Tue 27 July 2022: Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture Nathi Mthethwa has announced a R5.8 million contribution for Banyana Banyana after they won the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) tournament. According to media reports, the players had already been promised R400 000 each for winning the competition. Addressing the welcoming ceremony for […]
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Tue 27 July 2022: National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) Director Shamila Batohi on Monday confirmed that a formal extradition application has been submitted to the Central Authority in the United Arab Emirates for the extradition of the Gupta brothers. The brothers were arrested in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) last month. They are wanted by the […]
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Tue 27 July 2022: In a bid to curb an inflation spike that has eroded the country’s unstable currency, Zimbabwe has launched gold coins to be sold to the public, The country’s Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, which distributed 2,000 coins to commercial banks, announced the action on Monday. The central bank stated in its announcement that the […]
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Mon 25 July 2022: Tunisians began Monday voting in a referendum on a new constitution put forward by President Kais Saied. Polling stations opened at 6 a.m. local time (0500GMT), and according to the Independent High Authority for Elections, over 9 million people are registered to take part in the referendum. Meanwhile, Saied accused parties […]
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Mon 25 July 2022: National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula and the National Council of Provinces Chairperson, Amos Masondo, have congratulated the national women’s senior football team, Banyana Banyana, on winning the Women’s African Cup of Nations held in Morocco. The team triumphed 2-1 over the hosts Morocco in an intense final held at the Prince […]
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Sun 24 July 2022: We are living in the plastic age. Plastics are literally everywhere: clothes, furniture, computers, phones and more contain plastic materials. It’s no wonder, then, that the food we eat, the water we drink and even the air we breathe is contaminated with microplastics. These tiny plastic particles are smaller than 5 mm in diameter. Some, known […]
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Sun 24 July 2022: As part of efforts to end its diplomatic isolation and lift sanctions imposed by the west due to its invasion of Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is in Cairo this weekend for talks with Egyptian officials. According to state-run Russian television station RT, Lavrov arrived in Cairo late on Saturday, […]
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Sat 23 July 2022: The World Health Organization said Thursday it has recorded nearly 40 cholera-related deaths in Somalia in 2022. “Cholera is endemic in Somalia with recurrent outbreaks reported since 2017. Between 1 January to 10 July 2022, a cumulative number of 7,796 cases of cholera including 37 associated deaths (case fatality ratio 0.5%) have been reported from 25 drought-affected […]
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Fri 22 July 2022: Government continues to solicit input from many organisations and professionals to assist in identifying individuals who can come back to Eskom and help to get the old power stations back in order and mentor younger managers. This as the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) on Thursday moved to clarify its call […]
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Fri 22 July 2022: Sadio Mane has been named African Footballer of the Year after a season in which he scored the winning penalty for Senegal as they won their first Africa Cup of Nations title and repeated the feat when they qualified for the World Cup. The 30-year-old forward player won the award for the first time in 2019 while he was playing for English club Liverpool. He recently signed a three-year contract with German giant Bayern Munich. “I am really honoured and highly delighted […]
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