Thu 11 May 2023: If wisely used, Africa’s rich natural resources, which include minerals, oil, gas, and rare metals, have the potential to bring the continent to new levels of prosperity and speed up the continent’s transition to a green economy, according to a new research released by the World Bank on Wednesday. Titled “Africa’s […]
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Wed 10 May 2023: A three-day national conference is being held in Namibia to discuss the country’s ongoing human-wildlife conflict (HWC), Xinhua reported. Speaking at the opening of the conference in Windhoek, the capital of Namibia, Wednesday, Namibia’s Vice President Nangolo Mbumba said efforts to manage HWC must prioritize the rights and development needs of […]
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Wed 10 May 2023: Fighting in Sudan’s capital escalated on Wednesday, with fierce clashes and air strikes, witnesses said, as delegations of rival military factions continued talks in Saudi Arabia aimed at securing a ceasefire and humanitarian relief, Reuters reports. Residents reported ground battles in several neighbourhoods of Khartoum between the Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), and heavy […]
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Wed 10 May 2023: The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) says it is currently seeing a significant increase in malaria cases in the endemic provinces and Gauteng, with many cases of severe malaria due to late presentation or late detection. “Undiagnosed and untreated malaria rapidly progresses to severe illness, with a potentially fatal outcome,” […]
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Wed 10 May 2023: The Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) has moved to assure South Africans that all terms written in Xitsonga on the new banknotes are accurate and correct. This comes after reports of a spelling error in the translation of the words ‘Reserve Bank’ into Xitsonga. PanSALB rebutted those reports and said […]
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Tue 08 May 2023: The United Nations said on Tuesday (May 9) that heavy fighting in Sudan has displaced more than 700,000 people in the country since mid-April, adding the figure doubled in a week. Addressing a press conference in Geneva, Paul Dillon, a spokesperson for the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) said, “There […]
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Mon 08 May 2023: The death toll from floods and landslides in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to to at least 401, according to Theo Ngwabidje Kasi, governor of South Kivu province in the east of the central African country. “Deaths from floods and landslides continue to increase and 300 bodies have […]
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Mon 08 May 2023: President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorised the deployment of 880 members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to safeguard a number of Eskom power stations around the country. The President has informed Speaker of the National Assembly, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, and Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), Amos Masondo, […]
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Sat 06 May 2023: Many in government and the opposition are united in proclaiming South Africa’s reluctance to arrest Putin when he visits in August. Cape Town, South Africa – On Tuesday, South Africa’s Justice Minister Ronald Lamola criticised the International Criminal Court (ICC), saying it was inconsistent in its work. “The fact that an investigation […]
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Fri 05 May 2023: The world’s largest diamond, discovered in South Africa in 1905, was given to the British monarchy two years later and has been in its possession since. The Star of Africa, the largest diamond in the world, is placed in the royal sceptre that King Charles III will hold at his coronation […]
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