To End TB, Invest in Drug Discovery In and For Africa
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March 22, 2024, 7:49 AM
[allAfrica] One hundred and forty-two years after its discovery, Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global public health problem. Despite being preventable and curable, 1.3 million people died from TB in 2022, 424,000 of them in Africa and 54,200 of them in South Africa alone. Statistically, that means one life was lost to TB every 10 minutes in South Africa during that period. It is noteworthy that TB caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the world's leading cause of death from an infec...
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Cape Flats Safety Forum Calls for Anti-Gang Strategy - South African News Briefs - March 22, 2024
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March 22, 2024, 5:35 AM
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MSF Calls for Decentralisation of Life-Saving DR-TB Services in Rural Setting
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March 22, 2024, 10:18 AM
[MSF] An evaluation report released today by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) charts progress towards decentralizing services for patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal's King Cetshwayo District (KCD), in line with the country's 2011 DR-TB decentralization policy.
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Mapisa-Nqakula Files Court Papers to Interdict Possible Arrest
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March 22, 2024, 9:51 AM
[Daily Maverick] Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, the National Assembly speaker on special leave, has filed court papers to interdict the National Director of Public Prosecution Shamila Batohi, Police Minister Bheki Cele and investigators from arresting her, according to court papers Daily Maverick has seen.
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DA Tables a Formal Motion of No Confidence in Mapisa-Nqakula
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March 22, 2024, 8:07 AM
[DA] Note to editors: Please find attached a soundbite by Siviwe Gwarube MP.
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Small-Scale Fishers Threaten to Take Government to Court
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March 22, 2024, 6:52 AM
[GroundUp] Unhappiness over fisheries department's boat allocations
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Disgraced, Departed - the Financial Sector Conduct Authority Case Against Markus Jooste
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March 22, 2024, 4:56 AM
[Daily Maverick] The Financial Sector Conduct Authority had fined Markus Jooste, the late former CEO of Steinhoff, R475m and intended to lay criminal charges against him for contravening sections 81A and B of the Financial Markets Act.
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Disgraced Steinhoff Boss Markus Jooste Reportedly Shoots Himself
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March 22, 2024, 4:52 AM
[Daily Maverick] Disgraced former chief executive of Steinhof Markus Jooste has reportedly shot himself just more than 24 hours after the Financial Sector Conduct Authority revealed that it was fining him a whopping R475-million and that it planned to pursue a criminal case.
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Police Launch Manhunt After Security Officer Shot and Wounded His Colleague in Bela Bela
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March 22, 2024, 5:29 AM
[SAPS] The South African Police Service (SAPS) in Bela-Bela has launched an intensive manhunt following an incident in which a security officer allegedly shot and wounded a colleague. The incident occurred on Thursday, 21 March 2024, at about 12:30 on a farm belonging to the Church, at Radium, a few kilometres outside Bela-Bela town.
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This Is How President Ramaphosa Got to the 25% Figure of Progress in Land Reform in South Africa
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March 22, 2024, 4:50 AM
[The Conversation Africa] Nearly three decades into democracy, land reform remains central to South Africa's transformation policies and agricultural policy.
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Finance Minister to Determine NHI Funding After Bill Signing - South African News Briefs - March 21, 2024
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March 21, 2024, 5:22 AM
[allAfrica] Finance Minister to Determine NHI Funding After Bill Signing
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Three Suspected Hitmen Fatally Wounded in Shootout With Police
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March 22, 2024, 5:29 AM
[SAPS] DURBAN -- Three suspected hitmen were shot and fatally wounded when they started a gunfight with police in Eshowe on Thursday afternoon, 21 March 2024.
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Oxfam Accuses Rich Corporations of 'Grabbing' Water From Global South
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March 22, 2024, 4:56 AM
[VOA] London -- As the United Nations observes World Water Day on Friday, there is a growing risk of conflict over water resources as climate change takes hold, the international body said.
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Cape Town 'Pilgrims' Walk the Length of the Gaza Strip to Raise Awareness
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March 22, 2024, 4:52 AM
[GroundUp] March comes as US admits Palestinians are facing "acute food insecurity"
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Steinheist - the Inside Story Behind the Steinhoff Scandal
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March 22, 2024, 4:52 AM
[Daily Maverick] The Steinhoff crash wiped more than R200-billion off the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, erased more than half the wealth of tycoon Christo Wiese and knocked the pension funds of millions of ordinary South Africans. Here is a chapter from Steinheist.
