Wed 25 October 2023: Government is expected to officially relaunch South African Airways (SAA) in Cape Town on Thursday. The event – which will mark two years since SAA returned to the skies – will also be used to announce the restart of the state-owned airliner’s direct flights to São Paulo, Brazil. Public Enterprises Minister […]
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Tue 24 October 2023: An outbreak of avian flu – a highly contagious viral infection that affects wild birds as well as poultry – has hit poultry farms in South Africa. Two different strains are causing outbreaks in the country – A(H5N1) and influenza A(H7N6). A specialist in poultry health, Shahn Bisschop, answers some questions put to him […]
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Mon 23 October 2023: The net is closing in on unscrupulous operators, as the Cross-Border Road Transport Agency (C-BRTA) launches its law enforcement unit this week. On Monday, the C-BRTA will officially launch the unit, leading the way to intensifying efforts to deal with the prevailing scourge of illegal cross-border operations and ensure road safety by the […]
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Sat 21 October 2023: South Africa’s census is a vital source of information for policy making, planning and research, and so the Census 2022 findings released last week were eagerly awaited. It offers many insights on everything from marriage rates to language distribution. But as urban scholars and planning practitioners with decades of interest and […]
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Fri 20 October 2023: Religion is highly present in Ethiopia. It’s visible in churches and mosques, in clothing, and in public rituals. The country’s main religious communities are Orthodox Christians, Muslims and Protestants. It’s home to one of the world’s oldest churches and has the third-largest Muslim population in sub-Saharan Africa. Orthodox Christians account for about […]
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Fri 20 October 2023: Cabinet has noted that the majority of independent poultry and egg producers have not been affected by avian flu as several South African farmers work around the clock to curb the outbreak. This is according to the Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, who said they were updated on containment measures […]
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Wed 18 October 2023: After winning dozens of cases, a student acting as a High Court lawyer was caught in Kenya. Despite being exposed as a phony, the man has reportedly demanded that he be admitted to the bar. Prior to his latest arrest, Brian Mwenda “argued 26 cases before High Court Judges, Magistrates, and […]
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Workers move bags of fertiliser donated to Malawi by Russian company Uralchem in Mkwinda, Lilongwe district, Malawi. Wed 18 October 2023: Blantyre, Malawi – Joe Kambale has been stitching men’s suits from his living room in Blantyre, Malawi’s commercial hub, for the last eight years. Sometimes he makes about 200,000 kwacha ($173) a week, decent […]
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Tue 17 October 2023: The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) confirmed on Tuesday that Minister Naledi Pandor received a request to call the Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh to discuss getting humanitarian aid to Palestine. “During the call, and in line with the government’s position, Minister Pandor reiterated South Africa’s solidarity and support for […]
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People prepare to bury one of multiple artisanal miners killed when a disused mining shaft collapsed near Chegutu, Zimbabwe, on October 2, 2023 [Mkhululi Thobela/Reuters] Tue 17 October 2023: Chegutu, Zimbabwe – For 12 days, Jane Mucheni and dozens of other women slept on the floor under a blue tent just outside Bay Horse Mine, […]
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