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A medical worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) takes a swab sample from a man, as South Africa starts to relax some aspects of a stringent nationwide coronavirus disease (Covid-19) lockdown in Diepsloot near Johannesburg, South Africa, May 8, 2020. Photo :Reuters
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South African studies suggest Omicron has higher 'asymptomatic carriage'

In a subgroup of the Sisonke trial evaluating the efficacy of Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine, the mean asymptomatic carriage rate rose to 16% during the Omicron period from 2.6%...

Zandile Christmas Mafe, a suspect accused of breaking into Parliament when the fire started, appears in the Cape Town Magistrate Court, in Cape Town, South Africa, January 4, 2022. Photo :Reuters
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South Africa parliament blaze contained; National Assembly 'completely destroyed'

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Wind restarts fire engulfing South Africa's parliament

Firefighters work among the smoke after a fire broke out in the Parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, January 2, 2022. Photo :Reuters
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Suspect arrested in connection with South African parliament fire

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Firefighters battle blaze at South African parliament building in Cape Town

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Fire at South African parliament in Cape Town

The Dean of St. George's Cathedral Michael Weeder and Archbishop of Cape Town Thabo Makgoba stand at the casket containing the body of Archbishop Desmond Tutu at St. Georges Cathedral, in Cape Town, South Africa, December 30, 2021. Photo :Reuters
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South Africa's anti-apartheid veteran Tutu to be laid to rest in state funeral

Passengers queue to get a PCR test against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) before traveling on international flights, at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 November, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS/Sumaya Hisham
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South Africa lifts curfew as it says Covid-19 fourth wave peaks

The casket containing the body of Archbishop Desmond Tutu arrives at St Georges cathedral for his lying in state, in Cape Town, South Africa, December 30, 2021. Photo :Reuters
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South Africa's anti-apartheid hero Tutu to lie in state at St.George's Cathedral

A woman wearing a protective face mask against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) and a plastic bag on her head to protect from the rain looks on, as the new Omicron coronavirus variant spreads, at Tsomo, a town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, December 2, 2021. Picture taken December 2, 2021. Photo :Reuters
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South Africa recalls new isolation and quarantine rules

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What I learned photographing the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Archbishop Desmond Tutu gestures at the launch of a human rights campaign marking the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights , December 10, 2007. The campaign aims at getting a billion people to sign in support of the declaration. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings(SOUTH AFRICA)
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South Africa's Tutu - anti-apartheid hero who never stopped fighting for "Rainbow Nation"

Passengers queue to get a PCR test against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) before traveling on international flights, at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 November, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS/Sumaya Hisham
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S Africa scraps isolation for those without Covid symptoms