Johannesburg Residents Face Health Risks as Water Shortages Continue
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March 12, 2024, 1:11 PM
[allAfrica] As the water shortage in certain parts of Johannesburg worsens, frustrated residents are increasingly exposed to health risks.
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Inquiry Into Unauthorised Circulation of Party Lists #SAVotes2024
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March 12, 2024, 11:11 AM
[SAnews.gov.za] The Electoral Commission has instituted an inquiry to establish the circumstances of the unauthorised circulation of party candidate lists and the person or persons responsible.
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Waste Pickers Create Their Own Recycling Centre
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March 12, 2024, 11:13 AM
[GroundUp] Talks to integrate informal waste reclaimers with the City of Johannesburg's waste management have gone nowhere for three years
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Over 27.79 Million Voters Eligible to Cast Their Votes in 2024 Elections
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March 12, 2024, 11:10 AM
[SAnews.gov.za] The Independent Electoral Commission says over 27.79 million voters - the highest since the dawn of democracy in South Africa, are eligible to cast their votes in the 2024 National and Provincial Elections.
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Siblings Accused of AKA, Tibz Murders To Appear in Court - South African News Briefs - March 12, 2024
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March 12, 2024, 5:22 AM
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Building of New Classrooms At Overcrowded Dunoon School Stalled
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March 12, 2024, 11:13 AM
[GroundUp] Inkwenkwezi Secondary School has more than 1,500 learners, with an average of 45 learners per class
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R23.6 Billion Paid in Medical Legal Claims From 2020 to Date - a Red Herring for NHI
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March 12, 2024, 4:33 PM
[DA] In response to a parliamentary question, the DA can reveal that R23.6 billion has been paid in medico-legal claims across our provinces from January 2020 to December 2023. Further, R1.3 billion has been spent in legal costs for these cases. This figure is staggering, especially considering the widespread shortages of healthcare funding across our provinces and bodes terribly for the ANC's National Health Insurance (NHI) pipedream.
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Thousands Face Second Week Without Water in Johannesburg - South African News Briefs - March 11, 2024
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March 11, 2024, 5:14 AM
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13 Zimbabweans Killed, 26 Injured in Bus, Truck Collision in Cape Town
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March 11, 2024, 11:58 AM
[New Zimbabwe] THIRTEEN Zimbabweans have reportedly died after a bus they were travelling in from Harare was involved in a fatal accident 130 kilometres from their Cape Town destination in South Africa.
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Former Helen Suzman Foundation Chief Granted Court Order to Halt Cyberbully After ZEP Challenges
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March 12, 2024, 12:20 PM
[Daily Maverick] After the Helen Suzman Foundation challenged the government on the scrapping of Zimbabwean Exemption Permits, its former executive Nicole Fritz was granted a protection order by a court after she was subjected to harassment and abuse on social media.
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South Africa, Zimbabwe to Sign Agreement for Treated Water Transfer to Musina
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March 12, 2024, 12:20 PM
[SAnews.gov.za] Water and Sanitation Minister, Senzo Mchunu, and his Zimbabwean counterpart, Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development Minister, Dr Anxious Jongwe Masuka, will on Thursday sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the transfer of treated water to Musina.
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ANC's Failed Promise of Renewal - - Same As It Ever Was - Same As It Ever Was
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March 12, 2024, 4:45 AM
[Daily Maverick] The ANC's inclusion of several people implicated in State Capture on its list of candidates to represent the party in Parliament raises big questions about what positions they will occupy after the elections and severely weakens the ANC's claim to be ethical.
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Technology to Protect South Africa's Oceans - Experts Find That a Data-Driven Monitoring System Is Paying Off
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March 12, 2024, 4:39 AM
[The Conversation Africa] Nine years ago South Africa put in place an innovative information management system designed to monitor and protect its seas. The country is surrounded by the Atlantic and Indian oceans on its southern, eastern and western borders.
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Community Health Workers March in East London
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March 11, 2024, 11:12 AM
[GroundUp] They want to be in-sourced and they want proper personal protective equipment
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Ethekwini Mayor Warns Strikers to Return to Work or Face Dismissal
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March 11, 2024, 11:11 AM
[GroundUp] The municipality has obtained an urgent interdict against violence and intimidation attempts by strikers
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Challenges Remain, but There Is Improvement At Eskom - Ramokgopa
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March 11, 2024, 12:55 PM
[SAnews.gov.za] Minister in the Presidency for Electricity, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, says trends are showing that there are signs of improvement and progress at Eskom.
