Coronavirus And South Africa: As News Unfolds

Olympic champion Cameron Van Der Burgh has been keeping a low profile over the past two weeks and now, in a lengthy statement on Twitter, the swimmer has revealed that he has been battling the coronavirus COVID-19 and that South Africans need to do everything they can to help stop the spread of the virus around the country.

Crown the Empire guitarist Brandon Hoover didn't think much of the scratchy throat he got earlier in March when the band returned from a tour of Asia and South Africa, even though his timeline was beginning to fill up with reports of bands cancelling or postponing tours because of the coronavirus pandemic.After all, he's a fit 27-year-old Los Angeles resident who goes to the gym five times and week, and he figured it was just a bad cold.

South African producers are demanding an “urgent all-industry response” to the threat posed by coronavirus, with a leading industry body calling for a coordinated plan from broadcasters and government agencies to address the potential economic fallout of the global pandemic on the local film and TV biz.

As South Africa desperately tries to limit the spread of coronavirus, the ANCWL LGBTIQ+ Desk has urged the LGBTIQ+ community to take action to protect itself.

More LGBTQ+ events have now been postponed because of the growing threat of coronavirus in South Africa.

By Jake Kanter

As the growing coronavirus pandemic continues to disrupt film and television production across the globe, the South African industry is bracing for the impact of the virus’s spread as the government announced a raft of emergency measures, including a travel ban on foreign nationals from the U.S. and the U.K.

By Jake Kanter

Amazon Studios has pulled the plug on “Love Island France,” which was shooting outside of Cape Town, as the coronavirus pandemic that has disrupted production across the globe spreads to the South African film and TV industry.

Twenty-eight-year-old Charl-Jaquairdo van Helsdingen from Johannesburg was recently named Mr Gay World South Africa.

JOHANNESBERG — In 2011, as music streaming was spreading to more countries, a group of South African musicians and performers petitioned the government to reform the country's copyright laws to offer more protection.Led by famed Kwaito producer Gabi Le Roux and performer Eugene Mthethwa, the artists were concerned that weak copyright protection and rampant piracy were harming music creators, who were already struggling to make a living because of largely ineffective collecting societies.A decade

Charl-Jaquairdo van Helsdingen (Pic: Facebook)

Laura Whitmore has showed off her incredible body while on holiday in South Africa with her boyfriend Iain Stirling.Taking to Instagram, the Love Island presenter shared a photo of herself holding her arms out behind her back as she stretches in front of a stunning view and pool. In the photo, the 34 year old can be seen wearing a tiny black swimsuit with a deep scoop down her back.