South Africa

Africa's 43% jump in COVID-19 cases in week worries experts

Virus prevention measures turn violent in parts of Africa

8:13 pm March 28, 2020

Johannesburg: Police fired tear gas at a crowd of Kenyan ferry commuters as the country’s first day of a coronavirus curfew slid into chaos. Elsewhere, officers were captured in mobile phone footage whacking people with batons. Virus prevention measures have taken a violent turn in parts of Africa as countries impose lockdowns and curfews or […]

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Coronavirus: 2 admitted in Nashik for suspected exposure

8:24 pm March 14, 2020

Nashik: Two people were on Saturday admitted in the Nashik civil hospital for suspected exposure to novel coronavirus, health officials said. One of them is a 41-year-old man from here who had gone to Bangladesh on March 8 and returned to India on March 13, while the other was a 33-year-old man who had visited […]

Coming home and staying there in COVID-19 times

Coronavirus cases in India rise to 74: Health Ministry

8:15 pm March 12, 2020

New Delhi: The number of coronavirus patients in the country has risen to 74 with 14 fresh cases, including nine from Maharashtra and one each from Delhi, Ladakh, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh as well as one foreign national, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday. Giving a state-wise breakup, the ministry said Delhi reported […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Family support for Australia’s Labuschagne in South Africa

10:54 pm February 28, 2020

Paarl (South Africa): Marnus Labuschagne will be supported by several of his South African family when he plays for Australia in the first one-day international against South Africa at Boland Park on Saturday. Some of those family members share his surname — but not the way it is pronounced. It has been a source of […]

Gangster Ravi Pujari arrested in S.Africa, extradited

7:40 pm February 23, 2020

Bengaluru: Fugitive gangster Ravi Pujari has been arrested in South Africa and being brought to India by a team of officials, including senior IPS officers from Karnataka, a top police official said on Sunday. Pujari, wanted in many cases including extortion and murder and been on the run for over 15 years, was deported to […]