Tue 19 November 2024: Since 2019, construction site disruptions by criminal syndicates have disrupted over 180 projects worth R63 billion, using tactics such as extortion, intimidation, violence and sabotage. “Their demands for up to 30% of contract value undermine the integrity of our procurement systems and delay critical infrastructure delivery,” the Deputy Minister of Finance, […]
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Tue 19 November 2024: Eskom is urging all prepaid electricity customers to update their meters immediately to avoid an unexpected loss of electricity. This as the November 24 deadline for upgrading of meters is now less than a week away. The power utility explained that after Sunday, 24 November, meters still using Key Revision Number […]
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Tue 19 November 2024: Rio de Janeiro – Chinese President Xi Jinping has announced initiatives to support global development and strengthen the Global South as a significant player within the Group of 20 (G20). Speaking at the G20 Leaders’ Summit on Monday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, President Xi emphasised that China was committed to […]
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Mon 18 November 2024: More than half of South Sudan’s population will be acutely food insecure through next year’s lean season starting April, according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report released Monday, Anadolu Agency reports. The reports data shows 57 per cent of the population will be acutely food insecure, with South Sudanese […]
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Mon 18 November 2024: While government has made strides in environmental compliance, significant work is needed to address pervasive issues like untreated sewage discharge to land, freshwater, and coastal areas. This is according to the 2023/24 National Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Report (NECER), which was launched on Monday by Deputy Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and […]
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Mon 18 November 2024: Senegal’s ruling PASTEF party, led by Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, secured a large lead in the Nov. 17 legislative elections, according to preliminary tallies. With these results, released Sunday evening by polling stations in Senegal and abroad, PASTEF looks set to win a large majority of seats in the National Assembly. […]
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Sun 17 November 2024: Government initially closed a shaft to deprive undocumented miners it called ‘criminal’ of food, water and medicine. Dozens of local volunteers have stepped up to help rescue what could be thousands of miners feared trapped underground in an abandoned gold mine in the town of Stilfontein in South Africa. Local campaigners […]
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Sun 17 November 2024: In many African communities, fire hazards are a concern due to the materials used for building and daily activities such as cooking and heating. The risks are increased by the use of highly flammable materials in homes and the absence of fire prevention measures. A major fire in a Johannesburg building in 2023, for example, […]
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Fri 15 November 2024: The population of both savannah and forest elephant species has declined sharply in the past half a century across the sub-Saharan African region, according to a research report released in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital. Published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the report, which was released Monday evening, […]
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Fri 15 November 2024: With maintenance of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) underway, the Department of Water and Sanitation has warned municipalities to be aware of the so-called “water tanker mafias” who deliberately sabotage water systems to attract business from municipalities. The warning came during an inspection of the maintenance operation of the Lesotho […]
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