Coronavirus
CoCT's Vos pleased with scale of local tourism sector's recovery
The City of Cape Town said that this was good news for people working in the hospitality industry including the hotel, airline, restaurant and cruise ship...
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Dubai Tourism in SA to attract more visitors
A delegation from the UAE is currently in the country to attract more visitors and assist travel agencies to boost tourism.
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N Korea declares 'victory' over COVID, says Kim had fever
Kim's powerful sister, Kim Yo Jong, said the top leader himself had been ill during the outbreak, according to another KCNA report.
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China's ex-COVID patients live under 'dark shadow' of stigma
Using snap lockdowns and mass testing, China is the last major economy still pursuing the goal of stamping out the virus completely.
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Wesgro, Dubai Tourism on mission to increase tourism in SA and UAE
Trade and investment agency Wesgro said that it was expecting a boost in tourism with the help of Dubai and a boost for job creation after two years of lockdowns and the devastating COVID-19 pandemic.
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Small & medium sized travel agencies call for more govt support
As the travel industry is slowly picking up its tourist numbers, some small travel agencies are still struggling to get contracts with government.
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After COVID travails, Dubai Tourism coming to SA to attract visitors to UAE
The tourism sectors in South Africa and the United Arabe Emirates (UAE) are on a mission to attract more visitors.
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WC seeing an increase in air travel after woes of COVID-19 & lockdown
The trade and investment promotions agency, Wesgro, said that it was now beginning to see an increase in air travel as people were going on holiday again.
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Sahpra: All reports of severe side-effects of COVID jabs thoroughly assessed
The regulator on Thursday announced that a patient had died after developing Guillain-Barré Syndrome post vaccination with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
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Sahpra confirms fatality linked to COVID-19 vaccination
The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra) has recorded a fataility linked to coronavirus vaccination. #covid19 #vaccine
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Sahpra confirms fatality linked to COVID-19 vaccination
The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra) said that the person died following immunisation with the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.
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Slow start expected as New Zealand fully reopens borders
The final phase of its borders reopening began at midnight local time (1300 GMT) Sunday with the maritime border and all overseas visitors allowed to submit visa applications.
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Sadtu calls on ANC delegates at Nasrec to assess impact of COVID in education
The union says it would like to see the conference call for an emergency fund model, for education, to be set aside.
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It’s not a ‘holiday’: Numsa spends almost R40m for congress
Numsa, which has cash flow problems due to a variety of reasons, sponsored flights for over 1,000 delegates to the Mother City for its eleventh congress - going against its own resolution to spend moderate amounts on such gatherings.
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Biden positive for COVID, symptoms 'very mild'
Biden, who posted a picture of himself working at his desk, tweeted that he was "doing great" -- and apologised for missing a scheduled event in Pennsylvania.
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COVID-19 taught companies tough lessons that they must learn from - expert
Law expert Heineke Brand believes now is the time for big business to learn from what has transpired over the past two years because of the pandemic.
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3 health dept senior officials found guilty for signing off Digital Vibes tender
Deputy-director general Anban Pillay, head of communications Popo Maja and now former chief of staff Shireen Pardesi were suspended last year pending investigations into the R150 million contract.
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SACP's Mapaila urges unions to encourage workers to vaccinate against COVID-19
Mapaila said that a lower COVID-19 infection rate did not necessarily mean South Africans must rest on their laurels as the virus could still be around for a long time.
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16 officers linked to man's death under police custody granted bail
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) swooped on the officers last week and they have appeared in court on charges of murder and assault.
