Sat 11 May 2024: The number of women in prison in Morocco rose by 7.8 per cent between 2022 and 2023, outpacing the 5.55 per cent increase of male prisoners, according Morocco World News, citing the latest figures from the General Delegation for Prison Administration and Rehabilitation. This represents the sharpest annual rise in female prisoners […]
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Fri 10 May 2024: Mozambique’s army is fighting armed groups who launched a major attack on the northern town of Macomia, President Filipe Nyusi has said in a televised address. The town is in Cabo Delgado, a gas-rich northern province where groups linked to the ISIL (ISIS) group, launched an armed uprising in 2017. Despite […]
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Italy‘s PM Giorgia Meloni meeting with PM Dbeibah in Libya‘s capital Tripoli. Fri 10 May 2024: Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, visited Libya this week to sign cooperation agreements with leaders from both administrations in the conflict-torn country, local Italian media reports. According to the report, Prime Minister Meloni first met the head of the […]
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Fri 10 May 2024: The Eastern Cape Department of Rural Development and Agrarian Reform has confirmed cases of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) on one of the farms in the province. A case of FMD was confirmed on a dairy herd located at Humansdorp in the Kouga after the National Veterinary Reference laboratory conducted epidemiological […]
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Thu 09 May 2024: President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law the Divorce Amendment Bill, which amends the Divorce Act of 1979 to recognise Muslim marriages and safeguard the interests of Muslim women and children of Muslim marriages in the event that marriages are dissolved. Currently, Muslim couples who choose to marry according to Islamic […]
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Thu 09 May 2024: President Cyril Ramaphosa has given his approval to the Preventing and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill, which criminalises hate crimes and hate speech. The law also outlines the prosecution process for individuals who perpetrate these offences. “This legislative measure gives effect to South Africa’s obligations in terms of […]
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Thu 09 May 2024: Zuma’s new MK party is gaining in polls while ANC support slips. But is the former president still as influential outside the ruling party? KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa – Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma is a divisive figure. For some South Africans, the controversial former president is a liberator and saviour for millions of poor […]
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Wed 08 May 2024: President Cyril Ramaphosa has condemned the burning of the South African flag in a political advert saying it is “treasonous”. “The flag of our country is sacred in the life of our country. It is that flag that unites all of us. It is despicable that a political party goes and […]
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Wed 08 May 2024: The number of people retrieved from the collapsed five-storey building in George has risen to 36 as of Wednesday morning. This means 39 others are currently unaccounted for, while seven people have been declared dead. According to the Western Cape Premier, Alan Winde, the multi-disciplinary team of more than 200 emergency […]
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Tue 07 May 2024: On Tuesday, the South African rand exhibited strength, although anticipations of increased volatility loomed as the market awaited U.S. employment data later in the week. At 1507 GMT, the rand was trading at 18.4350 against the dollar <ZAR=D3>, marking a 0.2% increase from its previous close. Meanwhile, the dollar index saw […]
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