August 17, 2026 12:53 am (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
After SC rebuke, BCI chief apologises to NALSAR students over enrolment freeze row | Independence Day: PM Modi’s big youth pitch— AI training, free coaching amid exam row and job concerns | ‘Shakti Ki Saptadhara’: Modi reveals 7 pillars to power India’s next leap in his I-Day speech from Red Fort | West Bengal STF arrests 3 more suspected Pakistani spies in Cooch Behar | Bengal man arrested in Bengaluru over terror links, Afghanistan travel plan | Ajit Doval breaks silence on Operation Sindoor in Discovery’s explosive new docuseries | Rahul Gandhi's 'mock hug' taunt sparks row; Centre stresses 'mutual respect' with Italy | Delhi on high alert: Bomb threat to High Court, airport and multiple locations ahead of I-Day | ‘Who are they to interfere?’: CJI Surya Kant slams Bar Council of India over NALSAR students’ enrolment row | 'Shows how low Congress has sunk': BJP slams Rahul Gandhi over Modi foreign policy jibe
Cyril Ramaphosa
WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa tests COVID-19 positive

| @indiablooms | Dec 13, 2021, at 03:46 pm

Johannesburg:  South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has tested COVID-19 positive.

The official Twitter page of the president said: "President @CyrilRamaphosa tests positive for COVID-19."

As per an official statement issued by the President's office, he is suffering from mild COVID-19 symptoms.

" The President started feeling unwell after leaving the State Memorial Service in honour of former Deputy President FW de Klerk in Cape Town earlier today," read the statement.

"The President is in good spirits but is being monitored by the South African Military Health Service of the South African National Defence Force," read the statement.

The President is fully vaccinated.

He  is in self-isolation in Cape Town and has delegated all responsibilities to Deputy President David Mabuza for the next week.

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.