Education Department's Electricity Cut Off for Owing Millions of Rands
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February 20, 2024, 3:42 PM
[GroundUp] Eastern Cape provincial education department's offices in Nelson Mandela Bay have been in the dark since December
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Green Point 'Tent City' - Homeless Camp's Days Are Numbered
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February 20, 2024, 7:14 AM
[GroundUp] Relocation options unsatisfactory for many of the occupiers
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Inside the Stinking Ship At Cape Town Harbour Carrying 19,000 Cattle to the Middle East
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February 20, 2024, 7:12 AM
[Daily Maverick] 'If the smell in Cape Town CBD was so strong today, can one imagine what the animals have to smell inside the ship?"
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Nelson Mandela University Students Block Campus Entrance Over Unpaid Nsfas Funds
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February 20, 2024, 3:42 PM
[GroundUp] Lectures are taking place online
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Man Who Was Assaulted By Police Dies Three Months Later
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February 20, 2024, 3:42 PM
[GroundUp] Ugochukwu Emmanuel Nnoli's family suspect the assault played a role in his death
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#unitebehind's Seven-Year Push for Accountability At Prasa
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February 20, 2024, 3:42 PM
[GroundUp] The activist group is fighting legal battles to bring those responsible for the collapse of railway services to book
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One Year and Counting - the Supreme Court of Appeal Has Still Not Handed Down Judgment in the Vital Tafelberg Case
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February 20, 2024, 3:42 PM
[GroundUp] Court says judgment should be delivered within three weeks
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Stemming the Tide - Senzo Mchunu Battles Ongoing Water Crisis While Confronting His Party
https://allafrica.com/stories/202402200025.html
February 20, 2024, 7:11 AM
[Daily Maverick] The provision of potable water could soon be a political issue comparable to load shedding. While some of the problems appear insurmountable, there is evidence that Minister of Water and Sanitation Senzo Mchunu is trying to fix what he can, even if that means sparking political disputes with people in his party.
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Five Key Takeaways From Gauteng Premier Lesufi's Speech to a Tough Nasrec Crowd
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February 20, 2024, 7:10 AM
[Daily Maverick] Delivering his second State of the Province Address, Premier Panyaza Lesufi emphasised job creation and cracking down on crime. The e-toll debacle will be resolved within weeks, he claimed.
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Maria's Keepers - One Woman's Escape From the Jehovah's Witnesses Church in South Africa
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February 20, 2024, 7:04 AM
[Daily Maverick] Sam Human's new book 'Maria's Keepers' tells the story of Maria, a former Jehovah's Witness in South Africa, and reveals gender victimisation, sexual abuse and cover-ups within the church.
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South Africa Is Falling Behind in Africa's New 'Gold Rush'
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February 20, 2024, 6:48 AM
[ISS] The country is losing out on mining investments to African nations with more favourable operational and regulatory environments.
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South Africa vs Israel - ICJ Declines SA's New Application but Says Israel Duty Bound to Protect Civilians
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February 19, 2024, 2:01 PM
[IPS] Johannesburg -- The International Court of Justice has declined the South African government's urgent application for further measures to prevent an "unprecedented military offensive against Rafah," but reiterated that Israel is bound to protect civilians in the country.
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HIV Among Older South Africans in Rural Areas - Big Study Shows There's a Problem That's Being Neglected
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February 18, 2024, 5:57 PM
[The Conversation Africa] South Africa continues to have a high prevalence of HIV among all age groups. About 8.2 million people or 13.7% of the population live with HIV, one of the highest rates in the world.
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Fingers Pointed At City of Cape Town for Allegedly Not Maintaining Firebreaks
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February 19, 2024, 10:08 AM
[Daily Maverick] Residents and fire prevention authorities are concerned that multiple firebreaks in the Cape Peninsula on City of Cape Town and privately owned land were not maintained before the start of the 2023/24 fire season in the Western Cape.
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No 'Pie in the Sky' - - Malema Defends Pledge to Fix Power Cuts in Only Six Months
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February 19, 2024, 10:05 AM
[Daily Maverick] Experts say five years is the best we can hope for, but EFF leader Julius Malema is sticking to his guns.
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Corruption and Clean Energy in South Africa - Economic Model Shows Trust in Government Is Linked to Takeup of Renewables
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February 18, 2024, 5:53 PM
[The Conversation Africa] South Africa relies heavily on energy from coal-fired power stations, which emit large quantities of carbon. But making the transition to greater use of renewable energies, such as solar, is being hampered by a number of factors. Chief among them is corruption, which is affecting the quality of institutions.
