Gauteng Health Department Concerned Over Rise in Teenage Pregnancies - South African News Briefs - April 30, 2024
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April 30, 2024, 7:24 AM
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Boxing Legend "Rose of Soweto" Dingaan Thobela Dies
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April 30, 2024, 5:56 AM
[allAfrica] Dingaan Thobela, the revered South African boxer affectionately known as the 'Rose of Soweto', passed away at the age of 57 after a prolonged battle with illness, reports News24.
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Surprise Comeback of South Africa's Ex-President Jacob Zuma Could Challenge Ruling Party
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May 1, 2024, 4:45 AM
[RFI] South Africa's ex-president Jacob Zuma is running a visible and noisy campaign for May's elections against his former party, the ruling African National Congress (ANC), another bump on a difficult road for the historical post-apartheid party.
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New Lab a Leap Forward for Oral Health in the Eastern Cape
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April 30, 2024, 8:56 AM
[spotlight] A new lab promises to improve access to dental prostheses in the Eastern Cape, restoring thousands of smiles in the process. Dr Bulela Vava of the Public Oral Health Forum welcomes the development and argues that oral health should not be a privilege of the few.
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Health Dismisses Reports of New Covid-19 Variant
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May 1, 2024, 4:45 AM
[SAnews.gov.za] The National Department of Health says it has noted with concern old and fake news about the COVID-19 Omicron XBB variant circulating on social media.
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South Africa's Lemba People - How They View Their Jewishness Challenges Zionist Ideas That Identity Is Linked to One Homeland
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May 1, 2024, 4:37 AM
[The Conversation Africa] A man wearing a yarmulke stands on the edge of a hill, quietly taking in the landscape below as he considers his ancestors and their histories in this place. This isn't Israel. It is Mapungubwe Hill, a Unesco World Heritage Site in the north of South Africa's Limpopo province.
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Proposed Coal Mine in Mpumalanga Grasslands Back in Court
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April 30, 2024, 12:05 PM
[GroundUp] Uthaka Energy persists with plans for a colliery in Mabola Protected Environment despite six court judgments
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Dingaan Thobela 'A Champion Fighter Who Captured the Hearts of the Nation'
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April 30, 2024, 12:05 PM
[SAnews.gov.za] Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture Zizi Kodwa has paid tribute to the late South African boxing legend Dingaan Thobela, describing him as one of the world's standout fighters.
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How the Mandela Myth Helped Win the Battle for Democracy in South Africa
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April 29, 2024, 11:00 AM
[The Conversation Africa] Political history scholar Jonny Steinberg's 2023 book Winnie & Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage is a double biography of South Africa's most famous political figures - Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela Mandela - and their role in the country's struggle for democracy. It's also a book that shatters countless myths about the couple and the liberation struggle that have been formed in popular culture and even academic tellings of history. As South Africa commemor...
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Flu Rates Anticipated to Return to Pre-Covid-19 Levels
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April 29, 2024, 9:07 AM
[spotlight] COVID-19-related factors resulted in several years of lower-than-normal rates of the flu, but experts say that is now something of the past. As this year's flu season gets under way, Elri Voigt asks several local experts what their expectations are, which flu vaccines are available this year, and whether we should be concerned about new strains of bird flu.
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Corruption Allegations Rock Higher Education Ministry - South African News Briefs - April 29, 2024
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April 29, 2024, 5:55 AM
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Global Honour for Coastal Guardians Who Told Shell to Go to Hell
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April 29, 2024, 3:06 PM
[Daily Maverick] Two environmental activists, born in remote farm villages along the Wild Coast, have been honoured with a global environmental award for their role in halting seismic blasting tests by the Shell oil and gas multinational off the Eastern Cape coastline.
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Namibia Credited for South Africa's Freedom
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April 29, 2024, 3:04 PM
[New Era] South African High Commissioner to Namibia Thenjiwe Ethel Mtintso says Namibia played a critical role in the freedom and democracy of her nation.
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Housing Activists Confront Western Cape Premier At Coffee Shop
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April 29, 2024, 2:49 PM
[GroundUp] Campaigners want government car parks developed for affordable inner city housing
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14 Years After Court Order, Government Starts Building Special School in Makhanda
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April 29, 2024, 2:49 PM
[GroundUp] Amasango Career School's permanent premises to be completed by 2027
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AU Sends Election Observers to South Africa
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April 29, 2024, 11:06 AM
[African Union] The Republic of South Africa is scheduled to hold General Elections on 29 May 2024. As the country makes final preparations towards this end, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, will deploy an African Union Election Observation Mission (AUEOM) to South Africa.
