Thu 13 June 2024: Health Minister Dr Joe Phaahla has announced a second death linked to Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox. The announcement comes less than 24 hours after the government provided an update on its efforts to control the spread of the infectious disease. According to the department, the deceased was a 38-year-old male […]
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Wed 12 June 2024: More than 80 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have died after the boat they were travelling on sank, President Felix Tshisekedi has announced. The accident on Wednesday occurred on the Kwa River, about 70km (43 miles) from the city of Mushie in Mai-Ndombe province. “The President of […]
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Wed 12 June 2024: The South African government will provide 50 million Rand ($2.7m) in humanitarian aid to Gaza, Justice Minister Ronald Lamola has announced at a conference in Jordan, Anadolu has reported. “In addition to our International Court of Justice (ICJ) case, our government has approved a contribution of 50 million Rand for humanitarian aid to […]
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Wed 12 June 2024: Health Minister Dr Joe Phaahla has announced that one of the five Mpox patients in South Africa passed away on Monday at Tembisa Hospital in Gauteng. This comes after two cases were confirmed in Gauteng and three in KwaZulu-Natal. “In all cases, patients are males aged between 30 to 39 years […]
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An artisanal miner walks towards a trench at a mining site in Zimbabwe [File: Zinyange Auntony/AFP] Wed 12 June 2024: Shamva, Zimbabwe – On a winter’s morning in Shamva, in Zimbabwe’s Mashonaland Central province, Brenda, a single mother of three, is on the hunt for lithium ore. The 39-year-old, who asked that only her first […]
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Tue 11 June 2024: Health Minister, Dr Joe Phaahla, will hold a media briefing on Wednesday to provide an update on the outbreak of Monkeypox disease, also known as Mpox. According to the statement, the Minister will outline plans by the department in collaboration with various stakeholders in the sector to curb further spread and […]
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Tue 11 June 2024: A military plane carrying Malawi’s vice president and nine others has gone missing and a search is under way, the president’s office has said. The plane carrying 51-year-old Vice President Saulos Chilima left the capital, Lilongwe, on Monday but failed to make its scheduled landing at Mzuzu International Airport about 370km […]
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Tue 11 June 2024: The first sitting of the National Assembly is expected to be held at 10am on Friday. This, according to a statement released by the Office of Chief Justice Raymond Zondo. South Africans cast their votes on 29 May in the country’s most contested elections since the dawn of democracy. Section 51(1) […]
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Sun 09 June 2024: Nearly 13 million people are in dire need of agricultural assistance in Ethiopia, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN. In a report released on Friday, the FAO warned of complex humanitarian challenges driven by climate shocks, economic instability, armed conflict and threats to the food chain. […]
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Sun 09 June 2024: South Africans do not have a deep culture of coalitions. There have been a few coalitions at provincial and municipal levels but most of these were quite unstable. The outcome of the 2024 national election up-ended 30 years of electoral dominance by the African National Congress. The party garnered only 40.18% of the vote […]
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