Rights groups hail jailing of South Africa's ex-leader Zuma
NKANDLA, South Africa (AP) — Human rights groups welcomed the imprisonment Thursday of former South African President Jacob Zuma, who began serving a 15-month sentence for defying a court order to testify at a judicial commission investigating allegations of widespread corruption during his 2009-18 tenure.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Rights groups hail jailing of South Africa's ex-leader Zuma
NKANDLA, South Africa (AP) — Human rights groups welcomed the imprisonment Thursday of former South African President Jacob Zuma, who began serving a 15-month sentence for defying a court order to testify at a judicial commission investigating allegations of widespread corruption during his 2009-18 tenure.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Rights groups hail jailing of South Africa's ex-leader Zuma
NKANDLA, South Africa (AP) — Human rights groups welcomed the imprisonment Thursday of former South African President Jacob Zuma, who began serving a 15-month sentence for defying a court order to testify at a judicial commission investigating allegations of widespread corruption during his 2009-18 tenure.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Rights groups hail jailing of South Africa's ex-leader Zuma
NKANDLA, South Africa (AP) — Human rights groups welcomed the imprisonment Thursday of former South African President Jacob Zuma, who began serving a 15-month sentence for defying a court order to testify at a judicial commission investigating allegations of widespread corruption during his 2009-18 tenure.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Rights groups hail imprisonment of South Africa's ex-leader
NKANDLA, South Africa (AP) — Human rights groups have welcomed the imprisonment of former South African President Jacob Zuma, who on Thursday began serving a 15-month prison sentence for contempt of court after handing himself over to police minutes before a midnight deadline.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
South Africa struggles with post-holiday spike in COVID-19
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa is struggling to cope with a spike in COVID-19 cases that has already overwhelmed many hospitals, as people returning from widespread holiday travel have spread the country's more infectious coronavirus variant.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
South Africa struggles with post-holiday spike in COVID-19
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa is struggling to cope with a spike in COVID-19 cases that has already overwhelmed many hospitals, as people returning from widespread holiday travel have spread the country's more infectious coronavirus variant.
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3 nabbed at Johannesburg airport with gold in carry-on bags
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African police are investigating a possible international gold smuggling syndicate after three suspects were arrested at O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg with gold bars weighing 73.5 kilograms (162 pounds) in their carry-on luggage.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
South Africans swap firecrackers for candles amid pandemic
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Many South Africans swapped firecrackers for candles to mark New Year’s Eve amid COVID-19 restrictions including a nighttime curfew.
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As South Africa's virus spikes, president bans liquor sales
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa reimposed a ban on alcohol sales and ordered the closure of all bars Monday as part of new restrictions to help the country battle a resurgence of the coronavirus, including a new variant.
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As South Africa's virus spikes, doctors urge alcohol ban
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — With a new surge pushing South Africa’s cumulative virus cases above 1 million, the country’s doctors are urging the government to return to tighter restrictions on social gatherings and the sales of alcohol to slow the spread of the disease.
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New strain of COVID-19 is driving South Africa's resurgence
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Top official of South Africa's ruling ANC urged to step down
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The secretary-general of South Africa's ruling party, the African National Congress, may be forced to step down after the party’s integrity commission recommended that he be suspended because he has been charged with corruption.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
South Africa closes beaches to fight resurgence of COVID-19
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced the closure of many of the country's beaches throughout the festive season to fight a resurgence of new COVID-19 infections.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Eswatini leader dies of virus amid new wave in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Eswatini prime minister Ambrose Dlamini, who had tested positive for COVID-19, has died, the government has announced.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
South Africa sees sharp rise in virus, part of African wave
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa is seeing a dramatic rise in COVID-19 cases and bracing for increased hospitalizations and deaths, said the country’s health minister Zweli Mkhize.
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South Africa says yearend school parties are superspreaders
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa has identified yearend school parties as COVID-19 superspreader events and ordered all students who have attended them to immediately go into a 10-day quarantine.
