COVID-19 related - The African Mirror

Jul

13

2021

World hunger, malnutrition soared last year mostly due to COVID-19 – U.N. agencies

MAYTAAL ANGEL WORLD hunger and malnutrition levels worsened dramatically last year, with most of the increase likely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a multi-agency United Nations (U.N.) report. After remaining virtually unchanged for five years, the number of undernourished people rose to around 768 million last year - equivalent to 10% of the world's population and an increase of around 118 million versus 2019, the report said. Authored by U.N. agencies including the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Food Programme (WFP) and the World Health Organisation (WHO), the report is the first comprehensive assessment of food…

Apr

22

2021

By The African Mirror

Double tragedy: COVID-19 claims ANC MP, daughter

NEWS

AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER ANC MP Jacqueline Mofokeng has died of COVID-19 complications, 24 hours after her daughter succumbed to the same. Mofokeng, 62, died at home in Centurion, where she had been in quarantine. Her daughter, Thato, 28, passed away to COVID-19 at a hospital in Pretoria. Mofokeng was a former member of the Gauteng Legislature. The Mofokeng family has announced that she passed away in her sleep, a week after testing positive for COVID-19. The family pleaded with her relatives, friends and the community not to visit her home in Irene, Pretoria as there are two members of the…

Apr

16

2021

By The African Mirror

Life, legacy of Dr Sindi celebrated – in pink

NEWS

AFRICA MIRROR REPORTER WITH song, bubbly, carefully selected powerful words, against the reflection of pink deco, her favourite colour, family and close friends celebrated the life of one of Southern Africa’s most loved doctors - Sindi van Zyl - who succumbed to COVID-19 on Saturday. Speakers at the memorial service held in Johannesburg today described Van Zyl as a loving, giving and fun person, who did not sleep enough and spent all her time attending to the needs of those who needed her. Speakers also called a “lover of things, a fashionista, a cheerleader, family doctor, activist, radio personality. So…

Apr

10

2021

By The African Mirror

Outpouring of love for late “People Doctor” Sindi van Zyl

NEWS

AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER SOUTH Africans from all walks of life have paid warm tributes to the “People’s Doctor”, Dr Sindi van Zyl who today lost her two month battle against COVID-19. Tributes flooded social media platforms as those who loved Van Zyl came to terms with her passing. Her family, in a statement, said: “The Van Zyl family humbly thanks everyone who stood together with them to help raise funds for Sindi’s hospital bill, in addition to the national outpour of prayer, love and support for her. It is however with profound sadness that we confirm the passing of our…

Mar

07

2021

By The African Mirror

Top SA business leader dies from COVID-19

NEWS

AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER FRIENDS and colleagues have paid warm tributes to Peter Matlare, a top South African businessman who died after a battle with COVID-19. Matlare (61), was a deputy CEO at Absa, one of the top four banks in SA, also served as chief executive for Tiger Brands, Primedia Broadcasting, Vodacom and the South African Broadcasting Corporation. Matlare's family paid tribute to him, describing him as a consummate professional who made an immense contribution to busines in South Africa and across the African continent. The family said: “He was passionate about transforming businesses and believed deeply in the potential…

Dec

14

2020

By The African Mirror

Country singer Charley Pride dead from coronavirus at 86

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

AFRICAN-AMERICAN country singer Charley Pride, whose No. 1 country hits included "All I Have to Offer You (Is Me)" and "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin,'" has died at age 86 of complications from COVID-19, according to his website. Pride, who died in Dallas, was not the first Black artist to make important contributions to country music, but he was a trailblazer who emerged during a time of division and rancor. Between 1967 and 1987, Pride delivered 52 Top 10 country hits, won Grammy awards and became RCA Records' top-selling country artist, according to the website. "We're not color blind yet,…

Jul

13

2020

By The African Mirror

Gallery: Zindzi Mandela

MULTIMEDIA

ZINDZISWA “ZINDZI” MANDELA: 23 December 1960 - 13 July 2020. A picture says a thousand words. Captured in these images are memories of Zindzi, who many South Africans remember as a comrade, a mother, a grandmother, a sister, a cousin or a simply, a woman of her time, born into the struggle against apartheid.