Author: aarti

In a statement on Wednesday, the President welcomed the announcement of a collaboration between South Africa’s Biovac Institute and the global pharmaceutical producer Pfizer as a ‘breakthrough in the protection of African nations against COVID-19″.

The meeting will take place on Wednesday, 21 July 2021, from 16h00-17h30 (South African time) and can be viewed via webcast.

The South African High Commission in Ottawa and Consulate-General in Toronto have received numerous enquiries from friends, families and relatives in the diaspora concerning the sporadic violent protests in some parts of South Africa.

This galaxy group was discovered by the MeerKAT International Gigahertz Tiered Extragalactic Exploration survey. It is one of the large survey projects in progress with South Africa’s MeerKAT telescope and involves a team of South African and international astronomers.

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday announced the placement of the country under Adjusted Alert Level 4 for two weeks, due to the worrying increase in the numbers of COVID-19 infections in SA. Government will assess the impact of these interventions after 14 days to determine whether they need to be maintained or adjusted.

Addressing the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Symposium on Ecosystem-based Adaptation on Wednesday, Minister Creecy said many of these programmes link biodiversity conservation with socio-economic development in line with government priorities.