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Besides the reality that the country doesn’t yet have the 80 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine required for 40 million people, very little planning has gone into how these vaccines are going to be deployed, writes Shabir Madhi.

The 76-year-old, who suffers from two major conditions, was in the hospital again over the past week, but has recovered.

Rock lobster, octopus, white mussels and some fish species have washed out on West Coast beaches as “red tides” buildup in the St Helena Bay region.

The police’s Mathapelo Peters said that given the large number of unlawful weapons found on the scene, the suspects might face more charges.

Facing a potentially hostile US administration, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is trying to break his isolation by mending EU relations, torn by what the bloc views as his bellicose foreign policy.

Alexei Navalny returned to Moscow from Germany months after a nerve agent attack nearly killed him.

China’s economy grew at 2.3% for the year, making it the only major economy to see growth last year.

Security forces block a caravan of thousands that could pose an early test for the Biden White House.

Journalist Hopewell Chin’ono, opposition MDC leader Sikhala and party spokesman Mahere, were arrested on charges relating to “publishing or communicating false statements prejudicial to the state” arising from a Twitter post.

The South African variant of the virus is ‘clinically present’, while a lockdown tries to limit new infections

He has not left his home since he went out to vote in the election on Thursday, and on Friday said he was under “siege” as soldiers and police surrounded his home, preventing anyone from entering or leaving.

Fighting erupted after a man was stabbed in a row between two men from different ethnic groups.

For areas currently experiencing four-hour power cuts.

Tokyo stocks closed lower Monday on profit-taking after falls on Wall Street with US President-elect Joe Biden’s $1.9-trillion stimulus plan largely priced in.

Consol is not yet suspending or cancelling investments, as this will depend on the duration of the ban.

Most markets fell Monday as investors took a breather following a recent rally, though Hong Kong and Shanghai enjoyed gains after data showed China’s economy grew more than expected last year.

Finance minister Tito Mboweni split social media in half over the weekend when he called for young people to be given land leases and for small, medium and micro enterprises to be given financial support.

EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu has again lambasted SA Breweries after it cancelled a further R2.5bn investment reserved for this year, following the third alcohol ban.

American civil rights lawyer and international activist Reverend Al Sharpton has praised the late Bapedi King Thulare Victor Thulare III as an economic freedom fighter for land and justice.

Tributes are pouring in for the late KwaZulu Natal MEC for Transport, Community Safety and Liaison, Bheki Ntuli.

Watch highlights as Levin Oztunalı scores a screamer for Mainz and Marco Reus misses a penalty for Borussia Dortmund in their 1-1 draw in the Bundesliga.

Travis Kelce leaps over the defence for the touchdown as the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Cleveland Browns in the NFL play-offs.

Manchester City were the big winners of the Premier League weekend after Manchester United’s trip to Liverpool failed to live up to the hype in a 0-0 draw.

Prasanna Agoram, who has been a member of Proteas’ think-tank for the past 11 years, has been denied a visa for their tour of Pakistan.

The ‘Spider-Man 3’ actress says roles designed purely to bolster the man in the movie are getting a thumbs down from her.

Rebel Wilson recently opened up about being kidnapped with a group of women in rural Mozambique in East Africa.

Erica Banks’s explicit song has sparked a challenge that is taking the world by storm.

Controversial couple Babes Wodumo and Mampintsha’s reality show, Uthando Lodumo, set to follow the next step in their volatile romance, has been put on ice due to the adjusted level 3 national lockdown regulations preventing them from having their dream wedding.

Apple is considering adding an in-display fingerprint reader in its next flagship iPhone expected to be launched later this year.

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Showmax has begun testing the live streaming of two channels which were previously only available on DStv.

Residents and businesses in Johannesburg may soon find load-shedding times reduced from the current four-hour blocks, possibly to the two-hour blocks imposed elsewhere in South Africa.

Complete plans will be detailed on 19 January by Tavares.

Plenty of new models expected to flood the growing segment this year.

Ambulance service staff in London explain the unique pressures of working during a pandemic.

Kori, from Ripley in Derbyshire, was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome.

Clusters of deaths from Covid in the first pandemic wave showed up in rural parts of Wales unexpectedly.

The chief executive of NHS England is optimistic about vaccinating all adults before Autumn this year.

Scientists have discovered ‘dwarf giraffe’ in Nambia and Uganda. The shortest was 2.4 metres tall, half the expected average.

The world is on course for a “catastrophic” temperature rise this century, the United Nations said as it confirmed that 2020 rivalled 2016 as the hottest year on record.

After rescuing a puppy from a sewerage line, City of Cape Town firefighters have returned to the scene to fix the homeowner’s damaged infrastructure.

An amateur photographer’s aerial photos are gaining attention for this little known “natural wonder”.