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President Cyril Ramaphosa prepares for his annual...

First Take SA ·

2021/02/10

As President Cyril Ramaphosa prepares for his annual State of the Nation Address on Thursday, he is being called to take responsibility for the controversy surrounding the Astra Zeneca vaccine which arrived in the country last week. Cosatu says it reflects badly on Ramaphosa's leadership that government has procured the vaccine that is expiring in April. Again the vaccine has proved to be less effective for the new variant in South Africa.

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4:07

Parliament's Transport Committee failed its oversight...

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2021/02/09

The Commission of Inquiry into State Capture has heard how Parliament's Transport Committee failed its oversight duties on state owned Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA). Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo said he was shocked and frustrated to hear that members of parliament did nothing about corruption at the entity while the company's fruitless and wasteful expenditure bill continued to mount. Furthermore the committee failed to interrogate enablers of State Capture at PRASA. Zondo was

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3:27

WHO to expand guidance to vaccine manufacturers and...

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2021/02/09

World Health Organisation Chief, Tedros Ghebreyesus, says he will meet with the organisation's Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization, or SAGE today. The meeting will discuss SAGE's recommendations on the use of the Astrazeneca COVID19 vaccine. This comes as a recent study revealed that there was minimum protection in mild to moderate infections of the 501y.v2 strain - which was first identified in South Africa. Ghebreyesus says the organisation will expand guidance to vaccine

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4:24

All Medical Aid schemes in South Africa will be...

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2021/02/08

All Medical Aid schemes in South Africa will be covering the cost of the COVID-19 vaccine for their members. This comes after South Africa's Council for Medical Schemes or CMS added the Covid-19 vaccine to its list of Prescribed Minimum Benefits.

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4:57

Vaccine only offers limited protection against mild...

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2021/02/08

Health minister, Zweli Mkhize says they have chosen the AstraZeneca vaccine due to promising results and its flexibility. Mkhize was speaking during a virtual media briefing last night. The briefing follows AstraZeneca's announcement that its vaccine only offers limited protection against mild disease caused by the variant that has been discovered in South Africa. South Africa has already bought one-point-five million doses of the vaccine from the Serum Institute in India of which one million doses

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3:18

Many households are struggling to repay their loans

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2021/02/05

Many households are struggling to repay their loans, and unsecured debt is on average 32 percent higher than it was five years ago. According to the DebtBusters' fourth quarter Debt Index released YESTERDAY (Thursday 4 February), debt -to-income ratio is at 130 percent. This is its highest level in years as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and the measures implemented to curb the spread of the virus. Head of Debtbusters, Benay Sager, says borrowing has increased by 32 percent to supplement eroding

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3:39

Makhosi Khoza removed from her position as Chair of...

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2021/02/05

Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo has expressed outrage at revelations that four ANC MPs who voted with their conscience were told that they would be disciplined by the party's top leadership. Zondo was responding to the testimony of Makhosi Khoza who was removed from her position as Chairperson of the Public Service Portfolio Committee after admitting that she had voted with her conscience in support of the opposition's August 2017 vote of no confidence against Former President Jacob Zuma. A month

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3:42

After a few years of intense political rivalry, Jacob...

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2021/02/05

After a few years of intense political rivalry and seeking to remove Jacob Zuma from the union buildings, Julius Malema has reached out to the former President. If the EFF statement on Zuma's constitutional court ruling is anything to go by, Malema may be in a bid to persuade the former President to rethink his decision to shun the constitutional court which ordered to him appear before the state capture commission. The meeting is scheduled for this coming weekend.

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4:25

Ace Magashule has slammed calls by the Eastern Cape...

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2021/02/04

ANC Secretary-General Ace Magashule has slammed calls by the Eastern Cape ANC for former president Jacob Zuma to be disciplined saying there is no reason to take action against the former president. This comes as other political parties expressed mixed feelings to Zuma's decision to defy the Constitutional Court order to appear before the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture. On Monday, Zuma vowed not to co-operate with the commission, despite last week's ruling by the Apex Court

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3:06

Some SOE's showing regress rather than improving - SCOPA

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2021/02/04

The Office of the Auditor General has painted a bleak picture about the financial situation of some of the State Owned Entities. The audit outcomes of some of these entities are showing regress rather than improving.

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3:22

The country is losing billions of rand to illicit...

