South African artists struggle with Covid theatre closures
BBC via Yahoo News· 2 days agoNews of the closure of Cape Town's Fugard Theatre last month was greeted like the demise of an old...
Benedict Cumberbatch Says He Thinks He May Have Been 'Patient Zero' For COVID-19
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe actor said he threw up between takes while filming “The Mauritanian” in Cape Town, South Africa,...
Serum Institute refunds South Africa for undelivered AstraZeneca doses
Reuters via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe Serum Institute of India has fully refunded the cost of 500,000 doses of AstraZeneca's COVID-19...
Naspers’ strategic focus on South African tech startups is starting to pay off
Quartz via Yahoo Finance· 6 days agoIn recent years, its growth in Africa has had a more singular focus: backing South African tech...
‘Business as usual’ for Queen following Prince Philip’s funeral, royal expert predicts
The Independent via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoThe Queen will return to “business as usual” in her public life following the funeral of her husband...
Benedict Cumberbatch believes he was ‘patient zero,’ suffered COVID-19 while filming ‘The...
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe Academy Award-nominated actor is taking a closer look at the mysterious illness that left him nearly incapacitated in 2019. “I was incredibly ill to the point that when all this COVID stuff ...
Benedict Cumberbatch: ‘Joe Biden? I’m going to plead with the guy to shut Guantanamo’
The Independent via Yahoo News· 3 days agoWhen the Sherlock star had read an extract from Mohamedou Ould Slahi’s harrowing memoir Guantanamo...
S.Africa says Serum Institute of India refunds it for undelivered AstraZeneca doses
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 3 days agoThe Serum Institute of India has fully refunded South Africa for 500,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine which the country did not want and which ...
‘My Octopus Teacher’ Will Win the Best Documentary Oscar — Here’s Why
Indiewire via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe discerning (and increasingly international) documentary branch voted the South African “My...
UTA Signs ‘My Octopus Teacher’ Filmmaker, Oscar Nominee Pippa Ehrlich (EXCLUSIVE)
Variety via AOL· 5 days ago“My Octopus Teacher” follows producer-narrator Craig Foster as he free-dives in a cold underwater...