Mon 28 October 2024: The Department of Basic Education says it is concerned at the increasing reports of food poisoning involving children of school-going age. “These incidents of food poisoning have disrupted teaching and learning as the majority of the cases affected learners during school hours. As a result, school time has been directed towards […]
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Mon 28 October 2024: Amnesty International South Africa (AISA) has vowed to ensure pit toilets at schools are a thing of the past by next year. This comes after basic education minister Siviwe Gwarube said the deadline for the eradication of the hazardous toilets was March 2025. Nearly 1 800 schools in South Africa have […]
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Mon 28 October 2024: The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has warned about existing challenges in mpox surveillance as the number of cases since this year have surpassed 45,000. During an online media briefing Thursday evening, Africa CDC Director-General Jean Kaseya said that since the beginning of this year, a total […]
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Sun 27 October 2024: South Africa is set to submit a detailed memorial against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Monday, aiming to substantiate its case that Israel is committing genocide in Palestine, diplomatic sources confirmed to Anadolu on Sunday. A South African diplomatic source told Anadolu, requesting anonymity as he was […]
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Fri 25 October 2024: Some 479,498 children under the age of five in Kenya’s 23 arid areas are facing acute malnutrition and need treatment, the country’s National Drought Management Authority (NDMA) said Thursday. Although malnutrition cases remain high, the number represents a decline from 760,488 in July, according to NDMA’s September update released in Nairobi, […]
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Sat 26 October 2024: Namibia will hold its presidential and parliamentary elections on Nov. 27, the president has announced. “President Nangolo Mbumba has declared Wednesday, 27 November 2024, as a public holiday. This declaration has been made to facilitate the general election for the election of the President and members of the National Assembly,” said […]
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Fri 25 October 2024: Thousands of security cameras have been installed across Somalia’s capital to monitor the movement of Al-Shabaab militants and reassure residents, but they have also made business owners fearful of reprisal attacks, Reuters has reported. Rolled out this year as part of a municipal government initiative, officials say that CCTV cameras have helped authorities […]
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Fri 25 October 2024: Motorists are being warned that contaminated diesel could potentially be pumped into their cars. Diluted with illuminating paraffin, dirty diesel poses a threat to unsuspecting motorists. Speaking in an interview with Newzroom Afrika on Thursday, Avhapfani Tshifularo of Fuels Industry Association of South Africa (FIASA) said dealers were “taking advantage of the […]
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Fri 25 October 2024: Africa has recorded 134 new polio cases in at least seven counties, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Thursday. WHO regional director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti, in a message to mark World Polio Day 2024 said the circulating variant polio type 2 has been found in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central […]
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Fri 25 October 2024: South Africa’s annual consumer price inflation dropped to 3.8 percent in September from 4.4 percent in August, hitting the lowest print since March 2021, official data showed Wednesday. Patrick Kelly, chief director for price statistics at Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), attributed the lower inflation rate to declining transport costs, particularly […]
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