Sat 30 April 2022: After purchasing the world’s largest blue diamond ever offered at auction, a collector has given new meaning to the expression “feeling blue.” According to the auction house, the De Beers Cullinan Blue, a 15.10-carat step-cut diamond, was sold by telephone to an anonymous buyer on Wednesday at Sotheby’s in Hong Kong. […]
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Fri 29 April 2022: Mercenaries have become increasingly influential as states across Africa find their armies unable to limit the widening reach of armed groups. Ahead of the holy month of Ramadan every year, traders from neighbouring towns flock to the popular cattle market in the central Malian town of Moura. That ritual continued this […]
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Fri 29 April 2022: Health Minister, Dr Joe Phaahla, says while the country is still at great risk of COVID-19, government is observing the daily new infections and remains on high alert. Phaahla said the next seven days until 6 May will give an indication as to whether the 5th wave of the pandemic has started. […]
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Fri 29 April 2022: Experts have been sounding the alarm that the Ukraine conflict could lead to food insecurity across parts of Africa. Surging food and energy prices stoked by the war in Ukraine may lead to “social unrest” in Africa, the International Monetary Fund has warned. Most countries south of the Sahara are already […]
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Fri 29 April 2022: In the midst of the disaster left by the floods in KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape, SASSA has provided Social Relief Distress (SRD) to more than 3 000 affected individuals, to the tune of almost R5 million. The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has also purchased uniforms for learners to the value […]
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Thu 28 April 2022: According to the World Health Organization, Africa is seeing an increase in COVID-19 cases, which is mostly driven to a doubling in cases recorded in South Africa. “This week new COVID-19 cases and deaths on the continent increased for the first time after a decline of more than two months for […]
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Thu 28 April 2022: The preliminary statistics for the Easter weekend shows that the number of crashes declined by 28.6% resulting in a 31.5% decline in the number of fatalities on South African roads. “A total of 162 people perished on our roads this year compared to 235 last year, resulting from 134 fatal crashes […]
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Thu 28 April 2022: South Africa has recorded 6 372 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3776298. According to data provided by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), this increase represents a 21.1% positivity rate. “The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 21.1%, and […]
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Thu 28 April 2022: Israel’s growing influence in Africa – including that of obtaining observer status at the African Union, the largest political organisation on the continent – has enraged many pro-Palestinian campaigners, Anadolu News Agency reports. Last month, activists from across Africa met in Senegal’s capital, Dakar, to mobilise support for the Palestinian liberation struggle under […]
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Wed 27 April 2022: The public prosecutor in Mali announced on Tuesday the launch of an inquiry into a mass grave uncovered near a former French military base in Gossi, in the north of the country. Last Friday, the Malian army claimed to have uncovered the mass grave. “The public prosecutor in Bamako informs the […]
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