- SA records more than 20,000 new Covid-19 cases, 35 deaths in 24 hours: Of the new cases, Gauteng recorded the highest number (5,850), followed by KwaZulu-Natal (5,134) and the Western Cape (3,655).. Read More at: “Gauteng” – BingNews
- South African officials report ‘much lower rate’ of hospital admissions during Omicron wave: In a rare bit of good news to come out of the current Omicron variant-driven COVID-19 wave, South Africa, where the new, highly-transmissible strain was first detected, reported on Friday “a much …. Read More at: “Gauteng” – BingNews
- Early data suggests South Africa’s Covid hospitalizations are lower in the Omicron wave, but caveats apply.: Researchers warned that the epicenter of the country’s outbreak is more highly vaccinated than others, and that natural immunity is also high.. Read More at: “Gauteng” – BingNews
- SA records 20 713 new COVID-19 cases, positivity rate above 30%: South Africa has reported 20 713 new COVID-19 cases, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 276 529. This increase represents a 30.4% positivity rate.. Read More at: “Gauteng” – BingNews
- PM calls Cobra meeting on Covid after talks with Nicola Sturgeon: Boris Johnson spoke to Nicola Sturgeon this afternoon to take stock of the situation – despite initially knocking back her request for a phone call.. Read More at: “Gauteng” – BingNews
- South Africa says vaccines, prior infection help mildness of COVID cases: JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s health minister said on Friday that the government believed that vaccines and high levels of prior COVID-19 infection were helping to keep disease milder in a wave driven …. Read More at: “Gauteng” – BingNews
- SA remaining on level 1 lockdown a reprieve for battered tourism sector – GTA: The Gauteng Tourism Authority said that it experienced a slight dip due to the international travel bans that followed the discovery of the Omicron variant.. Read More at: “Gauteng” – BingNews
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Madiba made a speech in Church Square in 1964: The Rivonia Trial (where former SA president Nelson Mandela and other ANC leaders were sentenced to life-long imprisonment) took place in the Palace of Justice (on Pretoria’s Church Square). This is also where Madiba made his “I’m prepared to die” speech on the 20th of April 1964.
