Wed 01 May 2024: British authorities have started to detain immigrants in preparation for them to be sent to Rwanda in the next nine to 11 weeks, the government said today, laying the groundwork for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s flagship immigration policy, Reuters reports. A law to pave the way for sending asylum seekers to Rwanda if […]
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Wed 01 May 2024: The United States has demanded that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) stop supporting parties to the conflict in Sudan amid the war that has been ongoing since April last year. The US Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said yesterday that all countries, including the UAE, should stop supporting the warring […]
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Wed 01 May 2024: Chinese tech giant Huawei has teamed up with UNESCO’s Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) to launch a comprehensive digital literacy initiative in Morocco, aiming to improve the digital skills of 10,000 Moroccan educators by 2025. The initiative is part of a broader effort under the Global Education Coalition and the Global […]
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Wed 01 May 2024: The National Department of Health says it has noted with concern old and fake news about the COVID-19 Omicron XBB variant circulating on social media. These fake posts further advise people to wear face masks because of an allegedly “deadly and not easy-to-detect variant”. “This is a misleading message which first […]
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Tue 30 April 2024: Consumers will have to reach deeper into their pockets this coming month as the price of petrol is expected to increase from Wednesday. The price of both grades of petrol (93 ULP and LRP) and (95 ULP and LRP) is set to increase by 37 cents a litre. This means that […]
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Mon 29 April 2024: Eskom has cautioned political parties against putting up election posters on electrical structures as part of their campaigns due to the risk of electrocution. As South Africa is getting ready to host the 2024 General Elections on 29 May 2024, political parties are putting up election posters as part of their […]
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Mon 29 April 2024: Government has urged members of the public to report any crime related to elections to their nearest police station or Electoral Commission (IEC) offices. “A protocol has been established between the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, South African Police Service (SAPS) Detectives and the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to prioritise […]
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Sat 27 April 2024: Portuguese oil company Galp Energia says it has discovered billions of barrels of oil in Namibia’s Mopane field. It joins TotalEnergies and Shell, who have all struck black gold in the last two years. This could signal massive economic potential but what will it mean for the nearly three million Namibians? […]
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Sat 27 April 2024: The UN on Friday issued a stark warning on the escalating situation in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur in Sudan, saying the area is “already on the brink of famine.” “We are receiving increasingly alarming reports of a dramatic escalation of tensions between armed actors in El Fasher, North […]
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Fri 26 April 2024: Eskom anticipates that load shedding will likely be “maintained within Stage 2” this winter period. This is according to the power utility’s Group Chief Executive Dan Marokane, who was speaking during the State of the System and Winter Outlook media briefing held at Megawatt Park on Friday. He said the forecast was […]
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