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Ad Hoc Committee On the Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill Concludes Public Hearings in Mpumalanga
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February 19, 2024, 10:47 AM
[Parliament of South Africa] Parliament, Sunday, 18 February 2024 - The Ad Hoc Committee on the General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill today concluded the Mpumalanga leg of the public hearings at the Mayor's Parlour in the Gert Sibande District Municipality. The committee welcomed approximately 157 members of the public who expressed their views on the Bill.
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2026 World Cup Qualifiers - Bafana'll Beat Super Eagles - Khumalo
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February 19, 2024, 10:02 AM
[Vanguard] Former South Africa international, Doctor Khumalo has expressed confidence in Bafana Bafana's ability to triumph over the Super Eagles in the upcoming 2026 World Cup qualifiers scheduled for June.
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Parents Urged to Give Consent for HPV Vaccine
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February 19, 2024, 10:26 AM
[SAnews.gov.za] Gauteng MEC for Health and Wellness, Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko, has appealed to parents, caregivers and legal guardians who have not yet signed the consent form to vaccinate young girls against cervical cancer with the HPV vaccine to do so.
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Cr's Tintswalo Analogy Would Have Been Laughable If It Wasn't So Insulting to Millions
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February 19, 2024, 10:15 AM
[Daily Maverick] It may have started off as a seemingly clever metaphor and an electoral ace card for the ANC, but it came off as a tone-deaf, insensitive and clearly manipulative political ploy.
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Banker-Turned-Presidential Hopeful Roger Jardine Proposes R500bn Wealth and Pensions Tax to Reconstruct SA
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February 19, 2024, 10:14 AM
[Daily Maverick] Change Starts Now leader Roger Jardine will announce his big idea for a Reconstruction and Growth Fund in Kliptown, Soweto, on Monday, 19 February.
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'You Had a Choice, but You Became a Killer' - Parents Want Prison for Driver Who Killed Son
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February 19, 2024, 10:09 AM
[Daily Maverick] Darryl Futter was convicted of culpable homicide in the 2016 death of Swedish volunteer Aksel Otterbeck, whose distraught parents want Futter to serve time behind bars
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Breaking Visa Logjam Is Critical If SA Wants to Compete for Global Talent
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February 19, 2024, 10:07 AM
[Daily Maverick] We all know that local is lekker, but an influx of international talent and expertise does not have to come at the expense of locals, it can boost it. But our dysfunctional visa regime stands in the way.
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Ad Hoc Committee On the Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill Commences Public Hearings in Mpumalanga
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February 19, 2024, 10:48 AM
[Parliament of South Africa] To download an audio clip of the Chairperson of the Ad Hoc Committee on the General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill, Mr Jerome Maake click https://www.iono.fm/e/1407180
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President Ramaphosa Responds to SONA Debate
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February 16, 2024, 1:55 PM
[Parliament of South Africa] In response to the debate on his State of the Nation Address last week, President Cyril Ramaphosa admitted that many people cannot find jobs and even those with jobs wonder if they will be able to provide for their families, as the cost of living increases. Meanwhile, load shedding continues to have a devastating impact on every aspect of everyone's lives.
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Manica Diamonds Joins the Race for Khama Billiat's Signature
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February 16, 2024, 2:12 PM
[New Zimbabwe] Manica Diamonds has joined the race to sign former Mamelodi Sundowns and Kaizer Chiefs forward Khama Billiat.
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Soldiers Killed, 3 Injured in Mortar Explosion in Eastern DR Congo
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February 15, 2024, 2:30 PM
[Daily Maverick] The soldiers had only begun being deployed two months ago as part of a regional force to tackle Rwanda-backed rebels.
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South Africa Steps Up Cancer Data Gathering
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February 15, 2024, 2:36 PM
[SciDev.Net] Johannesburg -- South Africa has begun collecting data on cancer directly from patients for the first time, to help shape national cancer policies and resourcing.
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Old Age Grant Is Not Enough to Cover Care Needs, Researchers Find
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February 15, 2024, 11:09 AM
[GroundUp] Pensioners often carry households at the expense of their own needs
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Rhinos Can't Sweat, Making Them Vulnerable to Overheating - Global Warming Could Wipe Them Out in Southern Africa
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February 17, 2024, 6:14 PM
[The Conversation Africa] Southern Africa is home to 22,137 of the world's 23,432 white and black African rhinos. But they're facing grave threats because of a warming planet. Now, the first study of how climate change affects rhinos in southern Africa has found that they will cease to exist in the region's national parks by 2085 if the world takes the worst-case scenario climate change pathway. Timothy Randhir, who has been an ecological economist for 47 years, explains what governments and par...
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