Fri 28 January 2022: Egypt and South Africa have topped Forbes‘ latest list of Africa’s Richest People 2022 with five billionaires each. Nigeria had three billionaires and Morocco two, the publication said. All the billionaires in Africa are men, it added. Forbes reported that the total wealth of the African continent’s 18 billionaires was estimated at $84.9 billion, an increase […]
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Fri 28 January 2022: The Commission on Gender Equality has retracted its statement on COVID-19 vaccination and the impact it has on women’s reproductive health. “On the 16th January 2022, the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) issued a public statement to the media in which we erroneously quoted an article published in a medical journal […]
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President Cyril Ramaphosa receives a Letter of Credence from the Ambassador of of Israel, Eliav Belotsercovsky. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Fri 28 January 2022: The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) says it has noted comments and questions regarding the status of diplomatic relations between South Africa and Israel. The department believes that the debate appears to […]
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Fri 28 January 2022: Some 53 African countries have conducted 94,293,113 COVID-19 tests so far, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said in the latest weekly briefing held Thursday. The Africa CDC, the specialized healthcare agency of the African Union, said 1,405,112 new tests were reported during the past one week. […]
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Thu 27 January 2022: Despite facing “less than ideal circumstances,” Eskom is making good strides towards sustainability and energy security. These were the words of Eskom Chief Executive Andre de Ruyter during a media briefing on the state of South Africa’s electricity system. The country has not faced load shedding since mid-November last year. Unplanned […]
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Thu 27 January 2022: Sudanese authorities yesterday renewed the annual work licence of the Al Jazeera News Network, with the exception of its Al Jazeera Mubasher channel. The Sudanese National Council for Press and Publications said in a statement that its Chairman, Abdul-Azim Awad, received in his office the director of the Al Jazeera office in Khartoum, Al-Muslim Al-Kabbashi, […]
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Thu 27 January 2022: The United Nations children’s fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday kicked off an eight-week campaign to help boost COVID-19 vaccinations across Africa. UNICEF said the first ever U-Report Challenge which comes a week after COVAX delivered its billionth dose in Rwanda, calls on all 13.3 million U-Reporters in Africa to help get vaccines […]
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Wed 26 January 2022: The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) says it will investigate the affairs of state-owned telecommunications company Telkom in relation to allegations of corruption, maladministration and improper conduct at the entity. This after President Cyril Ramaphosa signed a proclamation authorising the SIU to investigate the state owned company’s affairs. The proclamation empowers the […]
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Wed 26 January 2022: After undergoing 30 operations, a 10-year-old white rhino in South Africa whose horns were hacked off by poachers was released back into the wild on Monday. The surgeries were performed to repair a gash on his face. The rhino was named Sehawukele by its rescuers. Sehawukele means “God have mercy on […]
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Tue 25 January 2022: Total tax revenue collections for 2020/21 declined by 7.8% to R1 249.7 billion from the R1 355.8 billion collected in the previous year, tax statistics have revealed. The figures are contained in the 14th annual edition of the Tax Statistics published by the National Treasury and the South African Revenue Service (SARS) on […]
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