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The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) has said more research is needed before it could approve ivermectin for use in humans. “To date there is insufficient evidence for or against the use of ivermectin in the prevention or treatment of COVID-19,” SAHPRAsaid in a 2...

In the fourth quarter of 2020, the total value of Nigeria's exports was N3.19 trillion, while the total value of imports stood at N5.93 trillion. The country's trade balance was therefore N-2.73 trillion. ...

Kenya's real GDP, which accounts for inflation, contracted by 5.7% from 1 April to 30 June 2020 compared to an expansion of 5.3% in the same period of 2019....

The number of indigenous languages spoken in Kenya remains speculative with most sources saying that there are over 40 different indigenous languages and dialects....

The Gini coefficient isa globally used measure of inequality,among individuals or households within an economy.The coefficient ranges from 0 to 1, where 0 represents perfect equality (all individuals have the same income) and 1 indicates perfect inequality (where one person has all...

According to the South African Police Service’s crime statistics, the Western Cape recorded 3,975 murders in 2019/20 and the Eastern Cape 3,879.If the population estimates at the end of September 2019 are used to calculate the murder rate, the Eastern Cape had the highest rate at 59.5 murders per ...

Three percent of girls aged 15 to 19 years were pregnant at the time of the 2014 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey. A further 15% had had a live birth, bringing the share of adolescents in this age group who had started childbearing to 18%. At the time, the fertility rate for this age group was...

In 1953, Professor ZK Matthews, then leader of the ANC in the Cape, proposed that a Congress of the People be convened to draw up a Freedom Charter. The Freedom Charter was adopted in 1955 by the Congress of the People – a gathering of more than 2,800 delegates, representing numerous organisati...