Re-evaluating Official Opposition Democratic Alliance's Performance
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March 2, 2024, 1:33 PM
[Lesotho Times] As the May 29, 2024 elections approach, the opposition party "Democratic Alliance" is gearing up for a heated battle to win the minds of prospective voters. With campaign strategies in full swing, many are left wondering whether the main opposition party is truly the right choice to lead the nation. Once we hover over the districts where they have ruled, the Democratic Alliance seems to have struggled to effectively address and resolve the challenges in the districts under their ...
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African Academic Sector Preps for 40th Aeaa Conference
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March 2, 2024, 1:30 PM
[SAnews.gov.za] Umalusi CEO Dr Mafu Rakometsi says the EXCO of the Association for Educational Assessment in Africa (AEAA) is satisfied with the progress made in preparation of the hosting of the 40th AEAA Annual Conference in August.
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Sadtu Statement On the Passing of the Copyright Amendment Bill By the National Assembly
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March 2, 2024, 1:46 PM
[COSATU] The South African Democratic Teachers' Union (SADTU) welcomes the passing of the Copyright Amendment Bill by the National Assembly. The Bill will now be referred to the President for his approval.
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Textile Artist Lizette Chirrime Launches Fashion Line in Cape Town
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March 1, 2024, 11:15 AM
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Renowned Mozambican abstract textile artist Lizette Chirrime is showing her first artistic fashion line in Cape Town, South Africa, as the first presentation by Art Africa of their Community Residency program.
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South Africa's Online Election Talk Heats Up
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March 1, 2024, 7:42 AM
[allAfrica] South Africa's online election conversation is heating up - and key points and concerns are emerging, according to the Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC).
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3 Dead in Braamfontein Shooting, Police Seek Suspects - South African News Briefs - March 1, 2024
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March 1, 2024, 5:07 AM
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South Africa Faces Decisive 2024 Election
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March 1, 2024, 12:57 PM
[DW] Thirty years since its first post-apartheid election, many South African voters are fed up. The ruling ANC could lose its majority for the first time.
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New Palace for Zulu King Amid Legal Dispute - South African News Briefs - February 29, 2024
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February 29, 2024, 5:37 AM
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SA, Netherlands Recommit to Cooperation in Water and Sanitation Sector
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March 1, 2024, 4:36 PM
[SAnews.gov.za] The governments of South Africa and the Netherlands have undertaken to explore more cooperation opportunities in the water and sanitation sector in order to strength the existing relations between the two States.
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Auditor General Gives Damning Report On Police Headquarters
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March 1, 2024, 3:12 PM
[GroundUp] This was just hours after workers at the Telkom Towers office were evacuated after it was declared unfit for human use
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Adolescent Nephrology Clinic Plugs 'Critical Gap' Between Paediatric and Adult Care
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March 1, 2024, 3:08 PM
[UCT] For more than two decades, a clinic dedicated to caring for adolescents and young adults with advanced kidney disease has made its mark - thriving in the heart of Groote Schuur Hospital (GSH), as it serves patients across Cape Town in need of specialised care.
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Gugulethu School for Adults Abandoned By Government, Say Residents
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March 1, 2024, 11:25 AM
[GroundUp] St Francis Community Learning Centre has to rely on illegal connection for electricity
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Komani's Unusable R20-Million 'Sport Facility'
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March 1, 2024, 11:25 AM
[GroundUp] "What we got was nothing compared to what we were promised," says resident
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Ramaphosa Suspends Dipuo Peters
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March 1, 2024, 11:24 AM
[GroundUp] But only for a month
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Over R2 Million Worth of Illicit Cigarettes Confiscated By Police in the ZF Mgcawu District
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March 1, 2024, 10:33 AM
[SAPS] Members of Upington Border Police assisted by Kimberley Crime Intelligence, ZFM Highway Patrol, Upington POP and SARS Customs responded to information about alleged illicit cigarettes being stored and sold at one of the wholesalers in Upington on Thursday, 29 February 2024.
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Change Ends Now - Roger Jardine's New Political Party Won't Contest May 29 Polls
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March 1, 2024, 4:29 AM
[Daily Maverick] The political party, launched in December 2023, is out of the 2024 election race before it's even started. The move follows a decision by the Constitutional Court not to hear a matter on signature requirements for unrepresented parties.
