South Africa has abstained from a UN General Assembly resolution to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council. Over R8 billion is needed to restore South Africa’s sewage and wastewater facilities. Health activists have taken legal action against the government in an attempt to disclose the reasoning behind vaccine allocation, Vodacom says new data expiry regulations will lead to higher data prices.
South Africa has for the third time abstained from voting in a UN resolution on the Russian invasion of Ukraine – this time, to suspend Russia’s membership in the Human Rights Council. The resolution was ultimately adopted with 93 countries in favour and 24 against. A total of 58 countries abstained. The ambassador of South Africa to the UN said that the resolution being considered would further divide and polarise the matter and the General Assembly without following due process.
The activists want to see how the government made key decisions on which jabs were to be administered and who got them first. The case has scrutinized the controversial decision to provide athletes for the Tokyo Olympic Games with vaccines before high-risk people. [South Africa’s biggest mobile network operator Vodacom has warned that the proposed amendment of bundle expiry rules could make data more expensive.
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