Mon 30 May 2022: The Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport has launched a new province-wide app that allows road users to report poor road conditions and other road maintenance issues that require attention. Launched as part of Smart Mobility Weekends Programme, the PotholeFixGP is an easy-to-use app downloadable from the Google Play Store and […]
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Sat 28 May 2022: The remains of 9,181 genocide victims in Kigali City were on May 26, 2022, accorded a decent burial at Nyanza memorial site, in Kicukiro district. The remains were recently retrieved from mass graves in different parts of Kigali following information volunteered on their whereabouts by some perpetrators. “It is quite unfortunate […]
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Fri 27 May 2022: President Cyril Ramaphosa says recent flooding in parts of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape is proof that climate change is upon us and that preparing for its effects is now, more than ever, critical. The President was addressing the 6th Meeting of the Presidential Climate Commission on Friday. “We have been […]
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Fri 27 May 2022: The drought which is ravaging several parts of Somalia could affect 8 million people or half of the total population in the coming months if no urgent action is taken, a drought response committee warned on Thursday. The National Drought Relief Committee which is chaired by Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame, the newly […]
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Thu 26 May 2022: Zimbabwe’s annual inflation soared to 131.7 percent in May, up from 96.4 percent the month before, marking the first time it has above 100 percent in ten months. This is happening against a backdrop of local currency depreciation and skyrocketing food and fuel prices. Monthly inflation surged to 21 percent in […]
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Wed 25 May 2022: Home Affairs Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has hinted that the department has decided to overhaul its immigration system and that details of this will soon be announced. Motsoaledi said this when he tabled the department’s Budget Vote priorities during a mini plenary of the National Assembly on Tuesday. “…Another elephant in […]
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Wed 25 May 2022: World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus broke into tears Tuesday making a speech in Geneva after he was reelected to head the world health agency for a second five-year term. The celebration was marred when his country of Ethiopia, and neighboring Eritrea refused to accept a congratulatory speech that was to […]
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Tue 24 May 2022: The Federal Republic of Germany has committed to support South Africa’s efforts towards industrialisation, infrastructure development and job creation as laid out in the Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan. President Cyril Ramaphosa told this to the media following bilateral talks with his German Counterpart, Chancellor Olaf Scholz, at the Union Buildings […]
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On Monday, Time magazine named two prominent Muslim women, President Samia Suluhu Hassan and Afghan writer Hoda Khamosh, to its list of the 100 most influential people in 2022. Samia Suluhu Hassan 62-year-old Samia Suluhu Hassan is a Tanzanian politician who is serving as the sixth and current president of Tanzania. She has given Tanzania […]
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Tue 24 May 2022: The Department of Home Affairs has dismissed the Chief Director who recommended that self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his family be issued with Permanent Residence Permits – with immediate effect. In a statement on Monday, the department said the Bushiri family were issued with permanent residence they did not deserve. The […]
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