses sensors to allow her…
DURBAN – THREE robbery suspects were shot dead while a security company director is recovering in hospital following a high-speed chase and shootout in Pinetown, west of the Durban CBD. A spokesperson for Marshall Security said officers from their special operations team and police had spotted a vehicle wanted in connection with a spate of…
By Lunga Masuku Mbabane – eSwatini will no longer use AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine, its health minister said on Tuesday, after a trial showed it gave minimal protection against mild-to-moderate Covid-19 caused by the dominant variant in South Africa. eSwatini, a tiny kingdom formerly known as Swaziland that borders South Africa, was due to receive AstraZeneca…
The World Health Organization insisted Monday that the AstraZeneca vaccine was still a vital tool in the global fight against the coronavirus pandemic, after South Africa delayed the start of its inoculation program over concerns about the drug’s efficacy against a virus variant. As concerns rose over the AstraZeneca shot, the United States said it…
In Summary • It remains unclear when elections will be held. • To avoid a power vacuum, a parliamentary resolution passed last year allows the president and parliament to remain in office until successors are elected. The UN Security Council will meet on Tuesday to discuss Somalia’s political uncertainty, AFP news agency reports citing diplomatic…
The new Chief of Army Staff, Major General Ibrahim Attahiru has assured that the war against Boko Haram insurgency as well as other security challenges in the country would soon be a thing of the past. The Army Chief gave the assurance on Monday while addressing newsmen during a maiden on the spot assessment visit…
Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok announced Monday a new cabinet bringing in seven ex-rebel chiefs as ministers, following a peace deal in October aimed to end decades of war. Veteran rebel leader and economist Gibril Ibrahim, of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) – which played a major role in the Darfur conflict – was…
DR Congo on Sunday announced a “resurgence” of Ebola in its troubled east after a woman died of the disease, just three months after authorities declared the end of the country’s latest outbreak. The World Health Organization (WHO) said it had dispatched a team of epidemiologists to the scene of the latest death to investigate.…
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AstraZeneca’s vaccine did not provide significant protection against mild to moderate Covid-19 caused by the variant of the virus dominant in South Africa, researchers announced late on Sunday. The country has now paused its rollout of the vaccine as experts meet this week to discuss the data and how it will shape the country’s use of the jab. The AstraZeneca…