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Coronavirus | SA Ministers to brief the media on measures to curb its spread
A team of ministers will brief the media on the details of the South African government's interventions to curb the…
South Africans repatriated from China arrive at Polokwane International Airport
The SAA chartered plane carrying over a hundred repatriated South Africans from the Chinese city of Wuhan and…
SANDF to depart for China to evacuate South Africans in Wuhan
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) team deployed to evacuate South Africans from Wuhan in China - the…
China’s ambassador to SA updates media on coronavirus – VIDEO
China's Ambassador to South Africa Lin Songtian hosted a briefing in Pretoria on Friday to update the media on the…
How potatoes and cassava helped Uganda’s Museveni shed 30kg
A diet of cassava, Irish potatoes and indigenous vegetables helped Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni shed 30kg (4…
Can Africa end the curse of sleeping sickness?
Once the bane of sub-Saharan Africa, sleeping sickness is agonisingly close to being wiped out, but only if…
Ebola is ‘not under control’
The head of a medical charity that is at the forefront of dealing with the Ebola outbreak in the east of the…
Ebola victim ‘may have carried virus into Rwanda’
A woman who died this month of Ebola may have carried the disease into Rwanda, Reuters news agency quotes the World…
UK urges for support to fight Ebola in DR Congo
Britain says it will put pressure on other international donors and the UN system to properly coordinate the Ebola…
World Medical Association warns doctors not to enforce Caster Semenya rules
The World Medical Association Sunday urged doctors not to enforce controversial new IAAF gender rules for…