Some 900,000 doses of oral cholera vaccines were due to arrive in the cyclone-battered Beira city on Tuesday Cholera has infected at least 1,052 people in Mozambique’s cyclone-hit region, the health ministry said on Monday in a new report, marking a massive increase from 139 cases reported four days ago. The new data represents on […]
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Unfortunately for South Africans, the ever-rising cost of living, exemplified by recent electricity tariff increases, is no April Fools gag. The price of electricity will increase by 14% today, with approved tariff hikes being implemented by Eskom on 1 April. Unfortunately for South Africans, the ever-rising cost of living, exemplified by recent electricity tariff increases, […]
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South Africans will be hit with a double blow in April, as the local petrol price and electricity prices are set to increase significantly – all while load shedding and the rising cost of living keeps households under strain. Using the latest available data from the Central Energy Fund, petrol prices are in for a […]
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Motorists can expect a big petrol price hike in March, due to rising global oil price, a weaker rand and the introduction of new fuel taxes. According to the latest data from the Central Energy Fund (26 March), South African motorists should anticipate a hike at the pumps of 104 cents per litre for 95 petrol and 106 cents per litre […]
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Eskom’s management and financial problems, and load shedding, won’t necessarily go away simply by splitting it into three components. Recent power cuts and the announcement that South Africa’s power utility Eskom will be receiving R23billion (about USD$1.5billion) a year in government support for the foreseeable future are symptomatic of operational and financial crises at the utility. The conventional wisdom […]
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Cholera cases in Mozambique among survivors of a devastating cyclone have shot up to 139, officials said, as nearly 1 million vaccine doses were rushed to the region and health workers desperately tried to improvise treatment space for victims. Cholera causes acute diarrhea, is spread by contaminated food and water and can kill within hours […]
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A large diamond has been found at the site of the discovery of South Africa’s most famous stone. The tiny mining town of Cullinan is in the news after an enormous diamond was discovered at the site that produced the largest gem-quality rough diamond ever found. In the more than a century that has passed […]
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Coffins, furniture, food and electrical appliances are some of the items that flow across the border Towering piles of oil, tyres, biscuits, microwaves and toilet paper filled a small and damp Johannesburg basement — all destined for Zimbabwe. The items are loaded onto trailers attached to minibuses which make the 550-kilometre journey north to the […]
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A movement of Islamic businessmen and community members has raised $300,000 for those affected in Beira Macsud Samsadin sits in a white cap and long, cream, Islamic jubba, offering water and rissois – breaded prawns with green chili – to guests for free. His small halal takeaway joins on to the yellow and white Jumma […]
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Latest on explosion in Somalia’s capital (all times local): 2:55 p.m. Police say at least 10 people have been killed and seven others wounded in a car bomb blast outside a restaurant in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. Capt. Mohamed Hussein tells The Associated Press that most of the casualties were among […]
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