Cape Town Fire Displaces Over 700 in Informal Settlements - South African News Briefs - April 1, 2024
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April 1, 2024, 5:56 AM
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McJunior Wins Big Brother Mzansi Season 4
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April 1, 2024, 6:21 AM
[Big Brother Mzansi] This season Biggie rounded up 23 lively characters under one roof to give us the wildest season yet, and McJunior walks out as the season's champ.
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South Africa's Laws Aren't Geared to Protecting Against Climate Change - Judges Are Trying to Fill the Gap
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April 1, 2024, 9:22 AM
[The Conversation Africa] South Africa has plenty of environmental laws but none that specifically oblige government officials to consider the risks and impacts of climate change when they approve new developments. In their research, environmental law experts Clive Vinti and Melanie Jean Murcott set out how judges are dealing with this gap in the law.
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Thohoyandou Police Launch Manhunt for Husband Following Fatal Shooting of Wife
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April 1, 2024, 1:02 PM
[SAPS] POLOKWANE -- Thohoyandou Police have launched a massive manhunt following the tragic murder of a 45-year-old woman by her husband during a church service sermon at Makonde Shadani village on Saturday, 30 March 2024, at about 18:00.
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Zimbabwean Migration to South Africa - How Technology Helps Keep Families Together
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April 1, 2024, 4:47 AM
[The Conversation Africa] Political instability and economic decline in Zimbabwe have accelerated migration to South Africa in the last two decades. Because of the overriding socio-economic focus of the migration, people often fail to understand the effects on the migrants and their families. This extract from the book Transnational Families in Africa shows how migrants mitigate the disruption to bonds with the families they leave.
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Stingray Sand 'Sculpture' On South Africa's Coast May Be Oldest Example of Humans Creating an Image of Another Creature
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April 1, 2024, 4:47 AM
[The Conversation Africa] South Africa's Cape south coast offers many hints about how our human ancestors lived some 35,000 to 400,000 years ago during the Pleistocene epoch. These clues are captured in the dunes they once traversed, today cemented and preserved in a rock type known as aeolianite.
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High Density Disruptive Operation Vala Umgodi Continues to Squeeze Criminal Activities to Zero Over Easter Weekend in Limpopo
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April 1, 2024, 10:01 AM
[SAPS] POLOKWANE -- The High Density Disruptive Operation Vala Umgodi has made commendable breakthrough after arresting a total number of eighty-five suspects over the Easter weekend within the five districts.
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Former President Zuma Involved in Car Crash
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March 29, 2024, 2:35 PM
[Vanguard] South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma has been involved in a car crash overnight after a vehicle transporting him was hit by a drunk driver, police said on Friday.
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Waterfall City Attracts U.S. Corporate Giants to the Heart of Africa's Fastest Growing Metropolitan Region
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March 26, 2024, 9:12 AM
[ACSUS] Waterfall City, nestled in the heart of South Africa, has emerged as the continent's fastest-growing mixed-use lifestyle precinct, drawing global attention as a premier destination for corporations seeking modern and strategically located spaces for their African operations. Waterfall City stands as a testament to innovative urban development, offering state-of-the-art infrastructure, sustainability commitments, and a vibrant ecosystem that beckons industry leaders from around the world.
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Former President Jacob Zuma Barred From Running in Election
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March 29, 2024, 6:02 AM
[DW] The former president has been expelled from the ruling ANC and has been campaigning for the newly formed MK party. An MK spokesman said the party will appeal the decision made by the Independent Electoral Commission.
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Girl, 8, Thought to Be Sole Survivor After Bus Goes Over Cliff
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March 29, 2024, 6:01 AM
[DW] A bus went over a cliff in South Africa's northern province of Limpopo. South Africa's transport minister expressed condolences to the families of the victims.
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45 Dead As Bus Carrying Easter Worshippers Falls Off Bridge
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March 29, 2024, 5:57 AM
[Vanguard] A bus on Thursday plunged off a bridge into a ravine and caught fire in South Africa, killing 45 of the 46 people said to be headed for an Easter conference.
