Education key to preserving African history

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Chairperson of the African World Heritage Fund (AWHF) Vusumuzi Mkhize says education is the starting point in preserving the African history.

'Kids eat weeds as criminals dine out on prohibited billions' - TJSA

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According to the Tax Justice SA, in 16 weeks of the cigarette ban, more than R4 billion in sin taxes have been lost. That money could have paid for 26 million food ...

WATCH: Covid-19 facility in Khayelitsha set on fire by illegal land invaders

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A coronavirus (Covid-19) clinic extension in Khayelitsha in Cape Town has been set on fire by illegal land invaders, mayor Dan Plato said on Sunday.

Concern about effects of media retrenchments on SA democracy

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Sanef has expressed deep concern on how ongoing retrenchments will have on South Africa's democracy and called for government and private support for the struggling ...

Criminals using closed trucks to smuggle stolen KZN vehicles - SAPS

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Criminals in the Umkhanyakude district, north of Richards Bay and on the Swaziland and Mozambique borders, have embarked on a new modus operandi to transport stolen ...

Ahmed Kathrada Foundation shares 67 quotations from its #FixOurDemocracy initiative

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The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation is running a social media campaign, posting 67 quotations based on suggestions, phrases, and anecdotes taken from the public submissions ...

Madiba’s spirit continues to loom large with young people from Africa, recent survey shows

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On July 18 the world celebrates what would have been Mandela?s 102nd birthday by symbolically giving 67 minutes of their time to humanity.

Spearfisherman collapses and dies on KZN South Coast beach

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NSRI Rocky Bay duty crew were alerted at 2. 40pm on Friday following reports from the Amanzimtoti beach office of a drowning in progress at Umkomaas beach, on the ...

Thulas Nxesi becomes fifth cabinet minister to test positive for Covid-19

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Nxesi is the fifth member of the national executive to contract the coronavirus, following Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, Mineral ...

Stage 1 and 2 load shedding on Thursday, says Eskom

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Eskom will implement stage 1 load shedding from 9am to 2pm on Thursday, then move to stage 2 until 10pm, it said on Wednesday night.

Eskom recovers units but stage 1 load shedding to continue

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Eskom says it will implement stage 1 load shedding on Wednesday despite returning generation units at Medupi and Majuba power stations to service.

DBSA link in tender raises questions on plans to devolve local government powers, says DA

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The Development Bank of SA's involvement in a tender to find service providers for the OR Tambo and Waterberg district municipalities raises more questions about ...

Eskom to continue stage 2 load shedding on Tuesday

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Embattled power utility Eskom said on Monday night that load shedding would be suspended at 10pm and continue again from 9am on Tuesday in order to limit the impact ...

Freedom of Religion SA petitions for review of same-sex marriages bill

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The bill was adopted by the National Council of Provinces on July 1. It prevents state-employed marriage officers and magistrates from objecting to solemnising same-sex ...

African athletes dealing with pandemic by keeping fitness levels up and sharing a helping hand

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African athletes have been forced to keep fit despite harsh government restrictions during the the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Intervention team to help with Covid-19 triage centres' bed crisis, says Mkhize

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An emergency intervention team from the National Health Department will help provinces, in particular Gauteng, to create more hospital beds for Covid-19 patients, ...

Two more teenagers arrested in Khayelitsha for Philippi East murders

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On June 30, seven suspects were alleged to have stormed a house in Block 4 in Philippi East, firing shots randomly at the occupants. Five young men died in the attack. ...

Cape Town launches new rural safety enforcement unit

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Cape Town has established a law enforcement unit to assist existing policing and community safety efforts in the city?s rural pockets.

Malawi running short of Covid-19 test kits

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Malawi is running low on Covid-19 test kits and the remaining kits will only be used to test people who show symptoms of Covid-19.

Pretoria high court to hear FITA's application for appeal next week

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The North Gauteng High Court on Thursday said it would hear the Fair-Trade Independent Tobacco Association's (FITA) application for leave to appeal the dismissal ...

North West Premier Mokgoro tests positive for Covid-19

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Spokesperson Vuyisile Ngesi said Mokgoro told a virtual special provincial executive council (exco) meeting that he had tested positive for Covid-19 and was in self-isolation. ...

Covid-19 health workers on pay strike in Malawi

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According to a report in the independent newspaper The Nation, workers downed tools on Monday, demanding to be paid allowance arrears from April.

Investigation starts into Empolweni land invasion, says City of Cape Town

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Cape Town executive mayor, alderman Dan Plato, last week called for an independent investigation into the incident "to ensure the findings are above reproach, given ...

Salah donates $15 million to help fight Covid-19 in Egypt

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Liverpool?s Egyptian striker Mohamed Salah has donated an ambulance facility to his home village of Nagrig in the Nile Delta, it was revealed on Monday.

DA calls for suspension of Judge Hlophe pending probe

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DA spokesperson on justice, Glynnis Breytenbach said, "in light of his long and tainted history of alleged misconduct" he should not be at work until the investigation ...

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