Southern Africa

Safari Tourism: Paying to Kill | Storyteller

When King Juan Carlos paid an estimated $60,000 to kill an elephant in Botswana, it caused a major political scandal.

A story of a human and an octopus makes its way to the Oscars

Filmmaker Craig Foster said his relationship with the octopus taught him about life's fragility and our connection with nature and even helped him become a better father.

Pfizer-BioNTech updates Covid vaccine efficacy at 91%

The drug-making company says their shot was also 100 percent effective in preventing illness among trial participants in South Africa, where a new variant called B1351 is dominant, though the number of those participants was relatively small at 800.

Billionaire South African Patrice Motsepe to be new head of CAF

Patrice Motsepe, ranked by Forbes among the richest men in Africa, has been chosen as the new Confederation of African Football (CAF) president after a deal brokered by FIFA President Gianni Infantino.

South Africa boosts budget for procurement of Covid-19 vaccine

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni unveiled the 2021 fiscal spending plans in an annual national budget speech to parliament, allocating $688 million for coronavirus vaccines amid recovery from pre-pandemic recession.

31 year anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s prison release

An iconic figure of anti-racism, Nelson Mandela, the leader of a movement to end South African apartheid, was released from prison on 11 February, 1990.

South Africa to use J&J vaccine, open to sale or swap of AstraZeneca doses

South Africa will start vaccinating health workers with Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine in the form of an “implementation study” with researchers next week.

South Africa looks to J&J vaccine as AstraZeneca disappoints

South Africa received one million AstraZeneca doses last week and had hoped to start vaccinating health workers soon but results that are yet to be peer-reviewed show minimal protection against mild or moderate infection from the B.1.351 variant.

South Africa suspends rollout of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine

South Africa’s Health Ministry says the decision is based on a trial that found the vaccine offers limited protection for the more contagious variant circulating in the country.

South Africa to pay 2.5 times more than EU for AstraZeneca's vaccine

South Africa will pay $5.25 for each dose of Oxford-AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine, whereas European Union members will pay just $2.16 for it.

Women only taxi service launched in South Africa as sexual assault rises

Activist Joanie Fredericks' ladies only taxi service launched last week has already received calls from women requesting a ride to work that will keep them safe.

South Africa arrive for first Pakistan cricket tour in 14 years

International cricket was suspended in Pakistan following a terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team bus in Lahore in March 2009. Test cricket was revived in the country in late 2019 when Sri Lanka toured for two tests.