On Friday, South Africa’s COVID-19 infections hit a record 3 million as the new wave driven by the Omicron variant rips through the country. The government on Friday reported 16,055 new cases over a 24 hour period, taking the cumulative lab-confirmed cases to 3,004,203. It further said that the increase represents a 24.3 percent positivity rate. The majority of the ...
Read More »
Socialite Sheilah Gashumba has said South Africa should have had Museveni as their president. According to her, all the chaos taking place there would now be history. I think SouthAfrica needs @KagutaMuseveni as President , this chaos in SA wouldn't be happening 🌚🌚 One thing about @KagutaMuseveni he would have everything in control. @CyrilRamaphosa should call him for some advice ...
Read More »
Uganda airlines yesterday launched a direct flight from Uganda straight to South Africa. The Ugandan carrier, the bombardier will be flying four times a week from Entebbe to Johannesburg. This flight will be taking four hours unlike the usual two hours it’s been taking to fly from Uganda to South Africa. The plane was flagged off by the South African ...
Read More »
Scientists in South Africa have confirmed a new coronavirus variant, from the lineage of the Sars-CoV-2 virus. South Africa’s Health Minister, Zweli Mkhize said the new coronavirus variant known as 501.V2 was fueling the second wave of the virus in the country. Sars-CoV-2, like all other viruses, definitely mutates with time therefore this did not come as a surprise. Between ...
Read More »
The world Cup-holders South Africa pulled out of the Rugby Championship on Friday over complications caused by the coronavirus. This badly affected the tournament and has raised further questions about their future in the southern hemisphere rugby. Nearly a year ago, the Springboks won their third World Cup in Japan and since then haven’t played a single game. As a ...
Read More »
Newslex Point News in Uganda, Uganda news