Nickolaus Bauer

New Omi­cron vari­ant of the coro­n­avirus leaves South Africans iso­lat­ed as coun­tries ban trav­ellers from the re­gion.

Econ­o­my and COVID-19 pan­dem­ic dom­i­nate cam­paigns ahead of No­vem­ber 1 polls.

Vi­o­lence rock­ing South Africa is dri­ven by eco­nom­ic in­equal­i­ty and pover­ty as well as by pol­i­tics, an­a­lysts say.

Hos­pi­tals over­run as in­fec­tions spi­ral, prompt­ing au­thor­i­ties to tight­en coro­n­avirus re­stric­tions.

As cas­es drop, pres­i­dent an­nounces eas­ing of re­stric­tions and calls on coun­try to ‘get to work re­build­ing’ the econ­o­my.

With fifth-high­est coro­n­avirus case­load glob­al­ly, South Africa braces for peak-in­fec­tion pe­ri­od amid graft al­le­ga­tions.

Pres­i­dent says some sec­tors will par­tial­ly re­open on May 1 but urges cit­i­zens to stay home to slow coro­n­avirus spread.

South Africa’s coro­n­avirus fig­ures are still rel­a­tive­ly low but of­fi­cials and ex­perts warn against com­pla­cen­cy.

Protests and ac­tivism be­gan af­ter 19-year-old Nene Mr­wetyana was mur­dered in Au­gust.

Af­ter wave of xeno­pho­bic vi­o­lence, many for­eign na­tion­als say they do not feel wel­come and fear for their safe­ty.