Gauteng Hospitals Haemorrhage Millions in Negligence Claims - South African News Briefs - March 15, 2024
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March 15, 2024, 5:23 AM
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Supreme Court Grants Motsoaledi Leave to Appeal Zimbabwe Immigration Federation Case
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March 15, 2024, 6:47 AM
[Department of Home Affairs] It will be recalled that in the Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) and Zimbabwe Immigration Federation (ZIF) matters, the full court of the Gauteng Division granted orders sought by HSF and ZIF on 28 June 2023. These are matters that have to do with the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP).
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How to Spend 12 Years Building a Police Station
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March 15, 2024, 4:46 AM
[GroundUp] Minister Sihle Zikalala has promised the Vuwani police station will be completed in 2025. Work on it started in 2012.
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We Need to Fight for Sleep Equity in SA, Say Leading Researchers
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March 15, 2024, 8:36 AM
[spotlight] Research into the link between disordered sleep and disease show an outsized burden on the most vulnerable. It's sounding alarms for sleep equity to have a place on the public health agenda, reports Ufrieda Ho.
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Kwibuka30 - Former South African President Thabo Mbeki Confirms Attendance
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March 15, 2024, 2:07 PM
[New Times] Former South African president Thabo Mbeki has confirmed his attendance at the 30th commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
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Political Spat Brews Over South African Opposition's Appeal to U.S.
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March 15, 2024, 6:09 AM
[VOA] Johannesburg -- South Africa's president has slammed a request by the country's main opposition party that the U.S. help monitor upcoming elections. The governing party says the request is misguided given issues with "the West's" own polls.
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Sewage Leaks Put South Africa's Freshwater At Risk - How Citizen Scientists Are Helping Clean Up
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March 15, 2024, 4:37 AM
[The Conversation Africa] Across South Africa, sewage systems are leaking and contaminating the country's freshwater. Involving the affected communities can help prevent this pollution hazard, as a group of 15 citizen scientists in KwaZulu-Natal province have shown. Their community water monitoring programme, working with municipal authorities, has managed to prevent raw sewage from flooding into rivers.
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SAA, Takatso Deal Collapses - Don't Worry About Your Jobs, Gordhan Says
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March 14, 2024, 10:59 AM
[SAnews.gov.za] Following three years of negotiation, Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan has announced the termination of negotiations for the transaction to sell 51% of South African Airways (SAA) to the Takatso Consortium.
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The European Company That Profited From Corruption At Passenger Rail Agency
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March 14, 2024, 7:09 AM
[GroundUp] This article is the first in a series of articles on corruption in PRASA's dealings with a front company called Swifambo Rail Leasing. It focuses on Vossloh, a European rail technology company, which made billions of rands through a dubious partnership with Swifambo.
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Mbeki Slams Zuma's Breakaway MK Party - South African News Briefs - March 14, 2024
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March 14, 2024, 5:15 AM
[allAfrica] Thabo Mbeki Slams Zuma's MK Breakaway
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Thabo Bester's Attempt to Stop Showmax Documentary to be Heard by High Court
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March 15, 2024, 6:52 AM
[MultiChoice] MultiChoice confirms that the last-minute applications by Thabo Bester and Nandipha Magadumana to stop Showmax from airing the four-part documentary, "Tracking Thabo Bester" will be heard in the Johannesburg High Court on Friday 15 March 2024.
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13th African Games - S/Africa Overtake Nigeria, Moves to 2nd Position
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March 14, 2024, 11:00 AM
[Vanguard] South Africa made the biggest move on Wednesday, moving from their initial 4th position to 2nd on the medal table at the end of day 7 after clinching six more gold medals.
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SA Engages US On Efforts to Exit Grey List
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March 14, 2024, 11:00 AM
[SAnews.gov.za] Deputy Minister of Finance, Dr David Masondo, has reiterated to his counterparts in the United States of America (USA) that government is working hard to get South Africa out of the grey list.
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Library Vandalism Hits Learners Hard in Philippi
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March 14, 2024, 7:07 AM
[GroundUp] The library in Brown's Farm, Philippi, in Cape Town, has been closed for seven months after it was vandalised, and may not be open again for another five months, leaving tens of thousands of users in the lurch.
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Taps Run Dry in Africa's Richest City
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March 14, 2024, 4:35 AM
[VOA] Johannesburg -- Residents of Africa's richest city, Johannesburg, are experiencing a severe water shortage in the middle of a summer heat wave.
