Alexander Winning

The South African government is going with the COVAX global COVID-19 vaccine distribution scheme, with a committed purchase for 10% of its population of 58 million, a senior health official said on Tuesday.

South African police have issued a warrant for the arrest on corruption charges of Ace Magashule, a top official of the governing African National Congress party, a spokeswoman for the country's elite Hawks police unit said on Tuesday.

South Africa is going with the COVAX global COVID-19 vaccine distribution scheme, with a committed purchase for 10% of its population of 58 million, a senior health official said on Tuesday.

South Africa's biggest trade union group, COSATU, led nationwide protests against job losses, wage curbs and corruption cases on Wednesday, in an outpouring of anger at how workers have been treated during the coronavirus crisis.

Administrators at struggling South African Airways (SAA) have called creditors to a meeting on Friday after the government missed a deadline to make funding available for a restructuring plan.

Open this photo in gallery: Banners of G20 leaders along a freeway in Johannesburg on Nov. 20.

The African Development Bank plans $1.78bn of financing for Namibia over the next few years, backing projects in sectors such as transport, energy and water, a bank spokesperson said.

Alexander Winning Reuters Sun, 8 February 2026 9:50AM South ?Africa has been ?supporting UN peacekeeping efforts in the Congo for the past 27 ?years. (AP PHOTO)

Nersa has granted Eskom steeper tariff hikes over the next two years after admitting errors in earlier calculations.