JOHANNESBURG – African officials say they are working to acquire hundreds of millions of vaccine doses for the continent over the next year and are urging African solidarity in the battle against coronavirus. Africa has seen 3.4 million confirmed cases since the virus arrived last February. Since then, Dr. John

WASHINGTON – In 1614, six years before the Mayflower crossing, English explorer John Smith led two ships to survey the New England coast. As he described in his “Historie of New England,” Smith left shipmaster Thomas Hunt behind to fish and trade with the Natives. But Hunt saw an opportunity

WASHINGTON – Top U.S. diplomat Antony Blinken has signaled that U.S. sanctions on Iran will remain in place for some time as Washington waits to see if Tehran verifiably stops violating a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers before potentially rejoining the deal that the prior U.S. administration quit. Speaking

DURBAN – A 64-year-old alleged drug dealer is set to appear before the Verulam Magistrate’s Court today for dealing in drugs. The suspect was arrested by the Provincial Drug and Firearm Unit yesterday afternoon at his place of residence in Newlands West. In the fight against the dealing and use

DURBAN – Gluckstadt SAPS is appealing to the members of the community for assistance in locating a missing person named Victor Muntukabongwa Nyandeni (52) from Kwagwebu area, Gluckstadt. Victor was last seen on 31 December 2020 at 19:00 leaving his homestead to visit his girlfriend who lives just across the

KWAZULU-NATAL – A 39-year-old suspect is expected to appear in the Amanzimtoti Magistrate’s Court on Thursday following his arrest for an armed robbery which happened at the Amanzimtoti post office yesterday. It is alleged that on Tuesday, 26 January 2021 armed suspects entered the Amanzimtoti post office and reportedly used

KIMBERLEY – On 26 January 2021, the Pixley Ka Seme District Communication Official, Sergeant Luvuyo Poni, Pixley Ka Seme District Health Inspector, Miss Ndodana and members of De Aar SAPS embarked on compliance inspections at the Tuckshops in Nonzwakazi and De Aar town respectively. One Tuckshop was closed for not

PARKTOWN – All communities serviced by Elsburg SAPS Police Station are hereby advised that the police station is temporarily closed for COVID-19 decontamination. The Community Service Centre will be operating from Elsburg SAPS at the back office parking space (follow the direction sign). Members of the community are advised to

NELSPRUIT – A vigorous manhunt has been launched by police in Mpumalanga following an incident where two dangerous suspects escaped from lawful custody earlier today, Tuesday 26 January 2021. The suspects are 24-year-old Sabelo Nkosi, and Njabulo Nsibande aged 27. The duo are said to have escaped at Gert Sibande

WASHINGTON, US biotechnology firm Moderna said lab studies showed its Covid-19 vaccine remains effective against variants of the coronavirus first identified in the United Kingdom and South Africa. But the positive news was tempered by the finding that there was a sixfold reduction in the level of highly-potent neutralizing antibodies

PRETORIA, South Africa is the most affected country by the COVID-19 pandemic on the continent, with 1.3 million confirmed cases and just over 40,000 deaths, according to the latest data from the country’s Health Department. A toll that has been putting the funeral industry under immense pressure, as coffin-makers and

PRETORIA, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa urged wealthy countries to stop hoarding excess COVID-19 vaccines that they had ordered but did not immediately need, saying the world needed to act together to fight the pandemic. “We need those who have hoarded the vaccines to release the vaccines so that other