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Higher Education and Training Minister, Dr Blade Nzimande, has dismissed claims that he has wanted the department’s Director-General (DG) Gwebinkundla Qonde to leave the department since 2019. The claims follows the precautionary suspension of Qonde, pending a forensic investigation into the National Skills Fund (NSF). “The decision to... See more- There were 215 066 people who received their COVID-19 vaccine, while the country detected 13 751 new cases on Thursday. According to the Department of Health, this means the country has now administered 7 297 913 jabs since the start of the rollout programme in South Africa. In addition, the number of adults that have been fully vaccin... See more
- Sport, Arts and Culture Minister, Nathi Mthethwa, has congratulated Tatjana Schoenmaker for scooping South Africa’s first gold medal of the Tokyo Games in the women’s 200m breaststroke in a world record on Friday morning. The 24-year-old South African smashed the 2:19.11 world record held by Denmark’s Rikke Moller Pedersen since 2013. ... See more
- Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan has commended Transnet employees for their hard word to have managed to restore full operations at the ports after a security breach on Thursday. Transnet has managed to fully restore operations at the Ports which enables the country supply chain and logistics system to resume normal operations... See more
- President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed his condolences to the families and friends of the people who lost their lives in Phoenix, north of Durban, in the past few weeks. Speaking at the Gallagher Estate vaccination centre on Thursday, President Ramaphosa said the Phoenix matter is being examined. “Obviously, we’re very worried about w... See more
- President Cyril Ramaphosa, who visited two COVID-19 vaccination centres in Gauteng on Thursday, says South Africa is banking on mass vaccination sites to reach as many people as possible. He said he was pleased the province was opening drive-through vaccine sites, where more people can be inoculated. “The object of coming here was to ... See more
- Acting Health Minister, Mmamoloko Kubayi, has reiterated that getting the COVID-19 vaccination is not mandatory in South Africa. This stems from reports of some employers threatening to dismiss staff who choose not to receive the COVID-19 vaccine that is currently being rolled out in the country. “We have been very clear and the Presid... See more
- Government is gearing up to administer over 300 000 COVID-19 vaccination inoculations a day, with an unprecedented amount of doses set to arrive in the country in the next coming days and weeks. The delivery of the vaccines will soon see the country have enough stock for about 50 days. As of Thursday, the country had administered over ... See more
- [More photos] President Cyril Ramaphosa visiting #COVID19 vaccination site in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng. #VaccineRolloutSA #VaccinateToSaveSouthAfrica
- President Cyril Ramaphosa has assured citizens that the country is not going to run short of COVID-19 vaccines. “We now have a much more confirmed good supply of vaccines. We bringing in quite a lot of innovation in the vaccination process, and one of the innovations in drive through vaccinations where people just come, stay in their ca... See more
