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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Thu 18 May 2023: Eskom Acting CEO, Calib Cassim, has announced that if a series of interventions to reduce power demands and improve reliability is unsuccessful this winter, load shedding could intensify to Stage 8. “It is going to be a difficult winter,” he told the media on Thursday. Citing the contributing factors, Cassim, said […]
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Wed 17 May 2023: Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana says efforts to get the country off the grey list are well underway, with the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) allocated more than R265 million over the medium-term. Delivering his Budget Vote speech in Parliament on Tuesday, Godongwana said that this forms part of the response measures to […]
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Wed 17 May 2023: The National Consumer Commission (NCC) has warned South African consumers to exercise caution when dealing with Milo Designs. The supplier seems to be a scam purporting to be an online store that designs and sells furniture, using different social media platforms. This comes after complaints from consumers alleging that they have […]
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Wed 17 May 2023: State power utility, Eskom, has moved to assure South Africans that there is no imminent collapse of the power grid. This after social media posts claimed that the country is facing a looming complete blackout. “Eskom refutes these claims and would like to assure South Africans that there are measures in […]
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Wed 17 May 2023: At the end of a long day, you realise you’re starting to get a headache. So you buy painkillers from the street vendor, and take two. But how do you know what those pills really are? The vendor isn’t a pharmacy. There’s no package insert listing ingredients or dosage instructions. What […]
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Mon 15 May 2023: President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that authorities are looking at several individuals mentioned in Al Jazeera. South Africa has launched an investigation into several people involved in a gold smuggling and money laundering scheme exposed by Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit. In a speech to the Parliament of South Africa, President Cyril Ramaphosa said this […]
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Mon 15 May 2023: The fact that more than half of the South African population is under 30 years could be beneficial for the country’s economic growth and development. But South Africa has not been able to reap this demographic dividend. This is largely due to a skills mismatch. That’s why 60% of its young people (between the ages of 15 […]
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Mon 15 May 2023: President Cyril Ramaphosa, through his weekly newsletter to the nation, has reiterated South Africa’s stance that the conflict between Russia and the Ukraine must be resolved through negotiation and peaceful means. This after the US Ambassador to South Africa, Reuben Brigety, said that South Africa supplied weapons to Russia after a […]
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Russian cargo ship Lady R leaves Simonstown harbour. Photo:Supplied Sun 14 May 2023: The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) has welcomed the decision by President Cyril Ramaphosa to appoint an independent inquiry, which will be chaired by a retired judge to look into allegations that South Africa sold weapons to Russia. “This process […]
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