ecns.cn (2022-03-19). China ready to move ties with South Africa to deeper level: Xi. ecns.cn China stands ready to work with South Africa to move their ties forward toward a deeper level with higher quality and broader scope, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Friday afternoon.

Linda-Gail Bekker, Nigel Garrett, Ameena Goga, Lara Fairall, Tarylee Reddy, Nonhlanhla Yende-Zuma, Reshma Kassanjee, Shirley Collie, Ian Sanne, Andrew Boulle, Ishen Seocharan, Imke Engelbrecht, Mary-Ann Davies, Jared Champion, Tommy Chen, Sarah Bennett, Selaelo Mametja, Mabatlo Semenya, Harry Moultrie, Tulio de Oliveira, Richard John Lessells, Cheryl Cohen, Waasila Jassat, Michelle Groome, Anne Von Gottberg, Engelbert Le Roux, Kentse Khuto, Dan Barouch, Hassan Mahomed, Milani Wolmarans, Petro Rousseau, Debbie Bradshaw, Michelle Mulder, Jessica Opie, Vernon Louw, Barry Jacobson, Pradeep Rowji, Jonny G Peter, Azwi Takalani, Jackline Odhiambo, Fatima Mayat, Simbarashe Takuva, Lawrence Corey, Glenda E Gray, Sisonke Protocol Team, Sisonke Study Team (2022-03-19). [Articles] Effectiveness of the Ad26.COV2.S vaccine in health-care workers in South Africa (the Sisonke study): results from a single-arm, open-label, phase 3B, implementation study. thelancet.com The single-dose Ad26.COV2.S vaccine shows effectiveness against severe COVID-19 disease and COVID-19-related death after vaccination, and against both beta and delta variants, providing real-world evidence for its use globally.

Wolfgang Preiser, Therese Fish (2022-03-19). [Comment] Sisonke: reaching several goals together. thelancet.com Research infrastructure and expertise from decades of HIV and tuberculosis research enabled several COVID-19 vaccine trials to be conducted in South Africa. The ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine procured by the South African Government did not protect against infection with the beta (B.1.351) variant of concern1 in a phase 1/2 trial and was therefore abandoned in early 2021.2 A single dose of the Ad26.COV2.S vaccine had been shown to be effective against the beta variant of SARS-CoV-2 by the ENSEMBLE trial,3 but as of early 2021 it was not yet authorised by the national regulator.

Geoff Watts (2022-03-19). [Perspectives] Alberto García-Basteiro: seeking better TB control in Mozambique. thelancet.com "I always say that before I came to Mozambique my understanding of tuberculosis was not much more than you learn in med school", says Alberto García-Basteiro, now Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS Research Coordinator at the Manhiàßa Health Research Centre (CISM) in Mozambique. Working at CISM, some 80 km north of the country's capital, Maputo, provided him with a rapid, in-depth education in the disease. The research he has led since his arrival in Mozambique in 2013 has earned him the 2021 Stephen Lawn TB—HIV Research Leadership Prize, awarded for his innovative and high-quality research on tuberculosis dia…

WorkWeek (2022-03-19). WorkWeek: UESF Teachers Occupy For Back Pay, Covid, Griffin Charter & CNNC Union Busting. indybay.org WorkWeek covers SF UESF Teachers Occupation For Back Pay & Covid Capitalism, Giffin MIT Charter School Teachers Fighting Corruption & Chinese Union Busting at CNNC In Namibia…

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-18). March 19, 2011: U.S. Africa Command, NATO launch war against Libya. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Stop NATOMarch 8, 2011 Point Of No Return: U.S. And NATO Prepare For War With Libya === Stop NATOMarch 10, 2011 West has crossed the Rubicon === Stop NATOMarch 20, 2011 Libya: Obama's Latest, AFRICOM's First, NATO's African War === Stop NATOMarch 25, 2011 Libyan War And Control Of The Mediterranean === Stop NATOApril 3, …

Peoples Dispatch (2022-03-18). NUMSA demands Comair course correct to save the airline and jobs. peoplesdispatch.org Comair, a South African airline which owns the low lost carrier kulula.com and operates as a British Airways franchisee domestically, began to fly again on Thursday March 17, after being grounded for five days. | Comair's Air Operator Certificate (AOC) was indefinitely suspended by the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA), which had found several lapses in the safety mechanisms during its audit. SACAA lifted the suspension on Wednesday, March 16. | Five days after beginning an audit, SACCA had suspended the Comair's AOC for a period of 24 hours on March 12, "following an investigation into the recent sp…

