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Topic: South Africa

Fauci sidelined by White House, UK to ban Huawei, Lebanon’s food crisis & other Covid news

As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

HIV boosts coronavirus risk of death three fold, South African data shows

The country's Western Cape province health department analysed almost 13,000 cases, including 435 deaths, to show the 'interplay' between HIV and Covid.

South Africa had the right idea to halt coronavirus, but its plan still failed

South Africa decided to test 30,000 people a day just weeks after its first case. Shortage of kits and inadequate infra have forced the country to consider a new plan now.

South Africa’s deep mines grapple with thousands returning to work

Social distancing, screening and testing will hamper the country’s deep-level mines, which have been operating with half their workforce since a five-week shutdown ended at the beginning of May. @Saif Ullah Khan

You can now view a live safari from South African reserves in your living room

Virtual safaris from Kruger National Park, Ngala Private Game Reserve and Djuma Private Game Reserve are being live streamed by Wild Earth and AndBeyond.

South Africa reopens economy despite surge in virus cases

The easing comes after the authorities faced criticism that some of the rules were nonsensical, had no bearing on the fight against the virus and were causing undue harm to the country.

Closed shoes, short sleeved shirts as undergarment — new clothing rule baffles South Africans

Trade Minister Ebrahim Patel’s office said he’d consulted with clothing and textile industry leaders about which goods should be permitted to be sold.

India announced lockdown the same time as South Africa but has over 7 times new cases since

While the two countries are not comparable, owing to population demographic variations, South Africa has conducted 1934 Covid-19 tests per million compared to India's 291.

For South Africa, coronavirus cure can be worse than the disease

South Africa had already arguably erred on the side of caution from a spectrum of measures. But the costs can outweigh coronavirus risk.

Old men, who were once freedom fighters, still run southern Africa

In Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe, people born after liberation have hardly made inroads into the meritocratic, male-dominated core structures of power.

On Camera

This era has made journalistic independence harder than ever: New York Times publisher

Journalist Arthur Gregg Sulzberger delivered the Reuters Memorial Lecture on 4 March last year.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.