Fri 02 June 2023: The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment’s Working on Fire programme is deploying a team of more than 200 firefighters and management to the Canadian province of Alberta to assist with firefighting and fire suppression efforts. This will be the fifth deployment by a Working on Fire team to Canada. […]
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Fri 02 June 2023: The Foreign Affairs Ministers of the five-nation grouping, BRICS, on Thursday said they appreciate the proposals put forth for mediation aimed at a peaceful resolution of the Russia-Ukraine war through dialogue and diplomacy. “The Ministers recalled their national positions concerning the situation in and around Ukraine, as expressed at the appropriate […]
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Thu 01 June 2023: Since the crisis in Sudan began more than six weeks ago, the UN reported on Thursday, more than 100,000 Sudanese refugees had fled to neighboring Chad, raising the total to more over 500,000. The army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are at war, and this conflict has spread to other […]
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Thu 01 June 2023: Minister in the Presidency for Electricity, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, says 1 952 cases related to corruption at Eskom have been registered with the police since April last year. Ramokgopa was delivering the ministry’s Budget Vote Debate at Parliament’s Good Hope Chamber on Wednesday evening. Corruption, including state capture, has hampered the […]
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Thu 01 June 2023: Russia is ready to supply the necessary military equipment to Mozambique to improve the country’s defense capability and help fight terrorism, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday. “Building on the existing good experience, we will be ready to supply military products required by our Mozambican friends, including those to […]
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Thu 01 June 2023: President Cyril Ramaphosa has reaffirmed the Department of Basic Education’s commitment to prioritise interventions to ensure that all 10-year-old learners can read for meaning. The President said it is a matter of grave concern that as much as 81% of Grade 4 pupils cannot read for meaning. This is according to […]
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Wed 31 May 2023: The Electoral Commission (IEC) has presented the fourth quarter Political Party Funding Disclosure Report for the financial year 2022/23, covering the period of 1 January – 31 March 2023. “In the fourth quarter of the 2022/23 financial year, three political parties made declarations amounting to R5 985 983.83. Of this amount, […]
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Army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan cheering with soldiers as he visits some of their positions in Khartoum. Wed 31 May 2023: Sudan’s army has withdrawn from talks over a truce and humanitarian access, according to Sudanese diplomatic sources, sparking worries of further conflict that has displaced hundreds of thousands of people. The talks with […]
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Tue 30 May 2023: According to the quarterly crime statistics released by Police Minister General Bheki Cele on Tuesday, rape cases have shown a decrease from 1 January 2023 to 31 March 2023, with six provinces reporting less rape cases. The statistics show that rape decreased by 306 cases; sexual assault decreased by 322; attempted […]
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Tue 30 May 2023: The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) announced on Tuesday that it will provide diplomatic immunity to all attendees of the two meetings involving BRICS. This comes after the department issued a notice in the government gazette on Monday in terms of the Diplomatic Immunities and Privileges Act for the […]
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