Roger Stoll (2022-03-18). US, NATO, Russia, Ukraine and the Whiteness of Empire. orinocotribune.com By Roger Stoll — Mar 14, 2020 | Since the turn of the century the US has marched steadily eastward across Europe with an occupation force called NATO. Supposedly a military alliance, NATO is really just the US plus its subordinate nations. It's hostile to many peoples of the world in West Asia/Middle East, Africa and Latin America, but it's especially preoccupied with Russians. NATO's newest members include: Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia (all joined 2004); Albania and Croatia (both joined 2009); Montenegro (joined 2017) and North Macedonia (joined 2020); Georgia and Ukr…

_____ (2022-03-18). New 'Compromise' On IP Waiver For Covid Vaccines Is Worse Than No Deal. popularresistance.org On Tuesday, after a year and a half of negotiations over an intellectual property waiver for Covid-related products, the United States, European Union, India and South Africa reportedly reached agreement on a temporary waiver of patent rules for Covid vaccines. "The difficult and protracted process has resulted in a compromise outcome that offers the most promising path toward achieving a concrete and meaningful outcome," said U.S. Trade Representative spokesperson Adam Hodge in a statement. Global health activists, however, are slamming the tentative deal as not only insufficient, but a potential setback, becaus…

Kungu Al-Mahadi Adam (2022-03-18). Photos: Kabira Country Club unveils best Easter accommodation prices. plusnews.ug Uganda's leading hotel Kabira Country Club has unveiled unbeatable accommodation rates for the coming Easter season with particular focus on giving customers excellent service at affordable prices. During the Easter week, Studio Deluxe room (Single) for a single guest will be at Shs375,000 per night and the same type but double which can accommodate two …

Kungu Al-Mahadi Adam (2022-03-18). Uganda Ahead of the World in Gender Equality — Minister Amongi. plusnews.ug The Government of Uganda has made tremendous progress in advancing gender equality and women empowerment as a key driver of inclusive economic growth and social development. While presenting a paper at a dialogue held on the sidelines of the ongoing 66th session of the Commission on the Status of Women in New York on Thursday, …

Kungu Al-Mahadi Adam (2022-03-18). Uganda to increase coffee exports to China. plusnews.ug The Minister for State for Foreign Affairs, Okello ORYEM, has reiterated Government of Uganda's commitment to increase Coffee Exports to China. The Minister made these remarks while speaking at the one day Hybrid event, the 1st Uganda Coffee Day organized by the Consulate General of the Republic of Uganda in Guangzhou in conjunction with the …

Roger Stoll (2022-03-18). US, NATO, Russia, Ukraine and the Whiteness of Empire. orinocotribune.com By Roger Stoll — Mar 14, 2020 | Since the turn of the century the US has marched steadily eastward across Europe with an occupation force called NATO. Supposedly a military alliance, NATO is really just the US plus its subordinate nations. It's hostile to many peoples of the world in West Asia/Middle East, Africa and Latin America, but it's especially preoccupied with Russians. NATO's newest members include: Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia (all joined 2004); Albania and Croatia (both joined 2009); Montenegro (joined 2017) and North Macedonia (joined 2020); Georgia and Ukr…

Fight Back (2022-03-17). Healthcare workers at Minnesota Epilepsy Group begin 5-day strike. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – At 6: 30 a.m., March 14, around 100 workers at Minnesota Epilepsy Group (MEG) walked off the job and began a five-day Unfair Labor Practice strike. The striking workers are EEG technologists and EEG associates – union members represented by SEIU Healthcare Minnesota. When on the job, the MEG workers perform Electroencephalogram (EEG) tests to detect abnormalities in people's brain waves and electrical activity in the brain. | At the beginning of negotiating their next union contract management had signaled that they were looking to get a deal done and bargain in in good faith with the union memb…

deweylaura (2022-03-17). Dorothy Burnham, civil rights activist. cpusa.org The Amsterdam News published an article on Dorothy Burnham, an African American activist who turns 107 years old on March 22. Dorothy was a long-time member of the Communist Party, which goes unmentioned in the article. Dorothy's radicalism may have begun while a microbiology major at Brooklyn College, when she met students and teachers …

