Deputy President David Mabuza has promised to join President Cyril Ramaphosa and be inoculated against Covid-19. Mabuza was addressing the media yesterday during his visit to the Biovac Institute in Midrand. Mabuza says the Biovac Institute, where the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is stored, is partly owned by government.

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3 March 2021

Merentia joined the media world in 1996 and in 2001, she took her first steps in the broadcasting world. In her free time, she likes to go on adventures in the city. She also likes to learn new dances, not that she is any good at that.

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