By Daanyaal Matthews In a monumental agreement, the Republic of South Africa and China have signed an agreement that would see the eastern state provide over R500 million worth of investment towards the betterment of the energy sector. However, while this has been welcomed, it has additionally been questioned by many pundits both regarding what the deal would entail, the logistics of how it would be rolled out and the […]
LOCAL SA is not out of the woods yet and should brace itself for another wave of Covid-19 infections, says a health expert. Barry Schoub, a leading virologist, flagged that the biggest challenge is the low vaccine uptake. “It is very low and we need to increase it quite urgently because we’re not totally out of the woods. I don’t think the concept of herd immunity is realistic. Start the […]
Legal expert Modidima Mannya, says the lifting of the National State of Disaster by President Cyril Ramaphosa, does not mean that the regulations provided for in the disaster management act automatically disappear. President Ramaphosa said during the announcement that the rules on mask-wearing indoors still remain, as well as rules pertaining to crowd control measures at indoor and outdoor events. Mannya says anyone who does not comply with the remaining […]
It’s highly unlikely that you can get Covid-19 from food, a team of international experts on food contamination has said. “Considering that there are to date no proven cases or scientific associations between food consumption and Covid-19, it is highly unlikely that SARS-CoV-2 constitutes a food safety risk,” said the International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods (ICMSF) in a position paper circulated this week. Spearheaded by Pretoria-based microbiologist Prof […]
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.
