Fri 09 February 2024: Around 78,000 children have been forced to flee their homes in the past week due to escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, with thousands now on the road to Goma, the capital of the North Kivu province, Save the Children said on Thursday. Renewed fighting between the Congolese army […]
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Thu 08 February 2024: President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to announce the date for the 2024 national elections within 15 days of the State of the Nation Address, which is to be delivered tomorrow evening. “We look forward to the President delivering the State of the Nation Address tomorrow at 7pm. It it will be […]
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Wed 07 February 2024: The Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Zizi Kodwa, has encouraged South Africans to get behind Bafana Bafana as they take on Nigeria in the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) semi-finals on Wednesday. Bafana Bafana have captured the hearts of South Africans and football fans in their performances at AFCON, reaching […]
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Wed 07 February 2024: Few Indian South African women have achieved wider public recognition than author, human rights and cultural activist Zuleikha Mayat, who passed away on 2 February 2024. An honorary doctorate from the University of KwaZulu-Natal was just one of many awards bestowed on her during a life that spanned almost 98 years. Mayat […]
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Tue 06 February 2024: Kenya’s High Court in Malindi charged cult leader Paul Mackenzie on Tuesday with the murders of 191 children whose bodies were unearthed from the Shakahola forest. Survivors and victims’ families have said Paul Mackenzie urged followers to fast in order to “go see Jesus”. Mackenzie and 29 other defendants rejected the […]
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Tue 06 February 2024: With the 2024 State of the Nation Address (SONA) taking place on Thursday, the City of Cape Town has advised the public of numerous road closures. “Road closures in the Central Business District will be in effect to assist with traffic flow and accommodate the State of the Nation Address at […]
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Tue 06 February 2024: Mineral Resources and Energy Minister, Gwede Mantashe, has announced the adjustment of fuel prices for February 2024, which shows a hike in both petrol and diesel prices. The price adjustments will come into effect from Wednesday, 7 February 2023. Consumers will now pay 75c more for a litre of unleaded petrol […]
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Tue 06 February 2024: Dakar, Senegal – Plateau, the downtown Dakar neighbourhood that is home to the country’s National Assembly, was tense but quiet on Monday morning. Inside parliament, the assembly was anything but. Lawmakers were debating on President Macky Sall’s announcement to postpone general elections – originally scheduled for February 25 – for an additional […]
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Tue 06 February 2024: The Department of Employment and Labour has warned work seekers not to pay for employment opportunities. The department has noted with concern a number of scams that keep popping up periodically, where unemployed people are promised jobs at a fee. The latest scam is one that uses the department’s name for […]
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Mon 05 February 2024: Many South African households are trapped. They are neither poor nor middle class. As a demographic they hover above the indigence threshold financially. But they are not yet securely in the middle class. This aspirant middle class – individuals whose income is above the indigent thresholds but too low to afford […]
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