Renaldo Gouws / Youtube Fri 21 June 2024: South Africa’s centre-right Democratic Alliance (DA) party has suspended one of its lawmakers after an old video of the legislator using explicitly racist language resurfaced online. The suspension of the recently sworn-in member of parliament, Renaldo Gouws, on Thursday highlights the uneasy alliance between the DA and […]
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Thu 20 June 2024: Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have taken control of el-Fula, the capital of West Kordofan state, sources told Al Jazeera. The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) fought the RSF for several hours before withdrawing from the city, with the paramilitary group seizing government and military headquarters, the sources said on Thursday. […]
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Thu 20 June 2024: New research has found that several countries could meet all their energy needs from solar panel systems floating on lakes. Climate, water and energy environmental scientists R. Iestyn Woolway and Alona Armstrong analysed how much energy could be produced by floating solar panels on just 10% of the water surface of one million […]
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Wed 19 June 2024: South Africa’s seventh democratically elected President, Cyril Ramaphosa, was officially sworn in on Wednesday for a second term in office after his re-election by Parliament last Friday, Anadolu Agency reports. Chief Justice, Raymond Zondo, administered the oath of office in a colourful ceremony attended by several heads of state and government in […]
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Wed 19 June 2024: British servicemen are accused of raping hundreds of Kenyan women during decades of training in the East African country, leaving behind dozens of children. This is not the first report of British soldiers committing war crimes around the world. In 2022, a BBC inquiry found worrying evidence of SAS war crimes […]
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Wed 19 June 2024: 🇿🇦 LIVE: SOUTH AFRICA MARKS INAUGURATION DAY The day has arrived for President-elect Cyril Ramaphosa to take the Oath of Office at the seat of government – the Union Buildings this morning.https://t.co/Rk5QB9vNk2 — INDEPENDENT PRESS (@IpIndependent) June 19, 2024 The final touches have been made and the day has arrived for […]
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Tue 18 June 2024: While the new government includes parties neutral about Israel’s war on Gaza, ANC insists it will still support Palestine. Cape Town, South Africa – When South Africa, under its ruling African National Congress (ANC) party, took Israel to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in January on allegations of genocide in Gaza, it drew […]
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Mon 17 June 2024: The prevalence of smoking in South Africa remains high compared to other countries, with an average of 8.5 cigarettes smoked per day by daily smokers. This information is based on the 2021 Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) South Africa report, released by the Department of Health on Thursday. Based on the […]
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Sun 16 June 2024: Tanzania launched its first electric train on Saturday, which transported 1,400 passengers from the coastal city of Dar es Salaam to Morogoro in the west on its maiden journey, covering a 300-kilometer (186-mile) distance. Featuring state-of-the-art electric and signaling systems, the project—celebrated as Eastern Africa’s first electric standard-gauge railway—has been completed, […]
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. A soldier walks in front of a burned truck near Palma, Cabo Delgado province, Mozambique, in September 2021 [Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP] Sun 16 June 2024: As Cabo Delgado province juggles large LNG reserves and ongoing violence, vulnerable civilians are paying the price. Palma, Mozambique – It was late afternoon and darkness was approaching when Awa Salama* […]
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