Sun 09 June 2024: In Bredasdorp, South Africa, a series of rapes and murders has shaken the small town of 15,000 people. The Black and mixed-race community in the divided town suffers from endemic poverty, family breakdown and drug addiction. Lana O’Neill, a community worker, has taken it upon herself to provide a safe house […]
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Sat 08 June 2024: Rebel fighters associated with ISIL (ISIS) have killed at least 38 people in a nighttime assault on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according to local officials and a regional civil society leader. Armed with guns and machetes, the attackers targeted residents in Beni territory, North Kivu province, […]
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Sat 08 June 2024: After South Africa’s 29 May election, the African National Congress has lost the electoral majority it held for 30 years, but remains the party with the highest number of seats in parliament. This makes it a key partner in the formation of a coalition government. For 30 years the ANC had a comfortable […]
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Fri 07 June 2024: African National Congress (ANC) leader Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa declared that his party would pursue a national unity government, claiming that this would reflect the wishes of the electorate and help move the country forward. Following an hours-long meeting of the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) in Johannesburg, where ANC […]
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Fri 07 June 2024: Algeria wants to lure more visitors to the cultural and scenic treasures of Africa’s largest country, shedding its status as a tourism backwater and expanding a sector outshone by competitors in neighbouring Morocco and Tunisia, Reuters has reported. The giant north African country offers Roman and Islamic sites, beaches and mountains just an […]
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Thu 06 June 2024: Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has announced that the UAE plans to lift a travel ban on Nigerian citizens imposed in 2022. According to Punch, Keyamo made the announcement during a welcome dinner for delegates at the International Air Transport Association (IATA) 80th Annual General Meeting and World Air Transport […]
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Thu 06 June 2024: The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) says it has found no traces of diethylene glycol in the Benylin paediatric cough syrup. This comes after SAHPRA recalled two batches of the cough syrup in April after the Nigerian National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) raised concerns […]
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Thu 06 June 2024: The Department of Health is appealing to citizens who have been in close contact with known or suspected patients of monkeypox disease, also known as Mpox, to go to their nearest health facility. This is after the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) detected two more cases of Mpox this week […]
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Wed 05 June 2024: The Commissioner of the Border Management Authority (BMA), Dr Michael Masiapato, has issued a stern warning to travellers, who are in contravention of the Immigration Act of South Africa. Last night, during a routine intelligence-driven operation, 25 travellers were intercepted and deported by the BMA Immigration officials at OR Tambo International […]
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Wed 05 June 2024: South African retailer Woolworths said it expected annual earnings to be more than 20% lower than the prior year, as consumers cut down on discretionary spending, sending its shares to their lowest level in nearly two years on Thursday. At 1523 GMT, shares in the upmarket food, fashion and beauty products […]
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