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Virgin Atlantic Airlines will resume scheduled passenger flights to South Africa later this month.
South Africa is one of the hardest-hit countries in Africa with over 740,000 infections.
The country recorded 60 more virus-related deaths on Wednesday, bringing the death toll to 20,011.
Thanks to two South African companies the food on your plate could be made in a lab.
BY TAFADZWA KACHIKO MAKE-UP artist and fashion designer Charmaine Muchanyuka (pictured) has revealed that her debut entry into acting, as she took a leading role in the film Can of Worms, was a challenging and yet rewarding experience. Muchanyuka (28), who said she was now back home after a stint in South Africa, described her debut acting experience in which she played Hannah as enjoyable despite the challenges that came with it. “Being in front of a camera, vlogging, requires me to be myself but with acting I had to be someone else. Take their emotions and experiences as mine. That was very challenging. Becoming Hannah, expressing all her emotions and experiences allowed me to connect with people on a deeper level,” she said. “It was, therefore, an extremely challenging and yet rewarding experience.” As a make-up artist, Muchanyuka has for years worked with Jacque Mgido Cosmetics which did a lot of celebrity makeovers to personalities including South African house singers Bucie & Mpumi, former MTV Base presenters Farida and Kim Jayde as well as Bridge Entertainment when Cassper Nyovest filled up FNB Stadium. Can of Worms chronicles the extent to which some women go to win a man. Portia played by Cleopatra Mandirahwe an admirer of Ben (Michael Ruwizhi) does all she can in an attempt to snatch the man from Hanna, a former schoolmate and friend. As she plots her way to win Ben, she faces challenges which include conniving to get Hanna raped by a mentally-challenged man and poisoning her sister to death, something which the police later figured out following investigations. The film also features Mapfumo Katsaya as Detective Inspector Mbeva and Lorraine Mushati as Detective Sergeant Munemo. A preview of the film was held recently at the director Melgin Tafirenyika’s residence in Harare and would undergo some editing touch-ups.
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As lockdown eases else where, people across Africa are taking it one day at a time as the pandemic continues to unfold across the continent.
According to a Senegalese emergency nurse, Malamine Mané it’s a challenging time to be a nurse.
‘‘I think it’s a source of pride to be a nurse, to be able to help people, to be able to help them recover their health”, she added.
Nigeria is experiencing a surge in covid-19 related burials according to health officials.
“We are advising the government of Madagascar to take this product through a clinical trial and we are prepared to collaborate with them’‘, said the World Health Organization Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti.
[This Day] The federal government has announced a ban on travellers arriving from five African countries as part of the measures for mitigating a potential third wave of COVID-19.
Date of birth: 18 July 1918, Mvezo, Transkei.
Date of death: 5 December 2013, Houghton, Johannesburg, South Africa
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born on 18 July 1918 in the small village of Mvezo, on the Mbashe River, district of Umtata in Transkei, South Africa. His Father named him Rolihlahla, which means pulling the branch of the tree, or more colloquially troublemaker. The name Nelson was not given until his first day at school.
Nelson Mandelas father, Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa, was the chief by blood and custom of Mvezo, a position confirmed by the paramount chief of the Thembu, Jongintaba Dalindyebo. Although the family is descended from Thembu royalty (one of Mandelas ancestors was paramount chief in the 18th century) the line had passed down to Mandela through lesser Houses, rather than through a line of potential succession. The clan name of Madiba, which is often used as a form of address for Mandela, comes from the ancestral chief.
Until the advent of European domination in the region, chieftaincy of the Thembu (and other tribes of the Xhosa nation) was by patrimonial decent, with the first son of the major wife (known as the Great House) becoming automatic heir, and the first son of the second wife (the highest of the lessor wives, also known as the Right Hand House) being relegated to creating a minor chiefdom.
The sons of the third wife (known as the Left Hand House) were destined to become advisors to the chief.
Nelson Mandela was the son of the third wife, Noqaphi Nosekeni, and could have otherwise expected to become a royal advisor. He was one of thirteen children, and had three elder brothers all of whom were of higher rank.
Mandelas mother was a Methodist, and Nelson followed in her footsteps, attending a Methodist missionary school.
When Nelson Mandelas father died in 1930, the paramount chief, Jongintaba Dalindyebo, became his guardian. In 1934, a year during which he attended three month initiation school (during which he was circumcised), Mandela matriculated from
[The Conversation Africa] South Africa has begun the second phase of its public vaccination campaign, targeting people aged 60 or older. The first vaccinations were given in February to health workers. So far almost 600,000 healthcare workers and members of the public have been vaccinated.
Demonstrations have begun over controversial trail efforts in South Africa to find a coronavirus vaccine.
South African side Orlando Pirates have expressed interest in Rwandan international Emery Mvuyekure who spent the last two seasons with Kenya's Tusker FC.
Mvuyekure, who earned his maiden call-up in the senior national team at the age of 20, in 2010, joined Kenyan outfit Tusker from local giants APR.
\"The last two seasons with Tusker were a great experience, I gave everything for the team.
If he joins the Pirates, Mvuyekure will become just the second Rwandan goalkeeper to play in South Africa's topflight league after Olivier Kwizera who played for Free State Stars from 2016 to 2019.
In March last year, Mvuyekure was recalled to theAmavubi squad for the Group H clash against Côte d'Ivoire in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers.
[VOA] Nairobi -- The South African pharmaceutical company Aspen has begun production of hundreds of millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccine for African countries. To speed up the process, the company is getting a large funding boost from the U.S. government.
