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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday his government wants to expand its nascent domestic cannabis industry as it looks to tap global demand and grow local production and exports. Africa’s most industrialized nation plans to streamline the “regulatory processes so that the hemp and cannabis sector can thrive …

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday his country needed fundamental change to revive economic growth. Addressing the many troubles that have plagued the country in the past decade in his State of the Nation speech, Ramaphosa singled out its unreliable power supply as one of the biggest threats …

Tembisa Hospital in the South African province of Gauteng has been temporarily shut down after a deadly shooting, local media reported. Gauteng health authorities said a nurse was shot dead at the hospital by her partner, a policeman, on Wednesday morning. The officer, who had driven to the facility in …

South African laboratory Afrigen Biologics said on Thursday it had used the publicly available sequence of Moderna Inc’s COVID-19 mRNA vaccine to create its own version of the vaccine. According to the Director of the society, Petro Terblanche, the vaccine could be tested in humans before the end of this …

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has received a second report on corruption during the reign of his predecessor Jacob Zuma. The President should receive a total of three reports. The second part was received behind closed doors unlike the first one which was presented on live TV. The latest volume …

South Africa will no longer require people who test positive for Covid and don’t show symptoms to isolate, according to new regulations announced by the government. The country has also reduced to seven from 10 the number of days required to isolate for those showing symptoms. This follows a “substantial” …

South African-American businessman Patrick Soon-Shiong opened a new vaccine plant in Cape Town on Wednesday, intended to help his local NantSA company make COVID-19 shots in future and address the continent’s lack of manufacturing capacity, Reuters reports. The coronavirus pandemic has exposed a global lack of access to life-saving vaccines, …

A 16-year-old schoolboy in South Africa has shot down his classmate and killed himself after an alleged misunderstanding, officials said on Thursday. The shooting took place on Wednesday at Lesiba High School in Daveyton, Gauteng province, as classes resumed for a new school year. Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding …

At least six people have died in flash floods due to heavy rains in the south African province of Eastern Cape, local authorities have said on Sunday. The floods, triggered by heavy rains have displaced dozens of people living in a township to the east of the city. Some roads …

A South African corruption inquiry pointed to systemic graft during former President Jacob Zuma’s tenure in the first part of its report published on Tuesday, after more than three years of investigations involving more than 300 witnesses. The inquiry chaired by senior judge Raymond Zondo was established in 2018 to …