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Men Called to Stand Up Against GBV
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March 11, 2024, 12:55 PM
[SAnews.gov.za] The Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD) has reiterated its call for all South African men to stand and fight the scourge of rape and gender-based violence (GBV) by taking part in the 365 Days of no Violence against Women and Children campaign.
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Why a Farmer Is Riding From Zimbabwe to Windhoek On a Horse
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March 11, 2024, 11:12 AM
[GroundUp] Ben Freeth will petition for the reinstatement of the SADC Tribunal
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Battle for the Future of Media - - Daily Maverick's Submission to the Competition Commission
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March 11, 2024, 6:58 AM
[Daily Maverick] The Competition Commission of South Africa has launched a market inquiry into distributing media content on South Africa's digital platforms and advertising technology. This is a summarised and edited version of Daily Maverick's submission.
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Daily Maverick Founders Call On Competition Commission to Ensure Fairness in Skewed Media Sector
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March 11, 2024, 6:58 AM
[Daily Maverick] If social media platforms are not brought into line, the news industry will collapse, the Competition Commission's Media and Digital Platforms Market Inquiry has heard.
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Police in Gauteng Arrest More Than a 1000 Suspects During Weekend Operation Shanela
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March 11, 2024, 10:29 AM
[SAPS] The multi-disciplinary Provincial Operation Shanela took to the streets of Tshwane on Saturday and Sunday evening where over 300 suspects were arrested for possession of stolen motor vehicles, possession of unlicensed firearm and various other offences.
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Full of Holes - - the Leaky Water Bill Won't Solve SA's Service Delivery Crisis
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March 11, 2024, 7:45 AM
[Daily Maverick] The National Water and Services Amendment Bill prioritises stricter regulations and fines, but what good are these when millions lack access to clean, running water? These amendments skirt around the core issue -- systemic dysfunction in the water sector.
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DA Urges Western Governments to Help Counter Threats to 29 May Polls
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March 11, 2024, 7:26 AM
[Daily Maverick] The DA and other Multi-Party Charter parties believe the ANC's expected drop to below 50% presents opportunities -- but also risks.
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Public Sector Pension Funds Amendments Published
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March 11, 2024, 12:55 PM
[SAnews.gov.za] The National Treasury has published the proposed amendments to various pieces of legislation governing public sector pension funds.
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Almost All Universities Pay Nsfas February Allowances
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March 11, 2024, 12:55 PM
[SAnews.gov.za] The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has commended the cooperation from all universities and Student Representative Councils (SRCs) who ensured that the February allowances payment was implemented seamlessly.
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Eskom to Implement Stage 1 Load Shedding
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March 11, 2024, 7:40 AM
[SAnews.gov.za] Eskom has announced that Stage 1 load shedding will be implemented from 4 pm on Sunday afternoon.
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Pravin Gordhan's Half-Century of Public Service Draws to a Close
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March 11, 2024, 7:25 AM
[Daily Maverick] After some 53 years in activism, politics and public life, one-time pharmacist, Codesa delegate, tax boss and minister, Pravin Gordhan is calling it quits after the 29 May elections. It's not a surprise -- word in late 2022 was that President Cyril Ramaphosa had persuaded him to stay until the elections.
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Child of South African Woman in Senegalese Prison Comes Home
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March 11, 2024, 4:50 AM
[SAnews.gov.za] The Department of Social Development has successfully repariated a toddler who was being held in a Dakar prison in Senegal.
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'Die Vegetariër' Is an Exquisite and Deeply Discomforting Piece of Theatre
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March 12, 2024, 12:34 PM
[Daily Maverick] In what may be the most affecting, brutal theatrical work you'll ever see, director Jaco Bouwer and writer Willem Anker have brought to the stage Korean author Han Kang's bleakly devastating three-part novel about a woman who first eschews meat, then food, as she imagines herself becoming a tree.
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Ramadaan Kareem!
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March 11, 2024, 12:55 PM
[SAnews.gov.za] President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed his well wishes to South African Muslims on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadaan.
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