Nigerian Presient Muhammadu Buhari holds a welcoming ceremony at the State House in Abuja, Nigeria, in honour of President Cyril Ramaphosa. This is a State Visit & Bi-National Commission between the two nations. TM

#SFSA2021 Nzimande highlights the importance of “international collaboration” to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. KB

#SFSA2021  DSI’s Dr Phil Mjawara says “the national system of innovation (govt, industry, civil society..) as a collective has significant depth and great potential to contribute from a research, development and innovation perspective towards socio-economic growth and development.

#SFSA2021  Prof Tulio de Oliviera, also involved with the Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation - CERI - talks about their work In genomics surveillance. KB

#SAHRCJulyUnrestHearing  Lebeya says they've registered 24 matters related to the instigation of the unrest; 12 are still inquiries. He says 7 cases are on the court roll. He says 1 more person was arrested yesterday &this will change the number to 8 once the person is charged. MS

BREAKING Acting Chief Justice Raymond Zondo has dismissed an application by former spy boss Arthur Fraser to cross-examine witnesses who testified against him at the #StateCaptureInquiry 

JUST IN: At least 23 countries have now reported cases of the #Omicron  COVID-19 variant, and the World Health Organisation says it expects that number to grow.

#Omicron  "WHO takes this development extremely seriously, and so should every country. But it should not surprise us. This is what viruses do. And it’s what this virus will continue to do, as we long as we allow it to continue spreading, " says WHO DG Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

#COVID19SA South Africa has recorded 8,561 new cases of coronavirus, which represents a 16.5% positivity rate. Over 6,100 of these cases are in Gauteng.