“We’ve looked into this and can confirm that there seems to be a social media shutdown affecting our apps and others, like Twitter,” a Facebook spokesperson told CNN.CNN could not independently verify the social media blackout. The Office of the President and the Zambian government didn’t immediately respond to CNN’s request for comment.The Electoral Commission of Zambia reported “unprecedented” levels of turnout in Thursday’s presidential and parliamentary elections, with long lines remaining at many polling stations at 6pm local time [12pET] when voting was due to end. The commission has said that special “contingency measurs” will allow those still waiting…
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Is COVAX coming through on its promise? Most of the doses were supposed to come from India, but at a point the country imposed an export ban that hampered deliveries. So, there have been some disappointments and other issues. I’m not an expert in these, but there is now a realization that something must happen quickly so that COVAX can deliver on the promises made, otherwise, Africa will continue to lag behind on this. Are you putting any pressure on COVAX for the 400 million doses promised? There is a lot of pressure going on. To be fair, we are…
By Roxanne ReidDeep in Zululand but just a three-hour drive from Durban along the N2, we found a top-notch Big 5 safari experience that surpassed our expectations. If you’re not one of the lucky ones to have experienced this for yourself, let me share why you’ll love Bayala Lodge in Zuka Private Game Reserve in KZN. The landscape is bewitching, a blend of steep hills and valleys punctuated by pans that were still full after good rains earlier in the year. There’s a diversity of vegetation and backdrop that give it movie-quality magnificence, from forest to mountains and rocks, from…
A nurse holds up a jab of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. /AP/Andreea Alexandru. Egypt received a new batch of about 1.7 million AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses through the global COVAX initiative. The new shipment, the third of its kind, brings the total number of AstraZeneca shots received by Egypt via COVAX to about 4.3 million doses. COVAX was established by the Geneva-based GAVI vaccine alliance and the World Health Organisation (WHO) for the equitable distribution of vaccines. Egypt has also received shipments of the Sputnik, Sinopharm, Sinovac and Johnson & Johnson shots. It also recently…
The Tema LNG regasification terminal •The GNPC has initiated a process for a Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) project•The move seeks to guarantee the long-term supply of gas for Ghana’s industrilization efforts•Shell Gas & Power BV and Tema LNG Terminal Company will participate in the processA report by the Mines and Energy Committee of Parliament has revealed that the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, GNPC, has initiated a Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) project. The move, according to the report forms part of the corporation’s business strategy under a Build, Own, Operate. Transfer (BOOT) investment agreement. Per details of the agreement, Shell Gas…
Dua Lipa is currently out of office. Okay, the pop star hardly works a traditional 9-to-5, but she is indeed on holiday this week. But while she’s relaxing, her getaway style is still working overtime. Lipa has been serving bold statement looks galore while visiting Albania – and, lucky for us, uploading them to Instagram. It all began with a bikini look just a few days ago. With the assist of her stylist, Lorenzo Posocco, Lipa wore a cropped New York tee with a hot dog on it, and paired it with a bikini and trucker hat (which are coming…
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) is in the process of upgrading and modernising its systems to more easily facilitate compliance for the country’s growing tax base, says Jashwin Baijoo, legal manager at Tax Consulting SA. Earlier this year, SARS commissioner Edward Kieswetter revealed the tax collector’s intention of increasing its spend on Information and Communications Technology (ICT) by 2% in the 2021/2022 fiscal year to create a “re-imagined SARS of the future”. “In the months following these statements, SARS demonstrated the need for this technological upgrade when it was unsuccessful in the timeous migration of its systems away from…
Issued on: 13/08/2021 – 15:53 Zambians are waiting for results on Friday after a tight race for the top job following reports of clashes during Thursday’s polls, as well as an internet shutdown. This is the third time incumbent Edgar Lungu, 64, faces off against the opposition candidate Hakainde Hichilema, 59.While provisional results started to come in on Friday, the final results are expected by Sunday, a change from the lengthy tabulation time after the 2016 election.Some 96 percent of polling stations were up and running on time, according to the local monitors Christian Churches Monitoring Group (CCMG), who said the majority…
The UN has raised the alarm over widespread, systematic sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), saying there have been reports of armed groups carrying out mass rape.The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the UN refugee agency, said its staff had heard horrific testimonies from forcibly displaced people in south-eastern Tanganyika province.The agency is “gravely concerned about incidents of widespread and systematic sexual violence against Congolese women and girls”, said its spokesperson, Shabia Mantoo.“In just the past two weeks, humanitarian partners in the Kongolo and Mbulula health zones have recorded 243 incidents of rape, 48…
In 2018, we started spotting shoulder pads on the runway of top designers but it was an avant-garde look for the adventurous. Right now, that’s a whole different story. Shoulder pads are back, better, and are for everyone. We’re definitely big on this 80s revival. Shoulder pads are especially fine to behold on women with narrower shoulders. For everyday wear, all you really need is a little padding here and there to give a natural look. If however, you’re plus sized, you can take off the padding or replace with something smaller. When we remember shoulder pads, they do not…