Wed 19 November 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ How to spot the India-based fake news flooding SA: South Africans are being hit by a relentless wave of professionally packaged but entirely fabricated news stories circulating on WhatsApp, Facebook and cloned websites. As exposed in News24’s recent investigation into an Indian disinformation […]
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Tue 18 November 2025: E-hailing APP Providers working with e-hailing operators in Gauteng have been urged to legally register their applications in line with Section 66(A) of the National Land Transport Amendment Act, 2009 (Act No. 5 of 2009). “[The Act] requires e-hailing platform providers to register their digital applications (Apps) with the National Department […]
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Tue 18 November 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ G-20 Summit Will Move On Without US: “We believe that the countries that are present here must be able to take a decision and adopt a declaration,” Ronald Lamola, South Africa’s foreign minister, told the inaugural Bloomberg Africa Business Summit in the city […]
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Mon 17 November 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ Ramaphosa to serve full term: The plan allegedly circulated in a letter among senior ANC members. It called for Ramaphosa’s removal and the disbandment of the NEC. The letter proposed a national task team led by Thabo Mbeki. https://independentpress.cc/ramaphosa-to-serve-full-term-despite-alleged-ouster-plot/2025/11/17/ ————- ◼️ South African speed lovers […]
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Mon 17 November 2025: The ANC has dismissed rumours of a plan to remove President Cyril Ramaphosa, insisting he will complete his term. The African National Congress (ANC) is adamant its leadership will serve its full term, which is set to end in December 2027. This follows reports of a plot to oust President Cyril […]
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Mon 17 November 2025: Details have emerged about the controversial scheme to take Palestinians out of Gaza, run by Al-Majd Europe. On Thursday morning, a chartered plane carrying 153 Palestinians from war-torn Gaza – many without the required travel documents – landed at an airport near Johannesburg, leaving South African officials “blindsided”. After nearly 12 […]
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Mon 17 November 2025: Nine cases reported in Ethiopia’s Omo region, bordering conflict-wracked South Sudan, which has a fragile health system. Ethiopia has confirmed its first outbreak of Marburg virus disease, after nine cases were reported in the south of the country. World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday commended the Ethiopian […]
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Sun 16 November 2025: The Africa CDC said it had recorded about 300,000 confirmed and suspected cases of cholera so far in 2025, a rise over last year. Africa is experiencing its worst outbreak of cholera in the past 25 years, with Angola and Burundi seeing renewed surges that suggest active transmission of the disease, […]
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Sat 15 November 2025: In the last decade, armed drones have become one of the most visible symbols of modern warfare. Once the preserve of advanced militaries, armed drones are now widely available on the global arms market. Countries such as Turkey, China and Iran are producing lower-cost models and exporting them. In Sudan’s ongoing war, which began in […]
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Sat 15 November 2025: The UN health agency warns that recent progress in tackling the disease is under threat due to a shortfall in critical aid. Tuberculosis deaths have fallen by 3 percent to 1.23 million people in 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. In its annual TB report published on Wednesday, the United […]
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