Author: aarti

This year’s Africa Month is celebrated under the theme: “The year of Arts, Culture and Heritage: in the year of Charlotte Maxeke”.

The United States government on Wednesday said that the COVID-19 pandemic is a global health crisis that calls for extraordinary measures. President Ramaphosa has welcomed the support of United States President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris for a temporary and targeted waiver of intellectual property protections that apply to COVID-19 vaccines.

In pursuit of continued efforts to conserve the wetland ecosystems, the department has invested more than R83 million in the rehabilitation and maintenance of at least 75 wetlands in the current financial year.

The meeting will be held in preparation for the G7 Leaders’ Summit, scheduled to take place in Cornwall, South-West England, from 11 to 13 June 2021. Minister Pandor will be attending alongside the Ministers of Australia and South Korea as guests.

Abdool Karim presided over the Ministerial Advisory Committee (MAC) on COVID-19 before he stepped down in March. The MAC positioned South Africa as one of the leading nations in the emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic.