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Harvard-trained molecular biologist Professor Christian Happi is the driving force behind the fight against killer diseases on the African continent.Happi runs the African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases, one of the most remarkable research facilities in Africa.Happi founded his laboratory in 2016 in an ageing building at Redeemer's University in Ede, an…

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has announced that seven additional local airports will reopen on 1 July. Certain aerial activities will also resume, such as agricultural spraying and parachuting. Mbalula asked that flight passenger arrive two hours early for screening purposes. While more local airports will be allowed to operate for domestic flights from 1 July, all international…

A jobs protest in the North West last month. South Africa's official unemployment rate has risen to 30.1%, the highest rate in the past decade.Statistics South Africa on Tuesday released its quarterly labour force survey for the first quarter of the 2020.In the fourth quarter of 2019, SA's unemployment rate was 29.1%, meaning it has…

Getty Images Rehman Asad/NurPhoto via Getty Images Medics in Africa say they are facing growing strains as they fight the coronavirus A doctor working at a clinic in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, says  medics are struggling with delays in protective gear In Kenya, healthcare representatives say they are seeing the number of coronavirus cases grow among those working…

The body of SA medical student Sibusiso Qongqo will be repatriated from Cuba in July. (Supplied, Qongqo family) Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane says Sibusiso Qongqo's body will head back home next month.The Cofimvaba-born died from a pancreatic-related illness.Due to the lockdown in South Africa, top bureaucrats were battling to repatriate the remains for over…