Wed 11 September 2024: The DA warned that they will leave the national unity government if President Ramaphosa signs the BELA into law SABC News reported. On Friday, the President is scheduled to approve the Bill intended to enhance governance in South Africa’s education system. DA leader John Steenhuisen says the Bill has constitutional implications for […]
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Wed 11 September 2024: The collapse of a dam in northeast Nigeria has unleashed catastrophic flooding, destroying thousands of homes and intensifying an already dire humanitarian situation. Borno State’s governor announced on Wednesday that the disaster has affected over a million people, further straining the state’s resources as authorities scramble to rescue residents and provide […]
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Wed 11 September 2024: President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Friday sign the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill into law, which aims to strengthen governance within South Africa’s education sector. The President will publicly sign the Bill during a ceremony to be held at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. “The BELA Bill amends sections of […]
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Tue 10 September 2024: Vehicle owners are increasingly abandoning the long queues at vehicle licensing centres and opting to renew their vehicle licences online to save time. An analysis of the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) online platform, online.natis, shows that more than 2.5 million vehicle owners have opted for the convenience of the online […]
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Tue 10 September 2024: Dickson Ndiema Marangach, the former boyfriend of Ugandan marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei, has died from burns sustained during the horrific attack in which he is accused of setting her on fire. The Kenyan hospital treating him confirmed his death on Monday evening. Marangach reportedly suffered 30% burns after dousing Cheptegei with […]
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Tue 10 September 2024: Israel is actively lobbying members of the US Congress to exert pressure on South Africa to withdraw its case against Israel from the International Court of Justice (ICJ), according to recent reports from Axios and Israeli media Walla. Israel’s foreign ministry has dispatched a classified cable instructing its diplomats in the US to […]
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Tue 10 September 2024: The devastating conflict between Sudan’s army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group has claimed over 20,000 lives since it erupted in April 2023, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. During a two-day visit to Sudan, Ghebreyesus highlighted the staggering toll at a press conference […]
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Mon 09 September 2024: The North West had the fifth highest HIV prevalence rate in the country at 12.3% in 2022, with HIV prevalence in the province at 20.8% among those aged 25 to 49 years old overall. In addition, a large number of people living with HIV (PLHIV) in the province were women. This […]
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Mon 09 September 2024: National Commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS), General Fannie Masemola, has warned would be criminals that attacks on police officials will not be tolerated. This after an attack on a member of the National Intervention Unit (NIU) at the base of the unit in Mthatha in the Eastern Cape […]
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Sun 08 September 2024: Bunkering in South Africa’s Algoa Bay has dramatically cut the number of birds in the former world’s largest colony by 90 percent The first time I visited St Croix island, in 2017, it was home to about 6,000 breeding pairs of African penguins – 35 percent of the global population of […]
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