Sat 17 July 2021: We continue to build the stories of the people, who working very hard to restore businesses that have lost, to restore communities back to normality, and this week amongst the looting, we have seen very successful collaboration to prevent further looting as a result of efforts between, the police, the SANDF […]
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Sat 17 July 2021: A ceremony was held in Ghana’s capital on Friday to open a Turkish-built mosque, with the attendance of officials from both countries. The Ghana Millet Mosque and Complex in Accra not only “adorns” landscape of the city Accra, but also shows the religious harmony in the predominantly Christian West African country,” […]
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Fri 16 July 2021: The Biden administration has teamed up with the African Union and the Gavi Alliance, formerly known as the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, to provide 25 million coronavirus vaccine doses for the people of Africa, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday. “The United States, working with the […]
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Fri 16 July 2021: Amnesty International today urged the Ethiopian authorities to end arbitrary detention of Tigrayans, Anadolu Agency reports. In a statement, the global human rights watchdog said: “The arrests appear to be ethnically motivated, with former detainees, witnesses and lawyers describing how police checked identity documents before arresting people and taking them to detention centres.” […]
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Fri 16 July 2021: The instigators of the mayhem that engulfed Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal will not be allowed to ignite anarchy and spread instability, says President Cyril Ramaphosa. The President said this during an oversight visit to eThekwini, in KwaZulu-Natal, during which he assessed the impact of recent public violence and the deployment of security […]
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Fri 16 July 2021: Africa has recorded a 43% week-on-week rise in COVID-19 deaths, as hospital admissions increase rapidly and countries face shortages in oxygen and intensive care beds. This is according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) which said that deaths also peaked at 6 273 in the week ending on 11 July from […]
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Fri 16 July 2021: It is often during times of great adversity, that we witness the extraordinary strength of the human spirit. Dr Imtiaz Sooliman founded the Gift of the Givers Foundation in 1992 and has spent the last 29 years dedicating himself to providing humanitarian aid and disaster relief. BizNews founder Alec Hogg spoke to Dr […]
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Thu 15 July 2021: The UN Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has grave concerns about how the ongoing unrest and violence in South Africa is affecting children’s safety and well-being, Chief of Communication and Partnerships in South Africa Toby Fricker told Sputnik. “Children have been caught in the violence and unrest across parts of South Africa […]
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Wed 14 July 2021: The Electoral Commission has launched an online voter registration facility allowing new voters to register and existing voters to update or amend their registration from the ease and convenience of their homes or elsewhere. Launched on Wednesday, the online voter registration facility is part of the Electoral Commission’s ongoing commitment to […]
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Wed 14 July 2021: Following the wave of looting and property destruction in parts of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, President Cyril Ramaphosa is this morning meeting political party leaders in a bid to quell the public violence and unrest. President Ramaphosa has embarked on a round of consultations with the leadership of different sectors of society […]
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