J&J says it nears vaccine licensing deal with South Africa’s Aspen
U.S. drugmaker Johnson & Johnson is close to a vaccine licensing deal with South African group Aspen Pharmacare, APNJ.J, a ...
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South Africa changes COVID vaccination rules to try to boost uptake
South Africa’s health department said on Monday that it was changing COVID-19 vaccination rules to try to increase uptake, as ...
BioNTech to ship “BioNTainers” to Africa
Germany's BioNTech, which together with Pfizer developed the first mRNA vaccine against the coronavirus, unveiled mobile vaccine production units housed ...
CDC says Africa vaccine manufacturing drive is for long term
Africa's efforts to build up capacity to manufacture vaccines against COVID-19 are not designed to meet this year's needs but ...
Report on South Africa’s riot points finger at “state unpreparedness”
On Monday, President Ramaphosa released a report he commissioned to an expert panel. The July 2021 civil unrest killed over ...
What makes young people accept help to stay well: a review of interventions in Africa
By Marisa Casale*, Genevieve Haupt Ronnie*, Oluwaseyi Dolapo Somefun* Anyone who has ever tried to convince an adolescent to ...
South African President Ramaphosa hails Mozambique security mission
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday said there had been "significant progress" in tackling a militant insurgency in northern ...
Prosecutors in South Africa charge parliament fire suspect with terrorism
The suspect in a fire that gutted parts of South Africa's 138-year-old parliament building this month was charged with terrorism ...
South African inquiry points to systemic corruption during Zuma era
A South African corruption inquiry pointed to systemic graft during former President Jacob Zuma's tenure in the first part of ...
South Africa’s Goodwill Zwelithini: King of the Zulu Nation
By Gerhard Maré* Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu, who has passed away at the age of 72, was the longest reigning of all Zulu ...