US “NOT SEEING ANY ACTS THAT CONSTITUTE GENOCIDE” IN GAZA

  President Cyril Ramaphosa with the delegates of Organisations supporting the Liberation of Palestine at Chief Albert Luthuli House on December 18, 2023, in Johannesburg, South Africa. Wed 03 January 2024: The US said that it is “not seeing any acts that constitute genocide” in Gaza, referring to South Africa’s case against Israel in the […]

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SOUTH AFRICAN SMALL BUSINESS WARNS AGAINST FAKE FACEBOOK ACCOUNTS

Wed 03 January 2024: The Ministry of Small Business Development has warned members of the public about a number of fake Facebook accounts, which purport to belong to the Minister of Small Business Development, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams. The ministry has strongly condemned the fraudulent use of the Minister’s name, profile and pictures to create fake accounts, […]

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PUTIN SAYS BRICS ATTRACTING FURTHER SUPPORT FROM COUNTRIES SHARING BLOC’S UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES

Tue 02 January 2024: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that the BRICS group of major emerging economies is attracting further support from “like-minded countries” sharing its underlying principles as his country assumed the bloc’s chairmanship for 2024. In a statement published by the Kremlin, Putin said these underlying principles are “sovereign equality, respect for […]

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ISRAEL SAYS SOUTH AFRICA ‘PLAYING ADVOCATE FOR DEVIL’

Tue 02 January 2024: The Israeli government spokesman has crticised South Africa’s decision to bring a formal genocide application against Israel to the International Court of Justice last week – which has since been endorsed by the 57-member Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. Eylon Levy reiterated during a short news conference that this is “blood libel” […]

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BRICS DOUBLES OVERNIGHT

Mon 01 January 2024: The upcoming BRICS summit in Russia this October is set to undergo a significant transformation as it expands its membership to include five new nations alongside the original founding five – Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. Saudi Arabia along with the UAE, Egypt, Iran and Ethiopia joined Brics on January […]

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KENYAN FARMERS BATTLE TOXIC LEGACY OF LOCUST PLAGUE THREE YEARS ON

   A patient at a local hospital in Garissa, one of the many hospitals that Adan visited, to figure out why he was so ill, months after combatting the locust invasion in 2020 [Kang-chun Cheng/Al Jazeera] Mon 01 January 2024: Experts, including former FAO consultants, say multiple errors were made in a UN-coordinated campaign to […]

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SOUTH AFRICA LAUNCHES GENOCIDE CASE AGAINST ISRAEL AT UN’S TOP COURT

Fri 29 December 2023: South Africa said it has approached the UN’s international court of justice (ICJ) under the Geneva convention with respect to acts committed by Israel in Gaza. In a statement, South Africa said it is ‘“gravely concerned with the plight of civilians” caught in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip “due to the indiscriminate use of […]

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