Fri 25 November 2022: The Malawi Anti-Corruption Bureau has detained Vice President Saulos Chilima on suspicion of corruption. According to a statement from the ACB, Chilima is suspected of collecting cash as well as other items in exchange for approving government contracts. The corruption monitor noted that the vice president would be taken to court […]
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Thu 24 November 2022: On Thursday, an Algerian court sentenced 49 people to death for the lynching of a man who was wrongfully accused of starting catastrophic forest fires in August of last year. However, since the last executions in 1993, North Africa has maintained a moratorium on carrying out the death penalty. Djamel Ben […]
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Thu 24 November 2022: The repurchase rate (repo rate) in South Africa reached 7% after the SA Reserve Bank’s (SARB) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) agreed to a 75 basis points hike. The increase means that the repo rate will now be 7% per year from 25 November 2022, with prime now at 10.5%. The development […]
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Thu 24 November 2022: The Department Public Enterprises Minister, Pravin Gordhan, is accusing the Democratic Alliance (DA) of “political grandstanding” over the electricity crisis by attempting an unplanned visit to the Kusile Power Station on Wednesday. This comes after DA leader, John Steenhuisen, said he was disappointed with government after he was denied access to […]
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Wed 23 November 2022: The South African Post Office (Sapo) has encouraged customers who live in remote areas or lead busy lives to make use of its online platform to renew their car licence. “The organisation launched its online platform for renewing car licences early in 2022 and more than 58 000 motorists have already […]
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Wed 23 November 2022: Police Minister Bheki Cele has once again raised concern at the country’s alarming rate of crimes against women and children. This after Quarter 2 of 2022 crime statistics saw a double-digit percentage increase for murder, attempted murder and assault GBH [grievous bodily harm] against women. The Minister on Wednesday released the […]
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Tue 22 November 2022: The United Kingdom and South Africa will join forces to drive economic growth and turbocharge infrastructure investment, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Tuesday. The UK Prime Minister said this at the start of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s formal State Visit. The UK government said the next phase of the UK-South […]
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Mon 21 November 2022: Public Enterprises Minister, Pravin Gordhan, has held an urgent meeting with the Eskom board. This comes after the power utility on Sunday announced it would implement Stage 4 and 5 load shedding after it experienced more breakdowns at its power stations over the weekend. The Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) in […]
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Mon 21 November 2022: Umalusi, the Quality Council for General and Further Education and Training, has established a three-member independent panel to investigate the reasons that led to the inclusion of the “problematic” Question in the 2022 matric final Mathematics Paper 2. The National Senior Certificate paper was written on 7 November 2022. Umalusi on […]
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Mon 21 November 2022: In November 2017, at the dawn of his first term, French President Emmanuel Macron made a commitment, in front of 800 students in the West African country of Burkina Faso. Macron’s promise still carries very particular importance today, since it aimed to return works looted from Africa during the colonial period. […]
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