Tue 16 January 2024: Eskom has announced that it will implement Stage 2 load shedding – down from Stage 3 – until 4pm on Wednesday. The power utility explained that lower demand and improved generating capacity contributed to the downgrading of the severity of load shedding. “Eskom Power Station General Managers and their […]
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Mon 15 January 2024: Over the last six months, police have arrested at least 11 people in relation to the buying and selling of fake certificates. This according to Umalusi CEO, Dr Mafu Rakometsi, who was speaking during a media briefing on Monday. “Since the [National Senior Certificate exams] State of Readiness Media Briefing held […]
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Mon 15 January 2024: – No one held US accountable for crimes it committed in Iraq as issue was not given necessary importance, Rensburg tells Anadolu – South African lawyer says people believe what is happening now in Palestine is ideal scenario for legal process as US continues to send money, resources to allow Israel […]
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Mon 15 January 2024: South Africa experienced unprecedented electricity shortages in 2023 as ageing coal plants became increasingly prone to breakdowns. The country urgently needs to develop new electricity generation facilities and reduce reliance on coal power. In the first week of 2024, the South African energy minister, Gwede Mantashe, released a proposed roadmap for the future […]
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Mon 15 January 2024: Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister, Professor Blade Nzimande, has revealed that government has set aside a R3.8 billion initial capitalisation fund to support “missing middle” students. The new Comprehensive Student Funding Model aims to support students including those currently not supported by the National Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) bursary and […]
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Sun 14 January 2024: Namibia has criticised Germany’s “shocking decision” to support Israel in the genocide case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) brought by South Africa, as Israel’s war on Gaza entered its 100th day. “Germany has chosen to defend in the ICJ the genocidal and gruesome acts of the Israeli government against […]
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Sun 14 January 2024: When South Africa became a constitutional democracy in 1994, it replaced its apartheid-era intelligence apparatus with a new one aimed at serving the country’s new democratic dispensation. However, the regime of former president Jacob Zuma, 2009-2018, deviated from this path. It abused the intelligence services to serve his political and allegdly corrupt ends. Now […]
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Sat 13 January 2024: Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Professor Blade Nzimande, has dismissed as false, information that he intends to increase university fees for the 2024 academic year. “The Minister has become aware of the circulation of false and ill-informed suggestions that he as Minister, intends to increase university fees for the […]
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Sat 13 January 2024: The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) says it has noted the story aired on the SABC news channel, which stated that over 74 000 deceased recipients were wrongly paid by the agency. This was revealed by Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu, in a written reply to a parliamentary question. […]
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Fri 12 January 2024: After accusing Rwanda of assisting rebels over two weeks ago, President Evariste Ndayishimiye of Burundi closed the country’s border with Rwanda on Thursday, Xinhua reported. Local media on Thursday cited Martin Niteretse, Burundi’s Minister of Interior, Community Development, and Public Security, as saying, “We have closed our borders with Rwanda.” The […]
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