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Student Caught in Crossfire Is One of Three Dead in Braamfontein Shooting
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March 1, 2024, 4:29 AM
[Daily Maverick] Three people died and another was wounded in a shooting in the centre of Braamfontein on Thursday afternoon. The incident, which killed two taxi owners and a student, is said to be unrelated to the taxi business, according to an industry insider.
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ANC to Finalise Election Lists At Weekend NEC Meeting As IEC Deadline Looms
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March 1, 2024, 4:29 AM
[Daily Maverick] The ANC will be finalising its provincial legislature and Parliament lists this weekend ahead of the IEC's cut-off date on Friday, 8 March. The party has faced intense criticism over whether the State Capture accused will be included in the lists.
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ANC and DA Are the Big Losers and Rise Mzansi the Big Winner As Political Party Funding Game Heats Up
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March 1, 2024, 4:29 AM
[Daily Maverick] As the elections approach, the money being poured into SA politics is increasing - with the major beneficiaries being some of the political newcomers.
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Doctor in Lottery Circumcision Scandal Fails to Challenge Probe
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March 1, 2024, 4:16 AM
[GroundUp] A Special Investigating Unit (SIU) investigation into National Lottery Commission (NLC) funding for a dodgy circumcision project is back on track. Pretoria Doctor John Marite has failed to get leave to appeal an earlier order dismissing his attempt to interdict the SIU. The SIU alleges that millions received by Marite to implement the circumcision project ended up in an entity with links to former NLC Chief Operating Officer (COO) Phillemon Letwaba.
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South Africa's Business Students Want Their Own Industry Superheroes and Success Stories in the Syllabus - Study
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March 1, 2024, 4:13 AM
[The Conversation Africa] In the past few years there's been much discussion globally about the need to decolonise education. Decolonisation is the process of undoing the impact of colonial thinking and its influence in the present.
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South African Takes Over Mozambique Airlines As Director General
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February 29, 2024, 3:19 PM
[AIM] Maputo -- The executive director of the South African Company Fly Modern Ark (FMA), Theunis Crous, is the new general-director of the publicly-owned Mozambique Airlines (LAM).
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Govt Works Exiting Financial Action Task Force Grey List
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February 29, 2024, 2:41 PM
[SAnews.gov.za] National Treasury has noted that whilst South Africa is on track to address all the outstanding action items by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) with regards to the country's grey listing, it remains a challenge to address all 17 of the remaining action items by February 2025.
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'Toxic' Medical Waste Dumped Along Wild Coast Had Labels 'Deliberately Removed'
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February 29, 2024, 2:38 PM
[Daily Maverick] Health investigators have found that medical waste that was dumped along the Eastern Cape's Wild Coast had labels and other identifiers like batch numbers 'deliberately removed'. Medical waste has now been collected from five places on a 25km stretch between Sigidi and Mtentu villages, according to the AMadiba Crisis Committee.
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Exclusive - - AMCU Says New Labour Party Registered, Invites 'Progressive Forces', Including Other Unions, to Join
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February 29, 2024, 2:32 PM
[Daily Maverick] The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union says it has registered a new Labour Party with the Electoral Commission of South Africa to contest the 2024 national and provincial elections.
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State Opposes Bail for AKA, Tibz Murder Accused in Durban Court
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February 29, 2024, 9:07 AM
[allAfrica] In a high-profile case, the State has declared its intention to oppose bail for the seven men accused of murdering renowned rapper Kiernan "AKA" Forbes and his friend, Tebello "Tibz" Motsoane, reports News24.
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Photographing an Eviction in Cape Town
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March 1, 2024, 4:16 AM
[GroundUp] I placed a GoPro on my camera to show what's happening from a photographer's perspective
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Rescue On the Beach - Easy-to-Use Devices Placed On Popular Beaches Could Save Lives
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March 1, 2024, 4:16 AM
[GroundUp] Automated External Defibrillators and simple airway devices can be used by bystanders to help victims of cardiac arrest and drowning
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NUMSA Protests in Support of Suspended Putco Workers
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March 1, 2024, 4:16 AM
[GroundUp] Putco concerned by how long CCMA process is taking
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Zuma's Mk Party Takes Votes From ANC, EFF in Mpumalanga Debut On Back of Strong KZN Showing
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February 29, 2024, 3:11 PM
[Daily Maverick] The ANC retained Ward 4 in eMbalenhle near Secunda in the Govan Mbeki municipality. Jacob Zuma's uMkhonto Wesizwe party took votes away from the ANC and the EFF to finish in second place in its Mpumalanga debut.
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