Urgent message! 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 If you over 60 and/or a healthcare workers. Please come and get your vaccine at Lentegeur Hospital, Mitchells Plain. The Healthcare workers are waiting for you. Mr Tito and his excellent team waiting to help you. #LetsDoThis #LetsGetToWork

[Thread] 1. How many JnJ/Pfizer jabs has SA received? #JnJ: 300 000 (17 Jun) + 1, 253, 600 (24 Jun) = 1, 553, 600 #Pfizer: 325 260 x 4 (3, 10, 17, 24 May) + 636 480 x 3 (31 May, 7, 14 Jun) + 1, 274, 130 (21 Jun) + 1,392, 300 (COVAX, 27 Jun) = 5, 876, 910 TOTAL = 7, 430, 510

Read the whole thread on the difference between virulent and infectious, and why viruses evolve. Lord Ridley is the quintessential thinker and rigorous analyst.

Sutherland Observatory this morning. Photos by SALT telescope operator Thea Koen.

Humans are 'unique super-predator': adanced technology allowed humans to take out adult fish populations at 14 times the rate that marine animals do themselves. On land, we kill top carnivores at 9 times their own self-predation rate [read more: bbc.in/2Cx0uFV]

Just a little reminder breweries and wineries can sell alcohol over the weekends - if you’ve been caught short for the weekend. Stock up and support local

This is Cape Town at night from space! This breezy bay city is at the very southwestern tip of South Africa and is known for its stunning rugged coastline studded with great beaches that are perfect for surfing. Goodnight Cape Town!

The European Commission will propose, in close coordination with Member States, to activate the emergency brake to stop air travel from the southern African region due to the variant of concern B.1.1.529.

On the futility of travel bans... Cartoon for Daily Maverick #TravelBan #TravelBans #Omicron #COVID19

Good going Switzerland!

Elizabeth Warren And if you opened your eyes for 2 seconds, you would realize I will pay more taxes than any American in history this year

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War is always about history. Here’s 3 minutes on how Ukraine’s history connects to Russia’s invasion.

S&P downgrades Russia's credit rating to CCCP.

no fry zone established in russia

Almost as much as what goes missing in South Africa on a monthly basis.

Is that a Glaswegian or Edinburgh accent? Either way, Van’s the man.

Most criminal countries: 1. Venezuela 🇻🇪 2. Papua New Guinea 🇬🇳 3. Afghanistan 🇦🇫 4. South Africa 🇿🇦 5. Honduras 🇭🇳 6. Trinidad 🇹🇹 7. Guyana 🇬🇾 8. Syria 🇸🇾 9. Somalia 🇸🇴 10. Jamaica 🇯🇲 . 40. Mexico 🇲🇽 55. USA 🇺🇸 65. UK 🇬🇧 77. India 🇮🇳 92. Turkey 🇹🇷 100. Germany 🇩🇪 135. Japan 🇯🇵