south africa
Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Don’t set bar too high for India’s G-20 presidency
The G-20’s consultative and advisory nature argues against the drama of the “ambitious and action-oriented” programme that India promises
South Africa is marred by COVID corruption
Corruption allegations are raised against South Africa’s historic $26 billion economic relief package
6,00,000 people succumb to COVID-19 globally
While the U.S. leads global infections, South Africa now ranks as the fifth worst-hit country in the pandemic with 350,879 cases
South Africa surpasses UK in confirmed coronavirus cases
South Africa now has world’s eighth-highest number of cases, which represents nearly half of all the confirmed cases on African continent
Most adults infected with COVID-19 in South Africa are asymptomatic cases
Majority of COVID-19 infections are going unnoticed, but enrolment process for vaccine trials has shown that far more people are infected
Oxygen already runs low as COVID-19 surges in South Africa
South Africa, Africa’s most developed country, is a new global hot spot with 238,339 cases overall
South Africa reports another record daily of confirmed virus cases
The African continent overall has more than 433,000 confirmed virus cases, while South Africa alone has 2,900 casualties due to virus
Poor, war-torn countries are the worst affected in this pandemic
While COVID-19 overwhelms the wealthiest nations, one could imagine its effects on countries that were struggling even without a pandemic
BRICS' new development bank provides $1 billion loan to India to fight pandemic
The 'Emergency Assistance Program Loan' to India was approved by the NDB Board of Directors on 30 April
Indian-origin head of S Africa's news channel sacked over racist remarks
Pillay, head of South Africa's largest independent TV news channel eNCA, had called journalist Maseko, a rat heading for sinking ship.