Fri 04 June 2021: The request was in the wake of former Transnet Board member, and business partner to Gupta associate Salim Essa, Iqbal Sharma, and three former senior Free State government officials appearing in the Bloemfontein Magistrates’ Court on Thursday. The four appeared before the court facing charges of procurement fraud involving R24 million, […]
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Thu 03 June 2021: Africa’s healthcare system is “far from ready” to cope with a fresh surge of coronavirus infections with vaccine deliveries at a near standstill and cases surging in many countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. “Many African hospitals and clinics are still far from ready to cope with a huge […]
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Wed 2 June 2021: The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 4,854,455 as of Wednesday noon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The Africa CDC, the specialized healthcare agency of the African Union, said the death toll from the pandemic stood at 131,138 while 4,395,809 patients across the […]
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Wed 2 June 2021: The Delhi High Court today questioned actor-environmentalist Juhi Chawla for directly filing a suit against setting up of 5G wireless networks in the country without giving any representation to the government on her concerns related to the technology. Justice JR Midha said the plaintiffs, Juhi Chawla and two others, were required […]
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Wed 02 June 2021: South Africa has topped the one million COVID-19 vaccination mark, as the country works around the clock to speed up its inoculation rollout plan. According to Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, the country has vaccinated 479 768 people under the Sisonke Programme, while at least 565 336 elderly people have received their first […]
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Tue 01 June 2021: South Africa’s unemployment rate reached 32.6% in the first three months of 2021, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said. This was revealed in Stats SA’s Quarter Labour Force Survey (QLFS) released by Statistician-General Risenga Maluleke on Tuesday. The data shows that the number of employed persons remained almost unchanged at 15 […]
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Tue 01 June 2021: Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has announced that both grades of petrol will decrease by 10 cents a litre on Wednesday. The price of petrol 93 (ULP and LRP) and 95 (ULP and LRP) will decrease by 10 cents respectively while the price of diesel (0.05% sulphur) will increase […]
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Tue 01 June 2021: More than 90 percent of people in Ethiopia’s troubled northern Tigray region need emergency food aid, the United Nations said Tuesday, as it appealed for $203 million to scale up its response. “A total of 5.2 million people, equivalent to 91 percent of Tigray’s population, need emergency food assistance due to […]
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Mon 31 May 2021: South Africa has welcomed the United Nations Human Rights Council Resolution to ensure respect for international human rights law and international humanitarian law in Palestinian territories including East Jerusalem and Israel. The Council decided to urgently establish an ongoing independent, international commission of inquiry to be appointed by the President of the […]
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Mon 31 May 2021: Nearly 416,000 people in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) were displaced due to a volcanic eruption, the UN said Sunday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a report that the city of Goma continues to see a gradual return of […]
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