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Durban Residents Protest for Water On Human Rights Day
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March 22, 2024, 4:52 AM
[GroundUp] "How can we celebrate human rights without water?" asks protester
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Govt Confirms Dozens of Foreigners Awaiting Deportation Escaped From Lindela Centre
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March 21, 2024, 11:39 AM
[Govt of SA] The Department of Home Affairs wishes to confirm an adverse incident whereby 69 undocumented foreign nationals who were awaiting deportation escaped from the Lindela Repatriation Centre in Krugersdorp.
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Railway Line Occupiers Complain to Parliamentarians About Lack of Water
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March 21, 2024, 7:00 AM
[GroundUp] SCOPA hears of the substantial obstacles blocking the reopening of Cape Town's Central Line
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Water - Government Is Failing to Realise This Human Right
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March 21, 2024, 6:59 AM
[GroundUp] Human Rights Day is a reminder that the Constitution's Bill of Rights guarantees everyone's right to access clean water
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We Have a Magnificent Constitution, but the Struggle for Universal Human Rights Continues
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March 21, 2024, 6:14 AM
[Daily Maverick] When our leaders take the stage on Human Rights Day, one wishes that they would be honourable and honest enough to acknowledge that while strides have been made, the harsh reality remains: Many of our fellow citizens still grapple with having their fundamental rights denied.
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Activists Call On Govt to Declare TB a National Health Crisis
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March 21, 2024, 5:01 AM
[GroundUp] Though TB is preventable and treatable, more than 50,000 people died of it in South Africa in 2022
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Chimpanzees Stayed in an 'Invisible Cage' After Zoo Enclosure Was Enlarged - South African Study
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March 21, 2024, 4:58 AM
[The Conversation Africa] Captive chimpanzees are one of the most popular species kept in zoos because of their charismatic appeal and similarity to humans. They are the closest living relatives of humans because of the shared genes and behavioural and psychological similarities.
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Minister Explains Visa Memo Rattling Tourists, Industry
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March 20, 2024, 10:55 AM
[allAfrica] Travellers to South Africa and the country's tourism industry were rattled when an internal Department of Home Affairs memo was shared with the media, sparking concern among "Swallows" - seasonal visitors who travel between hemispheres for sunny weather. The circular, intended for border officials, explains visa application and renewal procedures. However, its inadvertent leak and unclear language sparked fears that the government was making it harder for tourists to stay.
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Tasting the Koeksuster Economy of the Karoo
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March 21, 2024, 5:21 PM
[Daily Maverick] Small-town bakers have become a critical financial lifeline for their families and communities.
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In Celebration of Human Rights Day 2024 and the 49th Anniversary of the Founding of the IFP
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March 21, 2024, 2:58 PM
[IFP] My fellow South Africans; the celebration of Human Rights' Day in 2024 is unique in many ways. For the first time since the dawn of our democracy, we stand on the brink of fundamental change in the political landscape of South Africa.
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South Africa's ANC Pushes to Keep Zuma's Party Out of Elections
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March 21, 2024, 8:07 AM
[VOA] Johannesburg -- South Africa's governing party has gone to court to try stop a newly created rival party from contesting May elections.
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Bill That Calls for Full Review of US Relations With SA Crosses First Hurdle in US Congress
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March 21, 2024, 6:58 AM
[Daily Maverick] A bill that would call on the US government to comprehensively review US relations with South Africa crossed its first legislative hurdle on Wednesday when it passed the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on a voice vote.
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Action Threatened Against Unregistered School That Charges R850 Per Month
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March 21, 2024, 4:55 AM
[GroundUp] "The owner ... only cares about money, not the education of our children" says parent
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Managing Transboundary Aquifers for Peace
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March 21, 2024, 10:11 AM
[IPS] Pretoria, South Africa -- Like surface waters, groundwater resources frequently cross international boundaries, potentially igniting disputes among nations that rely on this essential resource. Disagreements over shared groundwater can arise from various issues, such as inequitable resource distribution, competing water needs and economic dependencies, governance challenges, and the varying effects of climate change on water availability.
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Can South African Airways Soar After Sale Falls Through?
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March 21, 2024, 5:05 AM
[DW] South African Airways' future hangs in the balance after a deal to keep it in business failed. The Takatso Consortium wanted to buy a controlling stake in the airline -- but negotiations collapsed.
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