Former Oudtshoorn Mayor Jailed for Sexual Assault - South African News Briefs - February 27, 2024
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February 27, 2024, 4:34 AM
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Kwazulu-Natal Records High Number of Rhino Poaching Cases
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February 27, 2024, 12:17 PM
[SAnews.gov.za] While efforts to prevent rhino poaching have resulted in positive outcomes in national parks across the country, South Africa has seen a shift in rhino poaching with the majority of cases in the past year being recorded in KwaZulu-Natal.
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Pilot Project Now Offering HIV Prevention Injection
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February 27, 2024, 11:50 AM
[spotlight] A new HIV prevention injection is now available to a select number of people in South Africa. That a single shot provides two months of protection is one of the injection's major selling points. In this story, Elri Voigt unpacks how much of the jab is available, who is choosing to get it and what other anti-HIV drugs are being rolled out.
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'I Want to Put My Head On the Block' - Minister Senzo Mchunu Promises Angry Ethekwini Residents Tap Water By April
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February 27, 2024, 11:39 AM
[GroundUp] Some parts of eThekwini have been without water for seven years
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Nyanga Cop Due to Testify Against Cape Town Taxi Boss Gunned Down in Apparent Hit
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February 27, 2024, 12:16 PM
[Daily Maverick] Cape Town's taxi wars appear to have claimed another victim, this time a policeman who was shot dead in Masiphumelele on the South Peninsula.
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Emalahleni Municipality Wants to Evict Families in 'Illegal' Township
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February 27, 2024, 11:38 AM
[GroundUp] Many of the families live in brick and mortar homes. But the municipality says these structures are unlawful and wants them to be demolished
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Eskom 'On the Right Path' - Ramokgopa
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February 27, 2024, 1:10 PM
[SAnews.gov.za] Interventions at Eskom power stations have been able to slash load shedding by some 600 hours during the December and January 2023/24 period as compared to the previous year.
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Global Leaders Urged to Reverse Teacher Shortage
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February 27, 2024, 1:10 PM
[SAnews.gov.za] Deputy President Paul Mashatile has called on global leaders to do whatever it takes to attract bright young minds to join the teaching profession and address the issue of teacher shortages.
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Swift Arrest of Suspects in German Murder Case Lauded
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February 27, 2024, 1:10 PM
[SAnews.gov.za] The Provincial Commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS) in Limpopo, Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe has commended police for the swift arrest of three suspects who allegedly assaulted and killed a male German tourist at the weekend.
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Top Forensic Pathologist Looks Back As Cape Town Gets Shiny New Mortuary
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February 27, 2024, 1:10 PM
[spotlight] Mortuaries are grim places, yet Professor Lorna Martin - South Africa's first woman to head a forensic medicine department - also visits mortuaries when she is on holiday. She was born in Newcastle in the United Kingdom and matriculated at a school in Boksburg on Gauteng's East Rand. Martin, who has wispy hair and eyes with a glint of steel, spoke to Biénne Huisman about her career working on headline-catching cases and the nearly-R300 million Observatory Forensic Pathology Inst...
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From Sex Education to Alcohol Sales and Minority Languages, Bela Bill Gets Roasted
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February 27, 2024, 12:16 PM
[Daily Maverick] Chairperson of the Gauteng Portfolio Committee on Education Tshilidzi Munyai had his hands full calming down people who were angry about some of the more controversial clauses in the Bela Bill.
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SA's Polls Timetable 'Cast in Stone', Says IEC, Urging Parties to Meet Registration Deadlines
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February 27, 2024, 12:15 PM
[Daily Maverick] The Constitutional Court has declined to hear an urgent application in respect of the signature requirements for unrepresented parties contesting the upcoming general election on 29 May. This comes after IEC officials on Monday chided political parties complaining about the signature threshold and submission timeframe.
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'Israel's Brutal Occupation Evokes Apartheid Memories'
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February 27, 2024, 11:28 AM
[New Era] Namibia, through Minister of Justice Yvonne Dausab and international lawyer Phoebe Okowa, presented oral statements on Friday at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands on the legal consequences arising from the policies and practices of Israel in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem.
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Govt Activities for the Week 26 February to 1 March 2024
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February 27, 2024, 1:10 PM
[SAnews.gov.za] On Monday, 26 February, Deputy President Paul Mashatile will address the 14th Policy Dialogue Forum of the International Task Force on Teachers for Education.
