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On August 16th 2012, the South African police under the ANC government opened fire on striking mine workers at Marikana. The miners were striking for better salary and pay.

Meanwhile, Nelson Mandela’s former prison guard Christo Brand, who struck up an unlikely and enduring friendship with the anti-apartheid icon, had been holding the key since the 1980s.

Meanwhile, in light of the new variant Omicron emerging, the World Heath Organization has put out new advice regarding international travel. The advice include that certain people over the age of 60 years old should refrain from travelling.

"While some countries are well on their way to vaccinating their entire adult population, other countries are struggling to access the vaccines they need to cover healthcare workers and vulnerable people, leading to deadly surges in COVID-19 cases and dangerous variants" UNICEF reports.

Cyril Ramaphosa said South Africa's land borders have been closed since 11 January after large traveller volumes caused massive bottlenecks,

Despite these vital interventions, however, the damage caused by the pandemic to an already weak economy, to employment, to livelihoods, to public finances and to state-owned companies has been colossal,

Australia recorded its highest-ever daily tally of deaths from the novel coronavirus, all in Victoria as authorities in the state battled scores of clusters of infection.

Many Activists have hailed a South African court ruling over the case of a boy who died in a pit toilet. The Court ordered the Department of Basic Education to pay damages to Michael Komape’s family for ’emotional shock and grief. Five years old Michael Komape had died in 2014 …