Tue 07 June 2022: South Africa’s gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 1.9% in the first quarter of 2022. Addressing media on Tuesday, Statistician General Risenga Maluleke said in the first three months of the year, the manufacturing industry increased by 4.9%, contributing 0.6 of a percentage point to GDP growth. “Seven of the 10 […]
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Tue 07 June 2022: Health Minister, Dr Joe Phaahla, has called for calm and vigilance after four cases of measles were detected in Gauteng. These cases were found during routine surveillance activities aimed at detecting, investigating and responding to every suspected case of this vaccine-preventable disease. In a statement on Monday, the Department of Health […]
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Ajay, right, and Atul Gupta are on the run from the law in South Africa. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Mon 06 June 2022: As a result of an Interpol Red Notice issued at the request of the South African government, Atul and Rajesh Gupta, the kingpins of state capture during Jacob Zuma’s presidency, have been arrested in Dubai. […]
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Mon 06 June 2022: According to a local government source, gunmen assaulted a Catholic church in southwest Nigeria with explosives yesterday, killing 21 people and injuring others. According to AFP, dynamite exploded inside St Francis Catholic church in Owo town before gunmen opened fire through the windows during a service, according to Richard Olatunde, spokesman […]
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Mon 06 June 2022: President Cyril Ramaphosa says government is doing what it can to shield South Africans from current and future price increases. In his weekly newsletter to the nation, the President said these increases, particularly the price of fuel, are the consequence of events over which the country has little control. “Though oil […]
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Sun 05 June 2022: Tunisian judges will stage a week-long strike on Monday to protest the dismissal of dozens of their colleagues by President Kais Saied. In a statement, the Association of Judges said work will be suspended in courts and all judicial facilities and to start a sit-in as of Monday. The statement, however, […]
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Sat 04 June 2022: The Kremlin said that Russian President Vladimir Putin who is meeting African Union leaders, will tell them that Moscow is not to blame for the growing food crisis affecting their continent. State TV showed Putin greeting Senegalese President Macky Sall, chairman of the AU, and Moussa Faki Mahamat, chairman of the […]
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Fri 03 June 2022: Tanzanian wildlife officials announced on Friday that preparations are in the process to relocate 30 white rhinos from South Africa in an effort to improve rare animal conservation and tourism. Pindi Chana, the Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, told parliament in Dodoma that the white rhinos would be relocated from […]
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Fri 03 June 2022: The first three months of 2022 were violent, brutal and unsafe for most South Africans, the quarterly police crime statistics have revealed. Releasing the statistics on Friday, Police Minister Bheki Cele said the fourth quarter (Q4) of the 2021/22 financial year was marred by increased murders, sexual violence and assaults, compared […]
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Thu 02 June 2022: The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Thursday that COVID-19 deaths on the African continent are likely to drop by nearly 94 percent in 2022 compared to last year, citing its own modeling. Although African countries struggled early in the pandemic to secure COVID vaccines as rich countries hoarded available doses, […]
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