According to TimesLIVE South African Health Minister Dr. Zweli Mkhize has publicly stated that he has tested positive for COVID-19. Mkhize shared the news via social media this past Sunday. The news has been disappointing for many South Africans as…
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COVID 19: To Recover, We Must Rebuild Our Fractured Society
This essay is part of OkayAfrica’s SA Reframed series, featuring personal writing from some of South Africa’s best young writers edited by Verashni Pillay.About five weeks into lockdown, I found myself feeling socially dislocated and emotionally distressed. I did not…
Read MoreEquatorial Guinea’s Entire Government Resigns
Aljazeera reports that the government, as well as the Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea, Francisco Pascual Obama Asue, collectively resigned as of this past Friday. Their resignations were submitted to current President Teodoro Obiang and come as a result of…
Read More7 African Countries Commit to Coronavirus Antibody Testing in Bid to Re-Open Economy
Dr John Nkengasong, head of African Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, has reportedly announced a continental testing project in countries that have low test rates. Zimbabwe, Sierra Leone, Cameroon, Zambia, Nigeria, Morocco and Liberia have been selected as pilot…
Read MoreCOVID-19 in SA: A Rich Person’s Hell is a Poor Person’s Norm
This essay is the first in OkayAfrica’s SA Reframed series, featuring personal writing from some of South Africa’s best young writers edited by Verashni Pillay.As a South African TV political satirist, the most common question I get asked during COVID-19…
Read MoreIn Photos: ‘Covid’ is Cape Town’s New Informal Settlement for Those Displaced by the Pandemic
A group of Cape Town residents, many of whom lost their jobs due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, have built a new informal settlement now known as Covid. Despite a government ban on evictions while the country is…
Read More43 World Health Organisation Experts To Land in South Africa as Coronavirus Infection Rates Peak
Health Minister Dr. Zweli Mkhize has announced that a rescue team of 43 WHO pandemic experts will arrive in South Africa. Coronavirus infection rates in the country have reached over half a million with deaths almost at 10 000. The…
Read MoreTanzania Has Made It Illegal to Plan and Support Protests Online
The Tanzanian government has banned the use of social media as a tool for organizing, planning and supporting protests, BBC Africa reports. Under new legislation put in place by President John Magufuli, material found to be related to the purpose…
Read MoreDeep Dive: Protest Movements Across the Continent
This year, although only seven months in, has and continues to be an eventful one across all fronts. While the entire world is collectively reeling from the effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, there have been considerable shifts on the…
Read MoreSouth African Comedian Tyson Ngubeni Leads Star-Studded Cast in Chicken Licken’s Viral Ad
South African fried chicken franchise Chicken Licken’s new ad “Soul Food For A Soul Nation” features the talented comedian Tyson Ngubeni and other young brilliant creatives. The ad makes light of the ongoing national lockdown during the current Covid-19 pandemic…
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