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Environmentalists launch tool kit to teach Africa’s youth about climate change

Environment -
The environmental group Earthday.org has been campaigning to improve climate literacy and wants to make the subject compulsory at schools

Africa CDC prioritises full vaccination over Pfizer booster

Africa -
The continent’s public health agency said the latest figures showed that 6.5-million cases of Covid-19 had been reported in Africa, out of which some 867 000 people had died

Do South Africans prefer prayer to vaccines?

Coronavirus -
According to an Afrobarometer survey of 1 600 people, the majority of people do not trust the government to deliver safe vaccines

Africa partners with the US and Europe to reach vaccination goals

Coronavirus -
Avat has secured a donation of several hundred million doses of Covid-19 drugs from the United States, 25-million of which will begin to be rolled out by the end of this week

Riots and looting could cause PTSD among children

National -
The South African Society of Psychiatrists has warned that children and adolescents are vulnerable to post-traumatic stress disorder

Poor government decisions caused Life Esidimeni deaths, inquest hears

National & -
Health officials pushed ahead with transferring patients to ill-equipped NGO facilities despite several warnings

Food drives from Jo’burg support KwaZulu-Natal’s citizens in need

National -
Various charities and private groups are organising drives to provide necessities such as food, toiletries and medicine in areas heavily affected by looting

Violence severely impedes Covid-19 vaccine rollout in KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng

Coronavirus -
Twenty pharmacies in KZN have been looted and damaged, while one was burned down and several others closed their doors as a precaution

Sassa payments at cash paypoints suspended due to riots

Business -
Sassa has suspended cash payments after the cash-in-transit industry halted cash delivery until further notice in response to rioting and looting

People use social media posts to sell Ivermectin on the black market

Coronavirus -
Selling medication without a license to prescribe or dispense it is illegal, and can lead to a hefty fine or imprisonment

Vaccination rate ramps up and registration for people aged 35 to 49 to open

Coronavirus -
More than 191 000 people were vaccinated on Thursday the daily target for next week is 250 00, says the health department

Covid-19 infections soar as 15 African countries now grapple with Delta variant

Coronavirus -
South Africa makes up 37% of the continent’s virus caseload, with more than two-million infections
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