Mon 03 May 2021: The country’s vaccination programme on Sunday reached a welcomed milestone with Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, announcing the arrival of the first batch of the Pfizer vaccination doses. The 325 260 doses arrived at the OR Tambo International Airport at 11.45pm. “The National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure (NATJOINTS) has considered all […]
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Mon 03 May 2021: The price of petrol is set to come down by nine cents a litre as of Wednesday, the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) announced. The price of 95 (ULP and LRP) and 93 (ULP and LRP) will come down by 9 cents a litre. This means that a litre […]
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Mon 03 May 2021: The military council that took power in Chad last month after the shock death of veteran leader Idriss Deby has named a 40-person transitional government. the army spokesman said. The new government came after consultations with the transitional prime minister, Albert Pahimi Padacke who was tasked to propose a list of […]
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Sun 02 May 2021: Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble has vowed to hold transparent elections in the country and has ordered the National Army to return to their bases and not get involved in politics. “I applaud our people for their patience and ask them to stand by the Government in maintaining law and […]
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Sat 01 May 2021: The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has announced that Libyan authorities have rescued 125 children destined for Europe via boat off the Libyan coast, confirming that most were placed in detention centres. UNICEF disclosed in a statement that among the rescued children fleeing war and poverty via the dangerous sea route […]
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Sat 01 May 2021: The Republic of Togo on 29 April 2021 signed the Statute of the Labor Centre of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC-LC). The signing ceremony took place at the OIC General Secretariat in Jeddah. The Statute was signed by Mr Abdul-Nasser Fofana, Acting Consul General of the Republic of Togo, […]
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Sat 01 May 2021: The Presidential Youth Employment Initiative implemented through the basic education sector comes to an end today. In a statement on Friday, the Department of Basic Education (DBE) said the initial duration of the programme, which started in December 2020, was four months but this was extended by one month until the […]
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Fri 30 April 2021: The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has issued a reminder that the R350 Special COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress Grant for unemployed people, comes to an end on 30 April 2021. “This means that no new applications will be accepted after this date. However, all applications which have been approved […]
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Fri 30 April 2021: Recent reports about the suspension of an agreement between Russia and Sudan on establishing a naval base in the African state are “baseless”, the Russian embassy in Khartoum announced yesterday. “In connection with the reports that have emerged in the regional and Sudanese media space about the alleged suspension of the […]
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Fri 30 April 2021: Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa has withdrawn the Government Gazette notice on Cricket South Africa (CSA). “Following several attempts to get CSA’s Interim Board (IB) and Members Council (MC) to agree on the contents of a revised Memorandum of Incorporation, as part of the Nicholson Report on the governance […]
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