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Bill Gates: It's not too early to think about the next pandemic
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation released its annual letter on Wednesday, highlighting access to vaccines for all, as well as Africa's ability to deal with healthcare crises.
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Teacher unions fuming after R430m spent by GDE on decontaminating schools
A report compiled by the department shows a whopping R430 million was spent on decontaminating schools between June and August last year.
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CT musicians scramble to make ends meet as lockdown continues
The arts and culture sector in the Western Cape has lost more than R58 million since March. This as the COVID-19 lockdown has shutdown theatres and other venues.
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KZN Health Dept already training healthcare workers to handle COVID-19 vaccine
The first batch of the AstraZeneca vaccines are expected to arrive in the country this week from India.
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Heads must roll: Committee wants answers on GDE decontamination expenditure
A report has revealed that more than R430 million was paid to service providers between June and August last year on sanitising schools.
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Job losses in hospitality, alcohol sectors a concern as lockdown grinds on
The Restaurant Association of South Africa has urged South Africans to support eateries during these tough times.
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COVID-19 battered tourism sector hopes equity fund will provide major boost
The Tourism Equity Fund is aimed at drawing more black entrepreneurs into a sector ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic and shutdown.
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SA's COVID-19 death toll rises to 41,797 as 6,000 new infections recorded
The country's recovery rate stands at 88%, meaning that 1,254,000 have recuperated.
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DA calls on Makhura to take action against Lesufi
A report has revealed that more than R430 million was spent on decontaminating schools between June and August.
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Ramaphosa launches Tourism Equity Fund to revive COVID-hit industry
The fund has been established by the Tourism department and Small Enterprise Finance Agency and will provide a combination of debt finance and grant funding to facilitate equity acquisition as well as new project development in the tourism sector by black entrepreneurs.
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Dior, Chanel turn to arthouse directors for online fashion week
In these uncertain times, the fashion world needs a touch of magic more than ever and Dior drafted in Italian director Matteo Garrone for their latest collection inspired by tarot cards.
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IOC wants 'safe and secure' Games, outlines vaccine stance
The statement from the IOC came on the eve of its executive board meeting on Wednesday when Tokyo will be on the agenda.
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KZN health dept: We still have no clarity on COVID vaccine rollout
But KwaZulu-Natal’s Health Department head doctor Sandile Tshabalala has told the province’s health portfolio committee that staff members will be ready once the plan has been shared.
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Lesufi calls for probe after R431mln spent on disinfecting GP schools
An investigation by 'Daily Maverick' brought to light a report by the department revealing that more than R430 million was spent on decontaminating schools between June and August last year.
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Restaurant association wants alcohol sales ban lifted
Members are back at the Union Buildings in Pretoria staging a peaceful protest.
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Italy PM quits to seek new govt as pandemic rages
The uneasy coalition that has led Italy since September 2019 was fatally weakened earlier this month by the withdrawal of former premier Matteo Renzi's small but crucial Italia Viva party.
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Thousands arrested in KZN for flouting alert level 3 regulations
This follows multi-disciplinary law enforcement operations launched after President Cyril Ramaphosa moved the country from alert level one lockdown in December last year.
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South Africa turns to temporary morgues as COVID-19 deaths soar
South Africa is the continent's worst-hit country in the pandemic, with more than 1.4 million coronavirus cases and 40,800 deaths.
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AstraZeneca rejects 'incorrect' reports on COVID-19 jab efficacy in elderly
The 'Handelsblatt' economic daily reported Monday that Berlin had estimated the efficacy of the jab among over-65s was just 8%, citing sources.
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Nadal takes veiled swipe at Djokovic over quarantine complaints
The Serbian world number one issued a list of suggestions to Tennis Australia last week on behalf of 72 players unable to leave their Melbourne hotel rooms after COVID cases were detected on their planes to Australia.
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Systems will be put in place to assure no vaccine discrepancies - Gauteng govt
The province said it expected the first batch of vaccines to arrive at the end of this week, with healthcare workers first in line to be inoculated.