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2021/02/04

Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) says it is concerned about the escalating illicit trade of goods in the country. CEO of BLSA, Busi Mavuso, says the country is losing billions of rand to illicit trade. Mavuso says the ban on the sale of alcohol and cigarettes during during alert levels three and four lockdown restrictions made the situation worse. The South African Revenue Service says it has lost over one-point-five-billion-rand in excise duty as a result of the implementation of the

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2:47

Zuma vowes to defy a ruling of the Constitutional Court

First Take SA ·

2021/02/03

Political analysts say South Africans are interested in what happened during the Jacob Zuma administration and care-less about his defiance and questioning credibility of the State Capture Commission. In a bombshell statement on Monday, Zuma vowed to defy a ruling of the Constitutional Court compelling him to appear before the commission and answer questions posed to him. He said he will not cooperate with the commission daring them to arrest him if they so wish.

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1:51

Ford invests 15-point-8-billion-rand into the South...

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2021/02/03

President Cyril Ramaphosa says the Ford Motor Company's latest 15-point-8-billion-rand investment into the South African economy is a show of confidence in the country's potential. This after Ford Motor South Africa revealed that it would be investing one-billion-dollars into the expansion and development of its assembly plant in Silverton. The investment is expected to create eight to ten thousand new job opportunities in the surrounding community. Ramaphosa was addressing the media during an

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2:14

Heavy rain continues to cause havoc in various parts...

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2021/02/03

Heavy rain continues to cause havoc in various parts of Mpumalanga. A number of houses have been badly damaged in Bock-B in the Nkomazi Local Municipality. The Municipality says efforts are being made to help the families whose houses have collapsed. However, they are reluctant to accommodate the affected people in community halls due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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6:23

Front-line workers denounce government's lack of...

First Take SA ·

2021/02/03

Healthcare experts say that community health workers will be critical to the success of the COVID-19 vaccination rollout. The country has now received the first one-million doses of the Oxford University Astra-Zeneca vaccine from India's Serum Institute, that will be administered to healthcare workers from the 14th of February. Meanwhile, the very same front-line workers who remain critical in the fight against the covid-19 pandemic have denounced government's lack of planning in the fight against

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1:39

Most concerns that SCOPA raised were not taken...

First Take SA ·

2021/02/02

Former chairperson of Parliament's Public Enterprises Portfolio Committee, Zukiswa Rantho, is scheduled to testify at the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture in Johannesburg this morning. Justice and Correctional Services Portfolio Committee member James Selfe and former ANC parliamentarian Dr Makhosi Khoza could also give evidence. Yesterday former SCOPA chairperson Themba Godi told the commission that there was a lack of political will to implement Parliament's recommendations. He says most

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6:24

Level 3 regulations of the national lock-down eased

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2021/02/02

South Africans have taken to various social media platforms to express delight at the easing of level 3 regulations of the national lockdown. President Ramaphosa LAST NIGHT announced that all indications reveal that the country has passed the second wave of the covid-19 pandemic. Curfew times have been pulled back now starting from 11pm till 4am. Beaches, dams, public swimming pools and recreational parks have also been re-opened and alcohol sales from retail outlets will be permitted from Monday to

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4:54

COVID 19 vaccination programme will not be compulsory...

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2021/02/02

President Cyril Ramaphosa LAST NIGHT dismissed rumours that the COVID 19 vaccination programme will be compulsory for all citizens. The first batch of AstraZeneca doses arrived at the OR Tambo international Airport from India YESTERDAY. The first one million shots of the vaccine will be used to inoculate healthcare workers amid a surge in infections fuelled by a new variant of the coronavirus. During his address to the nation Ramaphosa also announced that the vaccine will be available to all adults

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3:12

Government hopes to vaccinate 40 million people by...

First Take SA ·

2021/02/01

South Africa's first shipment of one million doses of the India made Astra-Zeneca Covid-19 vaccine is expected to touch down at the OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg THIS AFTERNOON. The plane carrying the vaccine from the Serum Institute in India left for South Africa YESTERDAY (sunday) via Dubai. SA has been the worst hit country on the African continent and has reported the most cases so far. Government hopes to vaccinate 40 million people by the end of the year -- to achieve herd

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3:20

Countdown to the vaccine arrival in South Africa...

First Take SA ·

2021/02/01

South Africa's first shipment COVID19 vaccines from India left the country yesterday and the countdown to their arrival in South Africa later TODAY is on. South Africa has been the worst hit on the African continent and has reported the most cases so far. The country has seen a big surge in infections this month driven by a new, more contagious variant of the virus called 501Y.V2.

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