Tag: South Africa

• Saturday, July 17th 2021 - 08:00 UTC

  South African President says last week's attempted insurrection has failed

  

  Last week's wave of unrest and massive looting all across South Africa, which has left 212 people dead and 2,524 under arrest, was an “attempted insurrection” which “has failed” to achieve its goals, President Cyril Ramaphosa said Friday.

• Wednesday, July 14th 2021 - 08:03 UTC

  Riots in South Africa since last week leave at least 72 dead

  

  South Africa has been since last week going through a wave of riots and looting which has already left 72 people dead and 1,234 detainees, it was reported Tuesday.

• Tuesday, May 11th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Cases of South African and Indian coronavirus strains detected in Argentina

  

  Argentine health authorities Monday reported having detected the presence of the South African and Indian strains of the coronavirus in travelers who have arrived into the country over the past few days.

• Thursday, March 11th 2021 - 09:44 UTC

  Rich countries block a Covid-19 vaccines patent rights waiver

  

  The rich members of the World Trade Organization blocked a push by over 80 developing countries on Wednesday to waive patent rights in an effort to boost the production of Covid-19 vaccines for poor nations.

• Friday, January 15th 2021 - 08:44 UTC

  Urgent meeting of WHO emergency committee to address South Africa, Britain and Amazon Covid-19 variants

  

  The World Health Organization's emergency committee met on Thursday, two weeks ahead of schedule to discuss the new coronavirus variants from South Africa and Britain that have rapidly spread to at least 50 countries and sparked widespread alarm.

• Friday, November 27th 2020 - 09:32 UTC

  Killer whales seem to have scared away great white sharks from Cape Town waters

  

  Killer whales are likely responsible for the disappearance of great white sharks from the waters of Cape Town, South Africa — a popular destination to go cage diving, according to a new South African government report.

• Thursday, July 30th 2020 - 07:38 UTC

  South Africa and Saudi Arabia open their markets to Paraguayan beef

  

  After a ten-year hiatus, the South African Department of Agriculture announced the opening of the market for Paraguayan abattoirs to export beef and meat products. According to the Paraguayan foreign ministry, the reopening of this market by the African country was possible through joint work with the Animal Health and Quality Service (Senacsa).

• Friday, September 27th 2019 - 09:51 UTC

  Twenty countries sign an agreement to stop spread of fake news

  

  Twenty countries, including France, Britain, and India, signed an agreement at the UN on Thursday that aims to stop the spread of fake news online. The signatories, which also included South Africa and Canada, committed to promoting “independently reported, diverse and reliable” information on the internet, under an accord initiated by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), a press freedom watchdog.

• Tuesday, March 12th 2019 - 08:10 UTC

  South African diver experiences “a whale of a time” but survives

  

   A diver who ended up trapped in the mouth of a massive whale joked that he didn't have “a whale of a time” but called the unique encounter “a very special event.” 

Rainer Schimpf, 51, was diving off the coast of South Africa with a documentary crew in February when the breaching whale reached the surface, its mouth wide open. 

• Thursday, February 14th 2019 - 09:23 UTC

  Falklands' king penguins among the top wildlife photos of the year

  

  A beautiful image of two male lions rubbing each other's faces in Tanzania has been crowned the People's Choice wildlife photo of the year. The picture, entitled Bond of Brothers, won the contest organized by London's Natural History Museum after 16,000 nature lovers took part in a public vote.