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On Saturday, February 5, 2022, the Welkom Public Order Police Unit detained three individuals who were caught red-handed drawing diesel. As the driver went to register goods carried on his truck at customs, the three were draining diesel from a vehicle parked on the side of the road. Warrant Officer Mmako Mophiring, a police spokeswoman, stated that on February 4, 2022, at approximately 19:45, officers were executing Crime Combating Duties at Ficksburg and Meqheleng. “While patrolling near Ficksburg Port of Entry, they noticed a truck on the side of the road and next to it was a blue Toyota ta… Continue reading “South African Police Service catches 3 red handed stealing diesel from a parked tanker”

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has revealed that top South African referee Victor Gomes will officiate the Africa Cup of Nations final in 2021. (AFCON). Along with Lesotho’s Souru Phatsoane, Gomes’ compatriot Zakhele Siwela will be one of the helpers. Olivier Safari Kabene of the Democratic Republic of the Congo will be on fourth-official duty. Gomes will make history as the first South African referee to officiate an AFCON final. The 2021 AFCON final with feature Senegal vs Egypt The final, set for Sunday, 6 February, will take place between Africa’s top-ranked nation, Senegal, a… Continue reading “AFCON 2021: Officials that will rule the final”

WASHINGTON: The United States will next week lift the travel ban imposed on several southern African nations when the Omicron variant of Covid was first detected, officials said Friday. Countries around the world restricted travel from southern Africa after the variant was detected in South Africa, which reported Omicron to the World Health Organization (WHO) on November 24. WHO and the United Nations spoke out against the travel bans and officials in South Africa said they were being punished for identifying the strain and being transparent. White House assistant press secretary Kevin Munoz d… Continue reading “US to lift travel ban on southern Africa”

The Jordanian health ministry announced on Thursday evening it had identified its first two cases of the omicron variant of coronavirus. The health ministry’s statement, announced by state-run Petra news agency, said the first case is a Jordanian national who recently returned from South Africa and is currently quarantining in a hotel in Jordan’s capital, Amman. According to Petra, the second case is a Jordanian national who has not recently left the country, raising fears that the omicron variant may be spreading within the kingdom’s communities. The second individual is also quarantining in … Continue reading “Jordan detects its first two cases of Omicron Covid variant”

Washington (AFP) – US President Joe Biden announced Thursday a winter campaign against Covid-19, with new testing requirements for travelers and a surge in vaccination efforts. Biden has brought steady leadership after the chaotic Donald Trump years, but the mutating coronavirus continues to defy him, helping drive his approval ratings deep underwater. Urging the nation — in particular his political rivals — to unite behind the strategy, Biden unveiled a raft of actions designed to tamp down Covid-19 in the coming months, as the latest Omicron variant spreads worldwide.  Eight cases of the n… Continue reading “Biden opens winter battle against Covid-19”

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The COVID-19 Omicron variant was detected in the Netherlands before two flights arrived from South Africa last week carrying the virus, Dutch health officials said on Tuesday. At least 14 people on flights from Johannesburg and Capetown arrived at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport on Nov. 26 carrying the new variant, the National Institute for Public Health (RIVM) said. “We have found the Omicron coronavirus variant in two test samples that were taken on Nov. 19 and Nov. 23,” the RIVM said. “It is not clear yet whether these people have visited Southern Africa.” The discovery … Continue reading “Omicron variant was detected in the Netherlands before S. Africa flights”