By 27 May, 282,135 South Africans had received the first dose of the double-shot Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine.
The Eastern Cape had administered 97,299 doses by 26 May the majority in Buffalo City, with 27,259. The other districts are as follows:
Alfred Nzo district municipality: 4,073
Amathole district municipality: 13,685
Chris Hani district municipality: 7,112
Joe Gqabi district municipality: 2,541
Nelson Mandela Bay metropolitan municipality: 23,448
OR Tambo district municipality: 15,625
Sarah Baartman district municipality: 3,556
In parts of Nelson Mandela Bay, protesting taxi drivers have been intimidating clinic staff and patients, according to Sizwe Kupelo, spokesperson for the province’s health department. Some sites were closed while others continued with skeleton staff.
Still no end to Nelson Mandela Bay taxi strike, mayor calls for army PREMIUM By Zamandulo Malonde - 27 May 2021
After a seven-hour long meeting between taxi drivers and stakeholders, an amicable solution to the ongoing taxi strikes had still not been reached by Thursday evening.
Nelson Mandela Bay executive mayor Nqaba Bhanga was speaking at a press briefing on Thursday evening, held to update residents on the situation.
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25 May 2021 - Mike Muller
Gauteng citizens need to know the uncomfortable truth: for the next six years, their water supplies will increasingly have to be restricted.
After good summer rains, the dams that supply water to Johannesburg and much of South Africaâs economic heartland are full. This, then, is the time to start worrying about water supplies.
It may sound odd but itâs a lesson learnt from cities across the world over the past two decades. Whether it was Sydney and Melbourne in Australia, Chennai in India, Barcelona in Spain or São Paulo in Brazil, we have seen that, too often, water crises occur because societies donât take action until itâs already too late.
Why full dams don t mean water security: a look at South Africa
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After good summer rains, the dams that supply water to Johannesburg and much of South Africa’s economic heartland are full. This, then, is the time to start worrying about water supplies.
It may sound odd but it’s a lesson learnt from cities across the world over the past two decades. Whether it was Sydney and Melbourne in Australia, Chennai in India, Barcelona in Spain or São Paulo in Brazil, we have seen that, too often, water crises occur because societies don’t take action until it’s already too late.
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