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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Tue 07 May 2024: Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture Zizi Kodwa has condemned in the strongest terms the political advertisement by the Democratic Alliance (DA), which shows the burning of the South African flag. The Minister said the South African flag will not be used as an instrument to sow division and hysteria. “In […]
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Tue 07 May 2024: Eskom says it will approach the courts in a bid to have City Power pay its R1 billion debt to the national power utility. City Power is a company wholly owned by the City of Johannesburg which purchases, distributes and sells electricity within the city coupled with maintaining and installing electrical […]
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Mon 06 May 2024: A caesarean section is an important surgical intervention that can save the lives of mother and baby. Caesarean sections are essential in complicated labours such as prolonged or obstructed labour or if the baby is distressed. The World Health Organization says that while “every effort should be made to provide a caesarean section […]
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Mon 06 May 2024: Eskom says load shedding remains suspended due to the continued sustained improvement in generation performance and a 4 400MW reduction in unplanned outages. “Following the suspension for 39 consecutive days, load shedding remains suspended until further notice due to ongoing sustained improvements in generation performance. “Over the past few weeks, there […]
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Sun 05 May 2024: Niger’s junta recently ended a military agreement with the US. Protesters now demand the expulsion of US troops from Agadez, echoing the action taken against the French last year In just two months, flash floods have killed hundreds of people and left close to 200,000 Kenyans homeless. The military has now […]
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Sun 05 May 2024: Lubombo, Eswatini – In the heart of the Jilobi Forest, a biodiversity hotspot in Eswatini’s eastern region of Lubombo, the three chiefdoms inhabiting the territory had longstanding disputes, and tensions used to run high. But recently, an urge to preserve their shared land has caused them to retire their rivalry. “There were […]
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Sun 05 May 2024: UN’s World Food Program (WFP) on Friday sounded the alarm about the situation in Sudan, saying the African country is on the brink of becoming the “world’s largest hunger crisis”, Anadolu reports. Leni Kinzli, WFP’s spokesperson in Sudan, said at a virtual news conference that the agency is “warning that time is […]
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Sat 04 May 2024: Johannesburg, South Africa – For the first time in 30 years, South Africa’s governing party faces an electoral crisis with expectations that its support will dramatically reduce and it may lose its parliamentary majority in this month’s election. But even as the African National Congress (ANC) – which has been in power […]
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