Cosatu meets to deliberate on its support for the governing party in the upcoming local government elections
Previously, the government had said people aged between 18 and 35 years would be eligible to be vaccinated only from September
Despite the public interest in the ruling, the commission’s deadline has become irrelevant as it abandoned hope of forcing the former president to testify
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Disinformation — turbocharged by social media algorithms — buries lies and propaganda in ‘facts’.
There’s more than enough to be suspicious about with Big Pharma, but know your enemy
Although South Africa’s variant of Covid-19 does not cause more severe illness, the country, according to the president, must be ‘diligent, vigilant and compliant’
The South African law does not make it mandatory for citizens to be vaccinated, and the same will apply for Covid-19 immunisation. But experts say people still have the responsibility not to act recklessly — and they should follow Covid-19 health protocols
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Steven Brandenburg destroyed vials of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine because he believed that they were dangerous and could alter human DNA.
More people have died in South Africa from Covid-19 than have been murdered. This hasn’t stopped a misinformation pandemic from trying to misrepresent that reality
Exaggerated reports on social media of human trafficking syndicates snatching people in broad daylight legitimate xenophobia while deflecting from the real problems in society
A resurgent conspiracy theory that Nelson Mandela died in 1985 reveals the growing hopelessness in South Africa that rampant inequality is irreversible
Within minutes of the shooting at YouTube offices in California, social media was awash with conspiracy theories
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Following speculation over original wording, US President Barack Obama was on Tuesday sworn in again ‘out of an abundance of caution’.