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BASIC nations bat for finances from developed world to fight climate change

The 30th session of the ministerial committee was held on Thursday which was headed by Union Minister Prakash Javadekar

S African Reserve Bank seizes R20m from Gupta-owned Sahara Computers' bank

The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has seized almost R20 million from a local bank account of the now-abandoned Gupta-owned Sahara Computers

South Africa has world's most dangerous roads; India in fourth place: Study

South Africa has been ranked as the world's most dangerous country to drive in while India came in at fourth place, according to a research study by international driver education company Zutobi

Biden called upon to support India, South Africa at WTO on Covid vaccines

Lawmakers in the US have urged Biden to support the move by India and South Africa before the WTO for emergency temporary waiver of some TRIPS rules to enable greater production and supply of vaccines

South Africa Legends qualify for semis in Road Safety World Series T20

South Africa Legends entered the semifinals of the Road Safety World Series T20 by beating Bangladesh Legends by 10 wickets

Covid-19 crisis: South Africa aims to vaccinate 1.1 mn by end of March

Addressing parliament, SA health minister also said authorities might have to inoculate more than their original target of 40 million people to reach herd immunity

South African commission seeks 2-yr jail term for ex-prez Jacob Zuma

South Africa's Commission of Inquiry into State Capture has asked the country's highest judiciary body to jail former president Jacob Zuma for two years for contempt of court

S Africa to sell Astra shots bought from India to African Union countries

South Africa will sell the one million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine it bought from India to its sister countries in the African Union, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has said. Mkhize spoke on Wednesday after he and President Cyril Ramaphosa joined 18 health care workers in Cape Town to receive the first Johnson & Johnson vaccines to boost confidence in the country's vaccination programme. These new vaccines replaced the old ones delivered by the Serum Institute of India after it was found that they offered limited efficacy against the new variant of coronavirus that has emerged in South Africa. A million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine were delivered to South Africa from India last month and a further 500,000 were due to be delivered this month to be used in the first phase of rolling it out to health care and other priority workers. But South Africa decided against starting the first phase of its vaccine rollout using those vaccines after studies showed that it had ...

South Africa's Renergen to start making ultra-cold Covid vaccine storage

South African natural gas and helium producer Renergen will start production of its helium powered ultra-cold mobile freezer in the next few days

J&J's vaccine implementation study in South Africa gets regulator nod

South Africa has yet to launch its Covid-19 vaccination programme and the government has decided to go with the J&J dose

S.Africa's Eskom to spin off transmission business by end-2021: CEO

President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a plan to divide the cash-strapped utility into three units in 2019, but the process has stalled and nationwide blackouts have continued

South Africa captain Klaasen says coronavirus 'hit me quite hard'

"COVID hit me quite hard," Klaasen said in an online new conference in Lahore on Tuesday, on the eve of a three-match Twenty20 series against Pakistan

UK, EU nations rally behind Astra jab after South Africa halts roll-out

South Africa looks to J&J vaccine

Top headlines: PM blasts 'foreign interference', SA puts vaccine on hold

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South Africa puts AstraZeneca vaccinations on hold over variant data

Prior to widespread circulation of the more contagious variant, the vaccine was showing efficacy of around 75%

PM Modi speaks to S Africa President Ramaphosa over Covid-19 management

Both leaders spoke to each other on Thursday evening with the key focus being on the covid pandemic and cooperation on the Covid vaccines

South Africa receives 1 million Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine doses

Ramaphosa said the vaccine would boost the fight against the pandemic

Greece finds 1st case of new coronavirus strain detected in South Africa

Greek authorities announced that the first case of the mutated coronavirus strain detected in South Africa was diagnosed in Thessaloniki city in northern Greece

Toyota South Africa to produce new model, creating 500 direct jobs

Toyota South Africa will start manufacturing a new model, the Corolla Cross, in the country this year, creating 500 jobs at its production plant in the east coast town of Durban

India to send 1 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to South Africa on Feb 1

After the arrival of the vaccine doses via Dubai, these will undergo some processes for 10 to 14 days, after which these will be distributed among provinces, he said during a virtual press conference