Mon 22 May 2023: At least 20 people died in a fire at the Mahdia Secondary School in Guyana, AFP news agency reported on Monday citing a government official. The Guyanese government said in a press statement that the fire broke out in the dormitory building of a secondary school in the south-western border town of Mahdia, 200 miles (320km) […]
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Mon 22 May 2023 Department of Home Affairs officials have followed the due processes required by law to ensure that serial rapist and murderer Thabo Bester applies for an Identity Document (ID). Bester – who escaped from the Mangaung Correctional Centre last year and fled South Africa upon detection but was later rearrested – was […]
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Sun 21 May 2023: Ruse Moleshe, an energy expert, has stated that in light of the country’s electricity problem, any more energy that can be plugged into the grid is welcome, EWN reported. This follows the government’s announcement this week that it has granted Turkish power ship company Karpowership access to the three ports of […]
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Al-Imdaad Foundation’s team distributed meals to underprivileged individuals in South Africa. (Photo: Al Imdaad Facebook) Sun 21 May 2023: At least ten million South Africans didn’t have enough food or money to buy food in 2019, according to the country’s statistics agency. This food insecurity remains a leading health problem that is unlikely to be eradicated any time […]
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Sun 21 May 2023: The death toll from Sudan’s ongoing clashes between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group has risen to 850 since April 15, according to local medics on Saturday. In a statement, the Sudan Doctors Syndicate said that 3,394 civilians have also been injured in the violence. On Thursday, […]
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Sat 20 May 2023: Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says her department is engaging with the National Treasury to fund an Integrated National Integrated Reading Literacy Strategy. The Minister said this in Parliament on Thursday while tabling the department’s Budget Vote for the 2023/24 financial year. This comes after a report on the 2021 Progress […]
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Fri 19 May 2023: Locals are searching the forest for more bodies as the death toll from conflict between farmers and herders in Nigeria’s Plateau state has surpassed 100, Reuters reported quoting residents and local authorities. On Tuesday, gunmen entered villages and set fire to a number of homes in the Mangu region, killing at […]
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Fri 19 May 2023: Saudi Arabia has announced the establishment of a full-fledged embassy in the Kingdom of Eswatini, formerly known as Swaziland, a tiny landlocked country in Southern Africa with a population of slightly more than a million people. The announcement was made by Saudi Arabia’s Royal Court Advisor Ahmed Qattan during his meeting […]
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Fri 19 May 2023: South Africa has been grappling with power cuts for 15 years, which have worsened in recent years. The persistent power outages have disrupted every facet of life, including food safety. The Conversation Africa’s Ina Skosana spoke to food safety expert Lise Korsten about the impact of persistent power cuts on the food in our homes […]
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Fri 19 May 2023: Health Minister, Dr Joe Phaahla, has called for vigilance and for the public not to panic as the country records two positive cases of diphtheria disease. The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS), has alerted the department of two laboratory-confirmed cases of […]
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