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UPND government starts paying off arrears owed to retirees
President Hakainde Hichilema has announced that the UPND government has started paying off the retirees who spent many years waiting for their pension.
In a facebook post the President said the 2022 budget, has allocated K2.1 billion to dismantle the...
Health
South Africa stops Covid -19 contact tracing and quarantine
The South African Department of Health has said all Covid-19 contact tracing should be stopped with immediate effect.This is except where infections are picked up in congregate settings and cluster outbreaks.
In an updated memorandum, dated 23 December, the department...
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Zimbabwean president calls for remains of Cecil John Rhodes to be exhumed and sent to Britain
The Zimbabwean president wants the remains of the colonialist to be exhumed and repatriated to Britain.
Rhodes died in 1902. His self-chosen burial place is at Matobo Hills National Park, south of Bulawayo.
Mnangagwa told traditional leaders on Friday in Harare...
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President Hichilema and Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera hold bilateral talks
President Hakainde Hichilema earlier today arrived in Malawi for a one day State Visit. He was met on arrival at Kamuzu International Airport by Minister of Foreign Affairs Eisenhower Mkaka.
President Hichilema then held bilateral talks with President Lazarus...
Health
New Omicron variant is causing mild disease -South African Medical Research Council
A key question regarding the new Omicron outbreak is whether disease severity is similar, milder or more severe than with the other variants, given the large number of Omicron mutations.
Upon conducting a clinical profile on patient admissions associated with...
Economy
Please do not destroy our livelihoods just because the Western world is panicking
The announcement by South African scientists that they discovered a covid variant with about 30 mutations last week led to hysteria in the developed countries.Despite the variant being identified within their own borders, they were all quick to implement...
General News
Netherlands detected Omicron cases a week earlier than South Africa: Dutch authorities
Dutch health authorities said on Tuesday that the new Covid-19 variant was present in the Netherlands a week earlier than previously believed, and checks are under way to see how far it has spread.
The RIVM National Health and Environment...
Health
Travel bans imposed on Africa are discriminatory and unacceptable,African leaders need to find their voice
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Dr.Ayoade Alakija, the co-chair of the African Unions Vaccine Delivery Alliance has described the travel bans imposed on some Africa countries as discriminatory." Why are we locking away Africa? Nobody is locking away Belgium or Israel. This is discriminatory,...
Health
South Africa calls UK red list decision ‘rushed’
The South African government says the UK's decision to place South Africa back on its Red List, is rushed.
The decision followed the detection of a new COVID-19 variant in South Africa with a high number of mutations which has...
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My family and I in 1959 lived at Chasela Primary School in the Luangwa Valley among the Bisa people in the Eastern Province of Zambia in Southern Africa. I was five years old. My father was a teacher during...
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By Nkonkomalimba Kafunda
While it is undoubtedly healthy, right and proper for citizens to take keen interest in affairs of...