Sat 21 September 2024: The Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) and the Kuwait Society for Relief (KSR) plan to send a humanitarian aid ship containing 2,400 tonnes to Sudan. According to an Anadolu Agency correspondent, the ship will set sail from Mersin Port in southern Turkiye on Friday after completing the necessary procedures. In a speech during the […]
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Sat 21 September 2024: South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, will address the upcoming annual session of the UN General Assembly amid an ongoing genocide case against Israel over its offensive on the Gaza Strip, Anadolu Agency reports. Ramaphosa will lead the South African delegation to New York to attend the 79th session of the assembly, currently presided […]
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Fri 20 September 2024: KwaZulu-Natal Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC, Thulasizwe Buthelezi, has warned residents of severe weather conditions that are expected to affect large parts of the province from Friday until the weekend. According to the latest warning issued by the South African Weather Service (SAWS), Level 6 disruptive snow can be expected […]
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Fri 20 September 2024: In one of the deadliest attacks in recent years, a jihadist assault in Bamako, the capital of Mali, has left more than 70 dead and over 200 wounded. The attack, which took place at a military police training camp and nearby airport on Tuesday, was claimed by the Al-Qaeda-linked Group to […]
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Fri 20 September 2024: The South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided to cut the repo rate by 25 basis points, bringing it down to 8%. The cut – the first one since 2020 – moves the prime lending rate to 11.50%. The cut was announced by Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago […]
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Thu 19 September 2024: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has reiterated Africa’s demand for permanent representation in the UN Security Council (UNSC). The South African leader emphasized that it is unacceptable for the continent, home to 1.3 billion people, to remain unrepresented. Speaking to reporters at the Africa Aerospace and Defense Exhibition Airshow at the […]
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Wed 18 September 2024: Russia has approved a draft deal on the construction of an oil pipeline in the Republic of the Congo. Moscow’s approval of the draft deal was confirmed by a decree dated Sept. 14, which was published on Russia’s government portal late Monday. The oil pipeline will connect the country’s port city […]
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Wed 18 September 2024: The government in neighbouring Eswatini continually oppresses its people and denies them an independent media. That is according to Lucky Lukhele, spokesperson of the Swaziland Solidarity Network (SSN). Speaking in an interview with Salaamedia on Wednesday, Lukhele said media outlets in Eswatini were not free to report critically on important events in their […]
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Wed 18 September 2024: A new PET (polyethylene terephthalate) processing facility, which can accommodate more plastic waste and is the first-of-its-kind technology for Africa, will come on stream in 2025. This was announced on the sidelines of the International Solid Waste Association’s (ISWA) annual conference where South Africa’s efforts to build a circular economy for […]
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Wed 18 September 2024: After Chidimma Adetshina suffered xenophobic abuse online, young Nigerians say they feel unwelcome living in South Africa. Johannesburg, South Africa – Anita Odunyao Solarin, a 21-year-old Nigerian who has spent her entire life in South Africa, finds it safer not to disclose her West African roots. She does her best to assimilate […]
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