Marie Kelly (2022-03-17). Traditions of health: Black midwives and doulas against racism. workers.org A Black midwife delivering a baby in the 1950s in the rural South. Midwifery on the African continent can be traced back to antiquity. The tombs of queens in Africa depict midwives assisting at the births of royalty. This is significant because it indicates midwives were held in the highest . . . |

Ana Vraƒçar (2022-03-17). Compromised TRIPS Waiver will prolong pandemic inequalities. peoplesdispatch.org As the COVID-19 pandemic turns two, access to medicines movements warn that a recent compromise deal on the TRIPS waiver allegedly outlined by the US, the EU, India and South Africa will not be enough to address existing inequities…

Abdul Rahman (2022-03-17). Push for more regulation and 'quality controls' may further complicate medicine supply in Africa. peoplesdispatch.org The creation of the African Medicines Agency with the objective of maintaining European standards for medicines in the continent may hamper the supply of regular and economical versions of medicines in areas where access is already skewed…

WSWS (2022-03-17). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Fuel prices rise due to war in Ukraine triggering workers' protests in Italy, Czech Republic, Turkey, Cyprus and France; South African Clover workers stoppage enters week 16 as gold miners continue stoppage at Sibanye-Stillwater, both face union sabotage; protests in southern Iraq over food prices as cost of sunflower oil and wheat from Ukraine rise due to war…

A Guest Author (2022-03-17). 'What is it that needs to be done?' A conversation with anti-apartheid freedom fighter Lassy Chiwayo. workers.org This interview was conducted by Workers World correspondent Ted Kelly at Robben Island, off the western coast of South Africa. Lassy Chiwayo is an African National Congress member, former political prisoner, uMkhonto weSizwe freedom fighter and former mayor of Mbombela, capital of the Mpumalanga province. He served as the consul-general . . . |

_____ (2022-03-17). Network In Defense Of Humanity Condemns Kidnapping Of Alex Saab. popularresistance.org We reiterate our condemnation expressed on October 18, 2021 by this Network against the crime of the kidnapping perpetrated by the United States against the person of the Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab on Saturday, October 16, 2021 in the Territory of Cape Verde, with the complicity of the authorities of that country. | We note that this crime is a new application of the illegal doctrine according to which the authorities of the United States would have the authority to act outside the borders of their homeland, anywhere on earth, and consequently to detain, assault and even assassinate at their discretion any hum…

Staff (2022-03-17). Headlines for March 17, 2022. democracynow.org Ukraine Blames Russia for Attack on Mariupol Theater Where Hundreds Sheltered, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Asks U.S. Congress for More Weapons, WHO Warns 6 Million People in Ethiopia's Tigray Region Face "Unparalleled Health Crisis", U.N. Drive for Yemen Aid Falls Far Short of Goal Needed to Avert Catastrophe, UK's Boris Johnson Meets With Saudi Crown Prince, Urging the Kingdom to Pump More Oil, FBI Documents Reveal Saudi Spy Linked to Prince Bandar Assisted 9/11 Hijackers, Homeland Security Dept. Grants 18-Month TPS to Afghans Who Fled Taliban Takeover, Second Gentleman Doug Em…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-03-17). Foreign Fighters Flee from Ukraine after Being Tortured and Used as Cannon Fodder. libya360.wordpress.com Paul Antonopoulos Foreign fighters now on the battlefield in Ukraine — Military Times On February 27, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made a plea for foreigners to fight against the Russian military. In a statement, Zelensky said, among other things, that "This is not just Russia's invasion of Ukraine. This is the beginning of a war against…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-03-17). Tunisian journalists plan mass general strike against government repression and for media reforms. peoplesdispatch.org Journalists have accused the government headed by president Kais Saied of trying to weaken the press in the country and drastically reduce the freedom of the press by systematically bringing it under government control…

Our Reporter (2022-03-17). Opposition in Parliament, NUP boss petition US department secretary on human rights. plusnews.ug The Opposition in Parliament has petitioned the United States Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labour, Lisa Petersen on the state of human rights in Uganda. Petersen, the US Ambassador to Uganda Natalie E. Brown and other officials on Thursday held a private meeting at Parliament with the Leader of Opposition, Mathias Mpuuga and …