Fri 20 January 2023: The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) will host a multinational maritime exercise with Russia and China over a 10-day period to strengthen the already flourishing relations between the three countries. According to the statement released on Thursday, the event known as Exercise MOSI will take place in Durban and Richards […]
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DA protest outside Eskom, Westville – April 3, 2019 (FILE PHOTO) Wed 18 January 2023: Government has acknowledged the frustration of South Africans, due to a combination of factors, which have led to sporadic protests that occurred on Monday. Government has urged for calm amid a series of sporadic protests reported in parts of the […]
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Wed 18 January 2023: Government has recorded significant gains in its efforts to arrest road fatalities during the 2022/23 festive season period, as 1 451 people lost their lives compared to 1 685 fatalities in the previous period. Addressing media on Tuesday, Minister of Transport, Fikile Mbalula, said the decrease in road fatalities for the […]
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Tue 17 January 2023: South Africa is developing new legislation to speed up energy projects to add generating capacity and help end power cuts, a presentation seen by Reuters on Tuesday from the country’s energy crisis committee, showed. Ageing coal-fired power stations, underinvestment in new capacity and foot-dragging on policies to encourage private providers have […]
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Sun 15 January 2023: Morocco has decried “provocative” acts and “transgressions” at the opening of a regional football tournament in Algeria, a new episode in an ongoing political crisis between the North African neighbours. Rabat and Algiers are locked in a bitter rivalry partly over the disputed territory of Western Sahara, where the Algerian-backed Polisario movement […]
Continue ReadingSat 14 January 2023: Thousands of protesters marched in Tunisia’s capital, against President Kais Saied’s increasingly authoritarian drift, demanding his resignation. Protesters were also commemorating, the 12th anniversary of the Arab Spring revolution, which erupted across the region. The central Avenue Habib Bourguiba, a key site for the revolution – was crowded on Saturday with […]
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The Algerian freedom fighters hosted Nelson Mandela during the days of the Struggle. In this picture Mandela can be seen with Robert Resha (middle). Picture: courtesy of the Algerian embassy in South Africa. Sat 14 January 2023: Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune spoke about the strong relationship between South African leader Nelson Mandela and Algeria. This […]
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Sat 14 January 2023: Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune yesterday inaugurated the Nelson Mandela Stadium in the capital in the presence of FIFA President Gianni Infantino, Patrice Motsepe, president of the Confederation of African Football, and Mandla Mandela, the grandson of the South African leader. According to the Anadolu Agency, the Algerian president was received by several […]
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Fri 13 January 2023: City of Tshwane Member of Mayoral Committee (MMC) for Utilities and Regional Operations, Daryl Johnston, says load shedding is a “crisis” for the City’s network infrastructure. This as the power utility raised load shedding to Stage 6 in the evening with Stage 4 in the mornings. “Raised levels of load shedding […]
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Thu 12 January 2023: A video showing soldiers hurling a corpse onto a pile of burning rubble in Mozambique’s north “gives a glimpse” of what is happening in a “forgotten war,” Amnesty International said. The video, believed to date back to November, shows a soldier pouring liquid over the body as others, including one wearing […]
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