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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Sat 15 June 2024: The war has created the worst humanitarian situation in the world with an estimated 756,000 people in Sudan facing ‘catastrophic food shortages’ by September. Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launched a major attack on el-Fasher in North Darfur a day after the UN Security Council demanded the militia halt its weeks-long siege of […]
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Sat 15 June 2024: Cape Town, South Africa — Late-night negotiations and an eleventh-hour agreement set the stage for the formation of South Africa’s first ever coalition government on Friday, with President Cyril Ramaphosa at its head. The multiparty coalition signed on its agreement only on Friday, as members of Parliament were sworn in after marathon negotiations and […]
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Fri 14 June 2024: Cocoa prices have surged again, reaching $10,000 per ton due to ongoing supply and production concerns in Ghana. The prices had spiked in April when factories in Ghana and the Ivory Coast halted production, citing high seed costs, driving the ton price on the Intercontinental Exchange to a record $11,722. Supply […]
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Fri 14 June 2024: After agreeing to be a part of a government of national unity, DA leader John Steenhuisen has stated that his party will support President Cyril Ramaphosa for the presidency of the seventh administration. During a break in the National Assembly’s sessions in Cape Town, Steenhuisen spoke on a live television broadcast. […]
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Fri 14 June 2024: South Africa’s newly elected parliament has convened to choose the country’s next president, with the country on a political knife-edge since last month’s election. Lawmakers meeting on Friday are expected to re-elect President Cyril Ramaphosa to form an unprecedented coalition government after his governing African National Congress (ANC) party cobbled together a coalition deal following […]
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