Tue 19 October 2021: Eight foreign nationals, aged between 33 and 52, were on Tuesday morning arrested for their links to an alleged R100 million internet scam during a large-scale operation in Cape Town. The group was arrested in a joint operation led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), United State Secret Service (USSS) […]
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Mon 18 October 2021: The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) says it is studying a court application by Eskom, which seeks to compel the energy regulator to reconsider Eskom’s tariff increase application. This as NERSA rejected Eskom’s multi-year electricity tariff increase application at the end of September. On Monday, the power utility said […]
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Mon 18 October 2021: The use of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine will remain not approved by the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) amid concerns that it may increase the risk of HIV contraction among vaccinated males. The development was confirmed on Monday by the Authority in a media statement on the Section […]
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Mon 18 October 2021: The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) announced on Sunday that as many as 16.2 million people in Yemen are food insecure. “Due to protracted conflict, 16.2 million people in Yemen are food insecure, while the devaluation of the currency has further made food unaffordable, exacerbating food […]
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Mon 18 October 2021: The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has announced that it expects to convene an inquiry into allegations of racial discrimination within the advertising industry next year. The inquiry is expected to sit during the last week of February 2022. According to the SAHRC, the inquiry comes on the back of […]
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Sun 17 October 2021: Prior to his trip to Africa on Sunday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated that his country would pursue a comprehensive relationship with African partners. “We will continue building a closer relationship with Africa across all spheres. Our trade with African countries topped $25 billion in 2020 thanks to a growing […]
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Sun 17 October 2021: Ons Jabeur will be the first Arab player to be ranked among the top 10 tennis players in the world after the Tunisian athlete reached the Indian Wells semifinal on Thursday. Jabeur, currently ranked 14th, reached the final of the Chicago Fall Tennis Classic earlier this month and became the first […]
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Sun 17 October 2021: On Saturday, Palestine praised attempts to thwart Israel’s immediate admission to the African Union as an observer state (AU). The African Union Executive Council, which conducted its 39th ordinary session in Addis Ababa for two days, decided on Friday to postpone taking a final decision on granting Israel observer status in […]
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Sat 16 October 2021: According to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), nine out of ten Nigerian schools lack a facility for children to wash their hands. This suggests a declining trend in the fight against infectious diseases, according to the international organization. This was said by UNICEF in a statement released on Friday in […]
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Sat 16 October 2021: The third edition of the Turkey-Africa Economic and Business Forum will be held on Oct. 21-22 in Istanbul with a high-level attendance. The event will include a ministerial meeting, B2B debates, signing ceremonies, and panels in which several topics such as cooperation in agriculture, pandemic, innovation and financing will be discussed. […]
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