IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva during the World Bank Group and IMF meetings in Washington in April 2023. Photo by Stefani Reynolds / AFP) via Getty Images) Mon 16 October 2023: The annual meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) are due to take place in Marrakech, Morocco, in mid-October. The city and […]
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Sun 15 October 2023: The South African National Defence Force has recalled eight UN peacekeepers deployed to the Democratic Republic of Congo following allegations of sexual misconduct against them, it said on Sunday. The soldiers were part of the UN peace-keeping mission in eastern DRC, known as MONUSCO, and sources first told Reuters about the […]
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Fri 13 October 2023: South Africa’s Census 2022 national results has shown an upward trend in ownership of refrigerators, televisions and cellphones. “The overwhelming majority (92.1%) of households in the country owned a cellphone in working order, a notable increase from the 3.3% in 2001. Just under four-fifths (79%) of households owned televisions compared […]
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Wed 11 October 2023: Health Minister, Dr Joe Phaahla, has raised concern that only 30% of people who battle with mental health issues receive treatment in South Africa. “This should concern all of us because this means we are living with family members, relatives and colleagues who remain undiagnosed and at risk, which can cause […]
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Wed 11 October 2023: South Africa’s population has increased from 51.7 million in 2011 to more than 62 million in 2022, which is a growth rate of 1.8% in the intercensal period. This is according to Statistician-General Risenga Maluleke, who handed over South Africa’s Census 2022 national results to President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Union […]
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A group of South African expatriates protest outside the New Zeland parliament to high light the plight of their homeland as well as to call on the New Zealand government to speed up the immigration process for their relatives still in South Africa, and provide aid those affected by the rioting and looting. Picture: Giordano […]
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Mon 09 October 2023: International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva called Monday for wealthy nations to provide more support to debt-saddled developing countries, as she opened the first IMF-World Bank meetings on African soil in 50 years. The week-long talks in the southern Moroccan city of Marrakesh come as the IMF and World Bank are […]
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Mon 09 October 2023: Elon Musk’s SpaceX will partner with e-commerce platform Jumia Technologies to distribute satellite terminals and connectivity kits in Africa, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. Jumia, which counts Pernod Ricard SA and Goldman Sachs Group as among its investors, said it will sell Starlink kits on its sites in the coming weeks, starting […]
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Possible shod hominin tracks in the Garden Route National Park, South Africa. Charles Helm Sun 08 October 2023: When and where did our ancestors first fashion footwear? We cannot look to physical evidence of shoes for the answer, as the perishable materials from which they were made would no longer be evident. Ichnology, the study of fossil […]
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Sun 08 October 2023: In a ringing judgment for the right to privacy, the South African Constitutional Court declared sections of the country’s main communication surveillance law unconstitutional in February 2021. The court gave parliament three years to pass a new law remedying the areas of unconstitutionality. The February 2024 deadline for these amendments is looming fast. […]
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