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ANC-Aligned Cosatu Confirms It Is an Enemy of Unemployed South Africans
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April 29, 2024, 9:33 AM
[DA] A statement released yesterday by the ANC proxies in labour federation COSATU is a timely reminder that the ANC alliance - composed of the ANC, COSATU and the SACP - is the primary enemy of the 10 million unemployed people in South Africa. Over the past thirty years, this unholy alliance has deliberately created a system of economic exclusion that has left South Africa with one of the highest unemployment rates in the world.
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Kaizer Chiefs Vs Sunday World - Press Ombud Rules Against Headline
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April 29, 2024, 2:49 PM
[GroundUp] Editors may feel that rulings like this tie their hands when it comes to punchy headlines
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Signature Fraud Claims Against Zuma's Mk Party May Imperil Poll Legitimacy
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April 30, 2024, 12:23 PM
[Daily Maverick] Former president Jacob Zuma's uMkhonto Wesizwe party is unlikely to be affected at the polls by its expulsion of high-ranking members. However, allegations that it forged supporters' signatures could threaten the legitimacy of the elections.
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Owning a Gun in South Africa Offers Some Safety, but Risks Run High for Users and Society - Expert
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April 29, 2024, 4:35 AM
[The Conversation Africa] South Africa has one of the highest homicide rates in the world, eclipsed only by Honduras and a handful of Caribbean island states. Furthermore, South African police crime data shows that South Africans experience above average levels of robbery, assault and rape.
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'Bob Marley - One Love' Opens the Door to a Wider Audience for His Vision and Music
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April 30, 2024, 1:53 PM
[Daily Maverick] After successful biopics about Freddy Mercury, Elton John, Billie Holiday and Elvis, to name a few, a film about the life of Bob Marley was sure to come. 'Bob Marley: One Love' hit movie screens around the world on 14 February 2024 and, despite some critical responses, has exceeded expectations, already grossing more than $177-million at box offices worldwide.
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Lekker Brekker Monday - Cheesy Polenta With a Fried Egg & Onion-Tomato Relish
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April 30, 2024, 1:53 PM
[Daily Maverick] Polenta finished with cheese and butter is the base of a breakfast that can be adapted in many ways. Just don't skimp on the cheese, it's what makes it such a delicious start to the day.
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Workers of South Africa Must Not Be Fooled Again By Zuma
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April 30, 2024, 12:23 PM
[Daily Maverick] What we are seeing now is an attempt to rewrite history. To once again present Zuma as a victim (his most prized status) of the judiciary, the establishment, white monopoly capitalism, backstabbers and the media. There is an attempt to promote him as a peacemaker, someone who can unite and speak to the needs of the marginalised. Someone whose versatility enables him to embrace tradition but who can take us on a modern development path. This is fake news of the highest order.
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Never Has a Wise Vote Been More Important to the Future of South Africa
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April 27, 2024, 10:56 AM
[Daily Maverick] After thirty years of democracy, the heroes of freedom have been replaced by the hyenas of stealing
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30 Years On, South Africa's Dream of Unity Lies Shattered
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April 27, 2024, 10:13 AM
[DW] Thirty years after the end of apartheid, South Africa is looking back on a democratic but deeply divided society. Political divisions have fueled a growing disappointment with Nelson Mandela's liberation party, the ANC.
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Trial Begins for Alleged Thieves at Ramaphosa's Farm - South African News Briefs - April 26, 2024
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April 26, 2024, 4:53 AM
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Dysfunctional South African Municipalities Are Killing Small Businesses
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April 30, 2024, 12:23 PM
[Daily Maverick] A new study has found that municipal performance is a key factor in the success of small businesses and may be a critical limiting factor when it comes to stimulating the growth of local economies.
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Studio Ghibli's 'The Boy and the Heron' Is an Antiquated Portal to the Past
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April 29, 2024, 9:45 AM
[Daily Maverick] 'The Boy and the Heron' is iconic filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki's first new animated fantasy adventure in a decade. It's also this year's Academy Award winner for Best Animated Feature Film. The question, though, is whether it's a genuine masterpiece, or whether critics and fans are forever dazzled by Studio Ghibli's creative legacy.
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South African Freedom Day
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April 27, 2024, 10:18 AM
[State Department] On behalf of the people of the United States, congratulations to all South Africans on the historic 30th anniversary of their country's first democratic elections.
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Three Zimbabweans, Six Others Jailed for Nearly 11,000 Years in South Africa
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April 26, 2024, 12:49 PM
[The Herald] The South Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, South Africa has jailed three Zimbabweans and six other people for a total of 10 939 years in prison for 391 counts of money laundering, fraud and forgery, among other offenses committed in the country.
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