Fri 08 July 2022: Government has committed to strengthening the criminal justice system and employing more security personnel to improve safety measures, following the unrest and looting that engulfed the country last year. Giving an update, on behalf of the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security (JCPS) cluster, a year since widespread violence, Minister of Defence […]
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Fri 08 July 2022: With a stirring 6-2 3-6 6-1 victory over Tatjana Maria, Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur raised the spirits of a whole continent and became the first Arab and first African woman to go to the Wimbledon final. Billie Jean King, an American tennis legend, declared before Jabeur took the court on Thursday that […]
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Wed 06 July 2022: According to a senior official, at least 300 prisoners were on the run after unknown gunmen attacked a jail in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city, on Tuesday. One prisoner was killed and three others were injured in the incident. About 600 prisoners were released after the attackers attacked the detention facility in […]
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Wed 06 July 2022: President Cyril Ramaphosa has condemned liquor establishments who put profits before the lives of children of the country. Delivering a eulogy at the mass funeral service in East London of the teenagers, whose lives were cut short during the Enyobeni tavern tragedy in Scenery Park in the early hours of Sunday, 26 […]
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Wed 06 July 2022: Zimbabwe’s central bank said that it would begin selling gold coins this month as a form of reserve money to control the country’s out-of-control inflation, which has severely devalued the local currency. The coins will be sold starting on July 25 in local currency, US dollars, and other foreign currencies at […]
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Tue 05 July 2022: President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Wednesday attend the mass funeral service for the 21 young people who died last week in East London in the Eastern Cape. The teenagers – some as young as 13 – passed away at the Enyobeni Tavern in Scenery Park, East London in the early hours […]
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Tue 05 July 2022: Tanzania said, on Monday, that it had signed an agreement with a Turkish firm, Yapi Merkezi, to build a $900 million modern railway line as part of the country’s efforts to upgrade transportation links and boost trade with its neighbours, Reuters reports. The 165-kilometer line which will connect two towns in north-west Tanzania […]
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Tue 05 July 2022: At least 200 Somalian children have died of hunger since January, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), which reported the situation as “catastrophic food insecurity” for the first time since 2017. In eight regions of the country—up from six regions in May this year—drought […]
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Tue 05 July 2022: The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) has announced a price increase of at least R2.30 for all fuel variants from Wednesday. The price of illuminating paraffin is also expected to go up with gas prices showing a decrease. The price adjustments are as follows: Petrol (both 93 ULP and […]
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Forensic experts are investigating after 21 young people were discovered scattered across floors and tables at the Enyobeni Tavern in East London. FILE PHOTO Mon 04 July 2022: President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on civil society, government and communities to come together to fight the scourge of underage drinking in South Africa. This in the […]
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