There were reports that a 91-year-old died after a vaccine shot. Swiss drugs regulator swissmedic on Wednesday said it saw no link between the death of a 91-year old person in the canton of Lucerne and the Covid-19 vaccine, adding the deceased suffered from multiple illnesses before getting the shot.”Clarifications by cantonal health authorities and…
A white rhino and her baby head towards home after a long day of grazing in Nakuru, Kenya. Chris Minihane/Getty Images Two white rhino have been killed and dehorned at a Limpopo game reserve, police have said.Police in the Lephalale area were called out to a game reserve on Tuesday morning after game rangers discovered…
Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsolaedi. Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says no traveller will be allowed into the country without a valid Covid-19 test certificate.The Department of Health will deploy additional officials to all ports of entry to ensure that only travellers with valid tests are allowed into the country.Motsoaledi advised all travellers to obtain…
SAPS patrol to enforce lockdown regulations amid concern of the spread of Covid-19. (Michele Spatari / AFP) Failure to wear a mask in a public, as well as the selling and drinking of alcohol in Tshwane, will result in a fine of at least R1 000.A R1 500 fine will be issued for those who…
Professor Bongani Khumalo, the chairperson of former lotto operator, Gidani, has died, aged 68.According to the SABC, which Khumalo served as a board member for two years, he died as a result of Covid-19 complications at the age of 68.In 2016, Khumalo was called as the first witness in an investigation by Parliament into various…
A nurse performs a swab test for Covid-19 at a South African hospital. 372 of the more than 3 000 people hospitalised in the Western Cape are in ICU.Covid-19 and PUI (people under investigation for the virus) cases currently make up 40% of available acute general hospital capacity in the province. The Western Cape is in…
NEW DELHI: Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) chairman K Sivan has been given one-year extension as he was due to retire on January 14, 2021. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on Wednesday “approved the extension of his tenure for a period of one year up to January 14, 2022, or until further orders”. The…
NEW DELHI: The DRDO along with the Indian Navy has conducted a successful maiden trial of the SAHAYAK-NG air-droppable container from an IL-38SD aircraft off the coast of Goa, an official statement said on Wednesday. SAHAYAK-NG is India’s first indigenously designed and developed air droppable container, said the Defence Ministry’s statement. It is aided by…
Well, what a great year that was. NOT. Wayne’s World level humour is about all I can muster after a year that can get into the bin, then climb into a larger bin, before leaping into an incinerator burning both bins. Remember when half of Australia was on fire, and it seemed like things couldn’t get…
Let’s be frank, 2020 has largely sucked. Aside from the global pandemic, social distancing, job insecurity etc. we’ve also had to deal with a bunch of the shoddiest PC component launches that I can remember. Still, here’s to hoping one can freely purchase a GPU at some point in 2021, Cyberpunk might be patched up…
