Zuma was sentenced last month for defying a constitutional court order to give evidence at an inquiry investigating high-level corruption during his nine years in office Rioters looted shops and threw stones at police on Tuesday as violent protests triggered by the jailing of former president Jacob Zuma spread across South Africa. The military prepared … Read more
Soldiers patrolled the streets of Johannesburg in armored personnel carriers Tuesday, holding rifles with live ammunition as the military worked to gain some sense of order following the violence. EKO HOT BLOG reports that soldiers and police were struggling to restore order in parts of South Africa on Tuesday, as police said the number of … Read more
Opportunistic criminals appear to be taking advantage of the anger some feel over Zuma’s incarceration to steal and cause destruction, police said. South Africa has deployed military on the streets, to quell the violence that erupted in the wake of former president Jacob Zuma’s jailing, after days of riots left at least six people dead. … Read more
Zuma also faces a separate court case relating to a $2 billion arms deal in 1999 when he was deputy president. He denied the charges. Former South African President Jacob Zuma turned himself in to the Police on Wednesday to begin 15 months in jail for contempt of court. Lirandzu Themba, Police spokesperson, confirmed … Read more
In a live service in his church, Ayodele also issued warnings to the President’s of Guinea, Congo, Sudan, Southern Sudan, Cameroun, Zambia, South Africa, Ivory Coast, Somalia, and others. The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele has on Sunday warned some African presidents to be careful with their healths, bomb attacks and mishaps … Read more
South Africa’s constitutional court has on Tuesday ruled that former president Jacob Zuma be imprisoned for 15 months. Jacob Zuma, who’s been repeatedly implicated in aiding and abetting the plunder of state funds during the nine years he led South Africa, has been sentenced to 15 months in jail for defying a court order to … Read more
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has lifted its travel ban on Nigeria. The United Arab Emirates has lifted its travel ban on Nigeria, India, and South Africa, EKO HOT BLOG has gathered. This was disclosed via a message from the Dubai Media Office on Saturday. The UAE announced that passengers from Nigeria are expected to … Read more
Queen Shiyiwe Mantfombi Dlamini Zulu of the 11 million-strong nation died just a month after she became regent. The Zulu royal family in South Africa has announced the death of its monarch Queen Shiyiwe Mantfombi Dlamini Zulu just a month after she became regent. Queen Mantfombi, 65, became interim leader of the country’s largest ethnic … Read more
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control had, on Tuesday, recommended a pause in the use of the single shot J&J vaccine over potential links to a rare type of blood clot South Africa on Tuesday suspended the rollout of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine over potential blood … Read more
There were already concerns about the efficacy of the AstraZeneca shot among over-65s A WHO panel is due to meet on Monday in Geneva to examine the shot South Africa suspended the start of its AstraZeneca inoculation programme over concerns the shot does not work on a new variant, with WHO experts due to meet … Read more
France, Germany and Switzerland have recommended that the jab should not be used in the elderly Researchers are currently working to update the vaccine The Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine fails to prevent mild and moderate cases of the South African coronavirus strain, according to research reported in the Financial Times. But in its study, due to be … Read more
South Africa, Vaccine It is all systems go in South Africa as the first batch of the coronavirus vaccine from the Serum Institute of India left Mumbai on Monday morning, with President Cyril Ramaphosa set to personally greet the plane in Johannesburg. The first million shots of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine will be used to inoculate … Read more
South Africa on Monday announced new lockdown directive as the country’s COVID-19 cases exceeded one million. President Cyril Ramaphosa, who gave the fresh directive at a briefing on Monday said cabinet had resolved to place the country on an adjusted level three from level one with immediate effect. The level three restrictions include extension of … Read more
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday announced a new ban on alcohol sales and said mask-wearing will be mandatory in public after South Africa became the continent’s first to record one million COVID-19 cases. AFP reports that Ramaphosa justified a raft of new measures by a “rapid rise” in infections, most by a new strain of … Read more
South Africa has become the first African nation to record one million COVID-19 cases, according to new data published by the country’s health ministry on Sunday. Currently suffering a second wave of infections, of which the majority are a new variant of the COVID-19, South Africa is the hardest-hit country on the African continent, with … Read more
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) says non Nigerian passengers from United Kingdom and South Africa who flout the COVID-19 protocols risk deportation. Ekohotblog reports that the development is contained in circular issued on Saturday and signed by Musa Nuhu, the director-general of the NCAA. The circular also has in it new guidelines for airlines … Read more
As part of efforts to prevent the incursion of the new COVID-19 strain into the country, the federal government has issued fresh travel guidelines to passengers coming in from South Africa and United Kingdom. The two countries are home to a new variant of COVID-19. Sani Aliyu, national coordinator of the presidential task force on … Read more
The United Kingdom has detected two cases of another new variant of COVID-19, health secretary Matt Hancock announced. The cases in London and north west England are contacts of people who travelled to South Africa, where the variant was discovered. Travel restrictions with South Africa have been imposed. Anyone who has travelled there in the … Read more
Five friends have been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for the death of a South African returnee, according to a report by SaharaReporters. The friends were arrested for the death of one Endurance Ero, who had just returned from South Africa, and went out with the suspects to a party in the Surulere … Read more
Hundreds of people have taken to the streets in South Africa on Wednesday to voice outrage at the shooting of peaceful #EndSARS protesters in Nigeria. Gunmen had opened fire on a crowd of over 1,000 people in the main city of Lagos on Tuesday, with Amnesty International reporting that several people were killed. On Wednesday, … Read more