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'Our Revolution Was Horribly Disrupted' - - Trevor Manuel On SA's Transition and Not Giving Up On Our Values
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March 14, 2024, 11:03 AM
[Daily Maverick] This is former finance minister Trevor Manuel's keynote address at The Gathering: Twenty Twenty-Four.
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Ports Regulator of South Africa and B-Bbee Commission Sign MOU
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March 14, 2024, 10:55 AM
[SAnews.gov.za] A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at addressing transformation in the ports sector has been entered into between the Ports Regulator of South Africa (PRSA) and the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Commission.
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Library Services Crippled in Nelson Mandela Bay
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March 14, 2024, 7:08 AM
[GroundUp] The libraries of Motherwell, Zwide, Allanridge, KwaMagxaki and Chatty are not functioning. This leaves the main townships of Gqerberha with only the New Brighton library, the northern townships with only the Gelvandale library, and the townships of Kariega with only the Khayelitsha and KwaNobuhle libraries. For nearly a month the municipality has not replied to our questions
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Thousands of People Still Living On Cape Town's Central Line
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March 14, 2024, 4:35 AM
[GroundUp] This is in addition to the hundreds of families in shacks who were relocated from the railway line in Philippi in December
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Joshlin Smith Accused Bail Hearing Sees Violence Flare, Police Attacked Outside Court
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March 14, 2024, 7:24 AM
[Daily Maverick] The court proceedings for the accused, who face charges of human trafficking and kidnapping of six-year-old Joshlin Smith, were preceded by violent clashes between police and protesters. A 29-year-old female police constable was hit in the face and rushed to hospital with blood flowing from her wound.
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Are You Sitting Too Long in Your Office Job? South African Study Offers Some Health Tips
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March 14, 2024, 7:03 AM
[The Conversation Africa] Sedentary behaviour can result in chronic health conditions such as obesity and heart diseases, bad news for the millions of office workers who are forced to sit behind their desks every day.
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South Africa's Master Pianist Abdullah Ibrahim Going On a World Tour At 90
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March 14, 2024, 4:20 AM
[The Conversation Africa] Abdullah Ibrahim, South Africa's most distinguished pianist, was born on 9 October 1934 in Cape Town. This year marks not only his 90th birthday but also the start of a world tour. Christine Lucia has studied Ibrahim's work and published research articles about him. We asked her why he is so important.
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Young Voices Missing in Online Chatter as South Africans Prepare to Vote
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March 13, 2024, 7:07 AM
[allAfrica] South Africa's upcoming elections sparked extensive online chatter, but a crucial question remains: where are the young voters? The discussions on social media, with over 450,000 mentions between February 12th and 29th, reveal a mix of frustrations and hopes, reveals the Center for Analytics and Behavioral Change (CABC).
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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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IFP Trounces ANC Again in KZN, Sweeping Three Newcastle Wards, While Ruling Party Defies Gauteng Naysayers
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March 14, 2024, 11:05 AM
[Daily Maverick] The IFP took three wards off the ANC in Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal, to become the largest party in the Newcastle council. The ANC had dominant wins in two rural by-elections and retained a key ward in Emfuleni, Gauteng.
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Lady Chevrons Beat South Africa, Scoop Gold At African Games
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March 14, 2024, 7:06 AM
[New Zimbabwe] ZIMBABWE senior women's cricket team on Wednesday scooped gold at the ongoing African Games after beating South Africa in the final of the inaugural women T20 cricket.
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Disaster Teams Activated in KZN Municipalities Amid Heavy Rainfall Warning
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March 15, 2024, 10:02 AM
[SAnews.gov.za] Disaster teams have been activated in all KwaZulu-Natal municipalities that may be affected by heavy rainfall that could potentially lead to flooding in the north-eastern part of the province.
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Bushiri Extradition Hearing Pushed to May 15
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March 14, 2024, 7:28 AM
[Nyasa Times] The extradition case on Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary has been adjourned to 15th May, 2024 when the defense lawyers will continue cross-examining Sibongile Mzinyathi Director of Public Prosecution for Gauteng, South Africa.
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Blitzboks Coach Demoted At Request in Saru Coaching Structure Reshuffle
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March 14, 2024, 7:16 AM
[Daily Maverick] Sandile Ngcobo has been demoted at his request after a stuttering Sevens season.
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Parliament Must Reject the DA's Reckless Responsible Spending Bill
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March 14, 2024, 4:35 AM
[COSATU] Special Note: Happy 37th Anniversary to COSATU. Formed December 1985
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