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On World AIDS Day, South Africa finds hope in new treatment
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Health officials are hoping that new, long-acting drugs to help prevent HIV infection will be a turning point for the fight against a global health threat that’s been eclipsed by the coronavirus pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
South Africa judge files criminal complaint against ex-prez
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African judge said he will file a criminal complaint against former South African president Jacob Zuma after he staged a dramatic walkout while attending a commission of inquiry looking into corruption during his tenure from 2009 to 2018.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Former South Africa president testifies before commission
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) — Former South African president Jacob Zuma appeared Monday before a state commission investigating serious allegations of corruption during his tenure as head of state from 2009 to 2018. It is the first time that Zuma has appeared before the commission since he abandoned his testimony …
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South African ruling party official charged with corruption
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A top official of South Africa's ruling party, the African National Congress, has been charged with 21 counts of fraud and corruption, a significant step in President Cyril Ramaphosa's drive against graft in the country.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
South Africa reopens to foreign travelers amid virus creep
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — In an effort to revive its tourism industry, South Africa has opened up international travel to visitors from all countries, President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced.
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Blacks and whites clash at South African school incident
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has called for restraint Tuesday following clashes at an anti-racism protest outside a school in Cape Town.
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Pangolin patrol: Volunteer team rescues endangered animals
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The traumatized pangolins arrive at a Johannesburg wildlife clinic emaciated and badly injured. They are the lucky ones. Rescued from poachers, they will survive thanks to a dedicated team of volunteers who tend their wounds, feed them and coax them back to health.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
South African firm and Johnson & Johnson strike vaccine deal
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African pharmaceutical firm Aspen Pharmacare has announced a deal with U.S. firm Johnson & Johnson to manufacture its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, if it is approved in South Africa and internationally.
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South Africa's largest opposition party elects white leader
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South Africa's president in quarantine as virus cases rise
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has announced he has gone into quarantine after coming into contact with a dinner guest who has tested positive for COVID-19.
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South Africa's health minister gets COVID-19, as cases rise
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Racial tensions rise in South Africa over farm killing
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South Africa extends relief grants to help poor amid virus
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Thursday that his government will extend relief grants to 6 million of the country’s unemployed who have been hurt by the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 outbreak.
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'Go home!' South Africa has 1st death as lockdown begins
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa announced its first death from the coronavirus Friday as the country's cases rose well above 1,000 and a three-week lockdown began, with military patrolling and police screaming at the homeless on quiet streets.
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‘Go home!’ South Africa has 1st deaths as lockdown begins
Anxiety is especially high among low-income South Africans squeezed into crowded townships with limited water supplies
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Anxiety is especially high among low-income South Africans squeezed into crowded townships with limited water supplies
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa announced its first deaths from the coronavirus Friday as the country’s cases rose above 1,000 and a three-week lockdown began, with military patrolling and police screaming at the homeless on quiet streets.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
'Terrified' South Africa nears lockdown; cases almost 1,000
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's president appeared in full military uniform for the first time since the end of apartheid and told troops to be a “force of kindness” as a three-week lockdown begins at midnight and they ensure that 57 million people stay home. The mission is the "most …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Africa cases over 2,000 as South Africa rushes into lockdown
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Customers started behaving oddly about a week ago, visibly dejected street vendor Frank Mojapelo said. Some were wary to exchange cash. Some backed away, or refused to touch him.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
South Africa to go into nationwide lockdown from Thursday
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa, Africa's most industrialized economy and a nation of 57 million people, will to go into a nationwide lockdown for 21 days starting Thursday to try to contain the spread of the new coronavirus, the president said Monday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
New Africa coronavirus crisis looms with internal spread
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The coronavirus has now been confirmed in at least 30 of Africa’s 54 countries, officials said Monday, and regional power South Africa warned of a new crisis once the virus begins to spread at home and into crowded low-income communities.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