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Malawi Return to Cosafa Beach Soccer Tourney in South Africa
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February 27, 2024, 1:10 PM
[Nyasa Times] Malawi Beach Soccer national team will return to Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (Cosafa) Beach Soccer Championship set for March 17 to 23 in Durban, South Africa.
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9 Ruling Party Supporters Killed in Bus Crash After Rally - South African News Briefs - February 26, 2024
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February 26, 2024, 5:15 AM
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Unemployed Doctors March to Union Buildings
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February 27, 2024, 4:13 AM
[GroundUp] They are calling for the president to intervene and make sure medical professionals are employed
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Investigation Into KZN Bus Crash Ferrying ANC Supporters
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February 26, 2024, 12:36 PM
[SAnews.gov.za] An investigation has been launched into a bus crash which claimed the lives of nine people who were returning home to Mpumalanga after the African National Congress (ANC) election manifesto launch in Durban.
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Why Do Some Jews Feel Forgotten?
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February 26, 2024, 6:11 PM
[DW] South Africa has accused Israel of intent to "destroy Palestinians in Gaza." Israel dismissed the allegation, accusing South Africa of collaborating with Hamas. Where do Jews in South Africa stand?
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South Africa's Apartheid Legacy Is Still Hobbling Research - a Study of Geography Shows How
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February 27, 2024, 4:09 AM
[The Conversation Africa] Knowledge matters. It informs how we think about the world around us. It informs our decisions and government policies, supporting economic growth and development.
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Iziko Museums Celebrate Artist Esther Mahlangu
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February 26, 2024, 1:51 PM
[Iziko] Iziko Museums of South Africa is pleased to announce ''Then I Knew I Was Good at Painting'': Esther Mahlangu, A Retrospective, is opening on February 17, 2024.Curated by Nontobeko Ntombela, the exhibition highlights Dr Esther Mahlangu's over 50-year long career and her meteoric rise as a contemporary artist, earning her global acclaim. The monumental retrospective will be open to the public at the Iziko South African National Gallery from February 18 until August 11, 2024. From there it
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Unsuccessful Nsfas Applicants Urged to Lodge an Appeal
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February 26, 2024, 12:36 PM
[SAnews.gov.za] The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has encouraged students whose application for financial aid has been rejected or withdrawn, to lodge an appeal with the scheme.
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Mashatile to Address Integrated Criminal Justice System Conference
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February 27, 2024, 9:37 AM
[SAnews.gov.za] Deputy President Paul Mashatile is expected to deliver the keynote address at the official opening of the national conference on the implementation of the Integrated Criminal Justice System (ICJS) programme on Tuesday.
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Botshabelo Protestors Clash With Police As They Make 'Desperate Plea' to Authorities
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February 27, 2024, 7:10 AM
[GroundUp] Mayor Gregory Nthatisi to meet with community "soon"
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City of Tshwane Mum On 'Investigation' Into Illegal Suburb
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February 27, 2024, 7:10 AM
[GroundUp] Leeuwfontein developer and residents say the City has never contacted them
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Four People Shot On Public Works Property in Wynberg
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February 27, 2024, 7:10 AM
[GroundUp] Two days prior to the shooting, Parliament recommended the property become a drug rehabilitation centre
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Bheki Cele Accuses Randfontein Protesters of Being a Construction Mafia
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February 27, 2024, 6:17 AM
[GroundUp] Eleven people to apply for bail after being arrested on 13 February
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Makhanda Students Burn Paper in Protest Against NSFAS
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February 27, 2024, 6:17 AM
[GroundUp] Three days of protest because allowances are now paid directly to landlords
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Three Detectives Arrested for Alleged Corruption
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February 26, 2024, 6:15 PM
[SAPS] The Hawks' Serious Corruption Investigation members arrested three police detectives aged 39, 44 and 48 on Monday, 26 February 2024, for alleged corruption. They were arrested at a mall in Hebron.
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Nigerian Cops Trace Kingpins to South Africa After Cocaine, Pistols and 'Military Items' Smuggled From Durban
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February 27, 2024, 5:17 AM
[Daily Maverick] Police in Nigeria have arrested three port workers who were allegedly involved in smuggling drugs, pistols, ammunition and military items via Durban. The cops also believe three kingpins linked to the syndicate are in South Africa (SA).
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