Phase two of South Africa’s coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine rollout could begin at the end of April. To date, over a hundred thousand healthcare workers have been vaccinated in phase one of the Johnson& Johnson vaccine drive. Deputy Director General at the Department of Health Doctor Anban Pillay explains that the elderly will be given first priority when the second phase is rolled out. “Our target is that we would have […]
Veteran journalist and political commentator Karima Brown passed away due to COVID-19 complications on Thursday. Brown had been in hospital for several weeks and was on a ventilator. She was 53 years old. She was a seasoned journalist, broadcaster and media executive and had worked for SABC, Independent Group, Primedia and eMedia amongst others. Brown's political roots stem from her activism in the ANC and her family. She is known […]
Co-chair of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on COVID-19, Professor Salim Abdool Karim, says government is prepared to deal with the expected third wave of coronavirus infections even though challenges still remain. Last night, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the country has now moved to alert Level one of the nationwide lockdown. Professor Karim says the severity of the third wave depends on the ability of South Africans to maintain adherence […]
The ANC will conduct nationwide pickets against the scourge of racism. They will be picketing at eNCA offices and other centres. The governing party is upset over eNCA management’s defense of the organisation’s political journalist, Lindsay Dentlinger. Dentlinger sparked a public uproar when video footage of her asking Black Members of Parliament to keep their masks on while she had allowed White MPs to speak on the broadcaster’s platform without […]
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says South Africa needs to rethink the current delivery of the curriculum. She was giving her closing remarks at the 2021 Virtual Basic Education Lekgotla, adding that it was both an honour and a privilege to host it. “Clearly, among the critical tasks we must perform with zeal, is the rethinking, repositioning, reimagining of our curriculum delivery; the theory, practice and instruments of teaching and […]
Another 80 000 Johnson and Johnson vaccines has arrived in the country. This takes the number of the total doses the country has received in the first phase of government’s rollout programme to 160 000.Yesterday, President Cyril Ramaphosa said more J&J vaccines will be arriving in the country in the coming weeks, with more than 60 000 frontline healthcare workers having already received the one-dose vaccine. President Ramaphosa was commenting […]
“It is a terrible time in the healthcare system. We are making a strong appeal to everybody in society: please help us to protect our health care system. Everybody must work together. This is real.” This was the stark warning by the head of the Western Cape health department, Dr Keith Cloete, following a sharp rise in COVID-19 infections and the emergence of a new variant which appears to be […]
Amid the second wave of Covid-19 in South Africa, Western Cape health officials have warned parents to be on the lookout for another disease primarily affecting children. The provincial health department this week noted that there have been 35 reported cases of Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) at Red Cross Hospital, with a professor warning that total figures are likely higher. The condition has seen different body parts become […]
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) has said it will be challenging the latest court ruling, which set aside its decision to have two leaked matric exams re-written. According to the department spokesperson, Elijah Mhlanga, the move has plunged the department into “unimagined chaos”. It comes as Sadtu, Afriforum and student representatives had taken the department to court after it set dates for a re-write of the Mathematics and Physical […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
