Wed 04 August 2021: The South African National Parks (SANParks) says it will be going cash-free from 1 September 2021. The cash free payment system will be implemented in two phases with several parks implementing this approach from the 2021/22 financial year and the remaining parks implementing the system in the 2022/ 23 fiscal year. […]
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Wed 04 August 2021: The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation is offering a reward of R50 000 to anyone who can provide information that could lead to the arrest and prosecution of three suspects involved in the Tsineng police station armed robbery. On Saturday, the armed suspects entered the Tsineng police station in the Northern […]
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Wed 04 August 2021: According to a UN official, around 4.4 million people in northeastern Nigeria may experience food shortages and acute hunger as a result of increased attacks by the Boko Haram terrorist group and the displacement of farmers in the area. Esty Sutyoko, deputy head of the UN Office for the Coordination of […]
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Wed 04 August 2021: With the recent announcement of Bill and Melinda Gates’ divorce, many people are asking questions about the Foundation’s future. But this is not the first time questions about the foundation have been asked. One development expert we spoke with claims AGRA, Bill Gates’ two decade old program to feed Africa through agriculture, […]
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Tue 03 August 2021: Local authorities in Kassala province, according to a Sudanese official, have discovered roughly 50 dead floating in the river between the two countries during the past week, presumably individuals fleeing the fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. Some of the bodies had gunshot wounds or had their wrists bound, and an official […]
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Mon 02 August 2021: After more than a year of attending school on a rotational basis to curb the spread of COVID-19, all primary school learners are back in class on a full-time basis from today. The Department of Basic Education (DBE) said the decision to allow Grades 1 to 7 to return to school […]
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Mon 02 August 2021: Tunisia’s parliament speaker was re-hospitalized on Sunday, just a day after being discharged, when his health deteriorated due to the effects of a recent coronavirus infection. Rached Ghannouchi, who is also the leader of the Ennahda Movement, was taken to a military hospital in Tunis, Wassim Khadraoui, the press secretary to […]
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Mon 02 August 2021: The Gauteng province and the Muslim Association of South Africa have teamed up to set-up a drive-thru vaccination site in Johannesburg. The site is situated at the Houghton Mosque and has seen over 700 vaccinations administered a day with a minimal amount of available volunteers. The site only opened this week […]
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Mon 02 August 2021: The South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF), in partnership with the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) and the National Department of Health, is calling on all journalists to get their COVID-19 vaccination. The call follows the Health Ministry’s announcement on Friday that media practitioners can get inoculated at their nearest […]
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Sun 01 August 2021: At least 249 rhinos were killed the first six months of this year in South Africa, the environment minister said Saturday, partly pushed by the easing of lockdown curbs that increased movement of poachers. South Africa is home to nearly 80 percent of the world’s rhinos but their horns are prized […]
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