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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Cape Town \u2013 Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) director-general Phumla Williams cautioned citizens on Friday against relying on untested information about the pandemic and Covid-19 vaccine initiatives.<\/p>\n

This comes as Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng said he would not back down on his controversial comments that any vaccine that was of the \u2019\u2019devil\u2019\u2019 be destroyed while delivering a prayer in Thembisa on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Reiterating the government\u2019s commitment to participate in all Covid-19 vaccine initiatives to make sure South Africa also benefits, Williams told SAnews.gov.za: \u201cGovernment reminds South Africans that our efforts are based on the scientific information provided by health practitioners.<\/p>\n

\u2019\u2019We therefore urge South Africans not to rely on fake news and untested information. We commit to provide information based on science.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGovernment wishes to remind South Africans that Covid-19 is still with us and requests adherence to the health protocols of washing hands, wearing a mask at all times, using their elbows when coughing and observe social distancing.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

South Africa is grappling with a sharp increase in Covid-19 cases after recording 8 166 more infections, bringing the total number to 836 764 since the outbreak.<\/p>\n

Justice Mogoeng had said during the prayer: \u201cI lock out every demon of Covid-19, I lock out any vaccine that is not of You (God).<\/p>\n

\u201cIf there be any vaccine that is of the devil, meant to infuse 666 in the lives of people, meant to corrupt their DNA \u2026 any such vaccine, may it be destroyed by fire.<\/p>\n

\u201cAny legalising agent law, for wickedness in this nation, for wickedness in Africa, and across the nations of the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo more suffering Lord, revive the economy of this country, for we know, you have told us there are many hidden minerals that will surface only when righteousness emerges,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

On Friday, Justice Mogoeng presented the Judiciary of South Africa\u2019s Annual Report for 2019\/20 and insisted he will not be apologising for his prayer.<\/p>\n

He also said those who did not wish to be vaccinated and should not be forced to do so.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don’t know anything about vaccines. I saw something that says it must be compulsory and you will need to have a vaccination certificate to travel. It must be voluntary.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t impose a vaccine on people. Why should I have the vaccine if I am not positive,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am crying unto God (that) if there is any vaccine with 666, I want God to destroy it, if there is any vaccine meant to corrupt the DNA of people, I am asking God to interrupt it, any clean vaccine, they must produce it quickly,\u201d he said on Friday, adding that it was for scientists to propagate for the vaccine and not him.<\/p>\n

Justice Mogoeng said he had a democratic right to freedom of thought and expression and he would not be silenced as South Africa was a free country.<\/p>\n

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