South Africa has introduced new restrictions, including another ban on the sale and distribution of alcohol to help contain the spread of Coronavirus.
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome of Christ Embassy has been accused by a member of his own church of staging miracle-healing sessions. According to a report from South Africa, followers have accused the clergy of hiring people to pretend to be sick and disabled. These actors are then healed during his television shows and public prayer meetings. “I was offered R10 000 to rehearse and pretend to be in a wheelchair three weeks before the all-night prayer called Night of Bliss at the Johannesburg Stadium,” the report quoted a member of the church.
The days of patients in South Africa who suffer chronic illnesses like HIV/AIDS, Diabetes and TB standing in long queues to wait for medicines are now over. According to reports, they will now get their medication on ATMs, within three minutes at the time of their convenience. The Pharmacy Dispensing Unit – PDU, an ATM like machine, uses a card with a pin code to dispense medication to chronic patients. Alexandra township in northern Johannesburg, is the recipient of Africa’s first ATM pharmacy. The Pharmacy dispensing unit was launched by Gauteng Health MEC Gwendoline Malegwale Ramokgopa
Luck has shone on a yet-to-be identified Nigerian man , currently based in South Africa as he caught a South African police trying to plant a gun inside his car. The Nigerian who had parked his car, outside a mall had come out abruptly, only to find the police man trying to frame him up with the gun. Upon being caught in the act, the police man alleged that he was only joking with him
Cyril Ramaphosa has been elected President of South Africa hours after former president Jacob Zuma was forced to resign, Guardian reports. Ramaphosa has been the leader of the African National Congress (ANC) since December, and became interim president upon Zuma’s resignation. Ramaphosa won an election that was basically a formality, as the ANC already has majority seats in the South African Parliament.
South Africa’s embattled President Jacob Zuma has reportedly resigned his office with immediate effect. He made the announcement in a televised address to the nation on Wednesday evening. Earlier, Mr Zuma’s governing ANC party told him to resign or face a vote of no confidence in parliament on Thursday.
