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With Delta raging, a highly mutated COVID variant emerges in South Africa
Health

With Delta raging, a highly mutated COVID variant emerges in South Africa

By Antony Sguazzin and Bloomberg
August 30, 2021
Looters take away few items left to grab in a vandalised mall in Vosloorus, on July 14, 2021. The raging unrest first erupted last Friday after former president Jacob Zuma started serving a 15-month term for contempt, having snubbed a probe into the corruption that stained his nine years in power.
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Hungry, unemployed, and without hope: How corruption and COVID launched South Africa’s riots

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July 14, 2021
China is getting its pig epidemic under control, but it’s not out of the woods yet

China is getting its pig epidemic under control, but it’s not out of the woods yet

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July 3, 2021
South African brothers disappear along with $3.6 billion in Bitcoin
The Coins

South African brothers disappear along with $3.6 billion in Bitcoin

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June 24, 2021
How sustainability may play a role in Africa’s economic recovery
Conferences

How sustainability may play a role in Africa’s economic recovery

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June 9, 2021
A worker harvests cannabis buds inside a greenhouse in Uganda.
International

Can weed give Africa’s economies a buzz?

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June 2, 2021
European Commission President Ursula von Der Leyen attends the Global Health Summit, which is held in Rome, via video conference in Brussels, Belgium on May 21, 2021.
Health

Europe joins U.S. in pledging major vaccine donations to developing countries

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May 21, 2021
Vaccine equity: Africa calls for COVID-19 vaccine plants on its shores
International

Vaccine equity: Africa calls for COVID-19 vaccine plants on its shores

By Janice Kew, Antony Sguazzin and Bloomberg
May 8, 2021
Africa needs billions to contain the spread of COVID-19 says IMF and World Bank

Africa needs billions to contain the spread of COVID-19 says IMF and World Bank

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April 6, 2021
J&J’s COVID vaccine could make its global debut as soon as next week
Health

J&J’s COVID vaccine could make its global debut as soon as next week

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February 10, 2021
A medical worker in personal protective equipment (PPE) seals a swab sample inside a South Africa Health Department mobile coronavirus testing unit at O.R Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Health

The AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine (and possibly others) are ineffective against the South African variant

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February 8, 2021
A volunteer receives an injection from a medical worker during the country's first human clinical trial for a potential vaccine against COVID-19 at the Baragwanath Hospital on June 28, 2020 in Soweto, South Africa.
Health

How to stop vaccine nationalism from prolonging the pandemic

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February 7, 2021
Novavax shares soar after strong trial results for COVID-19 vaccine
Health

Novavax shares soar after strong trial results for COVID-19 vaccine

By Bloomberg and Robert Langreth
January 29, 2021
Pharmacist Josh Athwal (left) receives an injection of the Oxford/Astrazeneca coronavirus vaccine, administered by nurse Gurit Dhadday, at The Black Country Living Museum in Dudley.
Health

AstraZeneca is finding it hard to keep its COVID-19 vaccine promises

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January 25, 2021
The Supreme Court will decide: Can Big Chocolate be blamed for child slavery?
International

The Supreme Court will decide: Can Big Chocolate be blamed for child slavery?

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November 26, 2020

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