Cape Town Pride Celebrates Equality in South Africa, Condemns Ghana's New Anti-Gay Law
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March 4, 2024, 10:35 AM
[GroundUp] "I am a proudly gay man," city councillor Rob Quintas tells crowd
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Ex-President Mbeki Denies Apartheid Prosecution Interference - South African News Briefs - March 4, 2024
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March 4, 2024, 5:39 AM
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Office of the Speaker Denies Corruption Allegations Against Speaker
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March 4, 2024, 10:35 AM
[Parliament of South Africa] The Speaker of the National Assembly, Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula categorically denies any involvement in alleged corrupt activities pertaining to her tenure as the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans. She expressed deep concern about the allegations, including a purported affidavit by one of the department's former service providers, all of which she only learned about through the Sunday Times.
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Yoliswa Dwane, Education Activist Who Condemned John Hlophe, Is Remembered At UCT Event
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March 4, 2024, 10:35 AM
[GroundUp] She "dedicated her life to advancing social justice" but died "too young, too early"
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After 25 Years, 81-Year-Old Mthatha Widow Finally Gets an RDP House
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March 4, 2024, 10:35 AM
[GroundUp] "I don't have much but I'm happy for a decent house," says Ndenzeni Njwenene
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Hawks Arrest a Police Constable for Acts of Corruption
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March 4, 2024, 2:52 PM
[SAPS] The Serious Corruption Investigation and Priority Crime Management Centre teams of the Hawks based in George in co-operation with the Public Order Police have on 04 March 2024 arrested a 33 year old police Constable from Kwanokuthula police station. The Constable who worked as a detective but is currently at visible policing was arrested on charges of corruption, fraud, forgery, theft and obstructing the administration of justice.
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Regional Military Leaders Meet in Eastern DRC to Coordinate Strategy Against M23 Rebels
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March 4, 2024, 7:37 AM
[Independent (Kampala)] Kinshasa, DRC -- Stability hangs in the balance in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where military leaders from five regional countries have been meeting for days to devise a coordinated military strategy to end hostilities that risk escalating into a regional conflict.
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Big Companies, Like Nestlé, Are Funding Health Research in South Africa - Why This Is Wrong
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March 4, 2024, 6:58 AM
[The Conversation Africa] In 2021, the director of the African Research University Alliance Centre of Excellence in Food Security at the University of Pretoria was appointed to the board of the transnational food corporation Nestlé.
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After Mortar Fire Tragedy, Two SANDF Soldiers Deployed in DRC Die in Apparent Murder-Suicide
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March 4, 2024, 7:23 AM
[Daily Maverick] Just two weeks after two South African soldiers were killed by mortar fire in the Democratic Republic of Congo, two more SA soldiers died in an apparent murder-suicide in the central African nation.
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We Are Privileged to Live in a Flourishing, Messy, Raucous Democracy - Don't Squander Your Vote
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March 4, 2024, 7:29 AM
[Daily Maverick] Relatively unusual in Africa and large swathes of the world, we are free to choose whom we want to represent us, free to associate with whom we want, and to believe and say what we want. Don't waste it.
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Where Have Protest Songs Gone in This New Time of Struggle?
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March 4, 2024, 7:28 AM
[Daily Maverick] Throughout the history of struggle, song has been what generations of indentured and persecuted peoples have turned to as a salve that soothes a weary spirit, coaxing it to fight another day.
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Policy to Improve Water, Sanitation Services On Privately-Owned Land
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March 4, 2024, 7:41 AM
[SAnews.gov.za] Minister of Water and Sanitation Senzo Mchunu has launched a landmark policy aimed at improving the delivery of water and sanitation services on privately-owned land.
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IEC Campaign to Help Youth Participate in Democracy
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March 4, 2024, 7:38 AM
[SAnews.gov.za] The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) will on Tuesday launch its annual national Civic and Democracy Education Tertiary Institutions campaign to improve the youth's understanding of and participation in the country's democratic processes.
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Police Committed to Finding Joslin Smith
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March 4, 2024, 7:38 AM
[SAnews.gov.za] The South African Police Service (SAPS) has assured the community of Diazville in the Western Cape, where Joslin Smith went missing, that they remain committed to finding the six-year-old and reuniting her with her family.
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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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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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The South African Election Campaign Season Marks a Shift to a Volatile New Politics
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March 4, 2024, 4:22 AM
[Chatham House] ANC domination is anticipated to give way to national and provincial coalition deal-making between very different parties. But the constitution was designed to accommodate this change.
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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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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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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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