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Cheap Politics and Deep Fakes - The Use of AI-generated Content Ahead of South Africa's Election
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March 29, 2024, 1:59 PM
[The Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change] The South African National Editors Forum (SANEF) and Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) recently circulated a paper that contains a risk assessment of factors that could impact the integrity of South Africa's 2024 elections. One of the mid-level risks on the list was "Disinformation and/or hate speech us(ing) manipulated media such as synthetic content, cheap- or deep fakes or AI-generated content..."
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Protected Products - What Makes Lamb From South Africa's Karoo and France's Mont Saint-Michel So Special
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March 29, 2024, 10:50 AM
[The Conversation Africa] A meal or food shopping experience can be more interesting and enjoyable when you know more about a particular product, like what region it came from and the culture that shaped it. Knowing what makes the food "unique" can improve the tasting experience.
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Government Officially Scraps Disastrous E-Toll System
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March 29, 2024, 5:58 AM
[Daily Maverick] It's finally official. Gauteng motorists can now breathe a sigh of relief following the government's official announcement and gazetting of its decision to scrap the disastrous Gauteng e-toll system, more than a decade after it was first launched.
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South Africa's New Energy Plan Needs a Mix of Nuclear, Gas, Renewables and Coal - Expert
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April 1, 2024, 4:47 AM
[The Conversation Africa] South Africa's economy has been hard hit by 15 years of loadshedding (rolling blackouts). The country's coal-fired power plants have a maintenance backlog and frequently experience unexpected technical failures. On the other hand, South Africa has committed, under the Paris Agreement, to transition to low-carbon energy generation technologies by 2050. This puts South Africa at an energy crossroads where it needs well thought out policy development and implementation to ...
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South Africa's Energy Crisis Is Driving a 'Solar Boom', but There's a Downside
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March 28, 2024, 2:21 PM
[African Arguments] The privately-led quintupling of rooftop solar in 2 years takes some pressure off the grid but, without planning, risks deepening energy apartheid.
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Damning Report On 'State of Disrepair' of Many Police Stations
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March 28, 2024, 11:35 AM
[GroundUp] The committee recommended that SAPS finds a way to be less dependent on Public Works
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Prasa Whistleblower Suffers Legal Setback in Fight for Reinstatement to State Entity
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March 29, 2024, 6:10 AM
[Daily Maverick] Fired head of legal Martha Ngoye's reinstatement has been overturned by the Labour Court of Appeal.
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Ramaphosa Cleared Again By Public Protector On Allegations of Misconduct
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March 29, 2024, 6:09 AM
[Daily Maverick] In the closing report into allegations stemming back to 2021, that President Cyril Ramaphosa personally invited a property development company to become part of the Mooikloof project in contravention of the PFMA, the Public Protector has now cleared him of any misconduct.
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Tony Heard's Final Wave - a Fighter for Social Justice and Media Freedom
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March 29, 2024, 5:58 AM
[Daily Maverick] Anthony Hazlitt Heard, who died on 27 March aged 86, was an indefatigable fighter for social justice and media freedom with an impish sense of humour and an innate human empathy.
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Focus On Children, Urges President of SA Society of Psychiatrists
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March 28, 2024, 11:44 AM
[spotlight] There are serious gaps in psychiatry regarding treatment, prevention and care for children and adolescents in South Africa. Offering solutions, Dr Anusha Lachman tells Spotlight psychiatric services should be offered in ways that are Afro-centric and culturally sensitive.
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Legal Setback for Prasa Whistleblower
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March 28, 2024, 11:34 AM
[GroundUp] Fired head of legal Martha Ngoye's reinstatement overturned on appeal
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Police Van Knocks Over Woman, Breaks Her Pelvis, Shoots Rubber Bullets At Crowd and Drives Off
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March 28, 2024, 11:34 AM
[GroundUp] Nolwazi Tokhwe from Capricorn is being treated in hospital. She also has a fractured spine and injured right arm.
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New CEO Promises Brighter Future for State's Media Development Agency
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March 28, 2024, 11:33 AM
[GroundUp] But the MDDA's last clean audit was in 2020/21 and the board chair, flagged by the Nugent Commission, is still in office
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Snoekless Easter - Fish Shortage Bites Western Cape - South African News Briefs - March 28, 2024
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March 28, 2024, 5:43 AM
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From Planning to Procession With UCT's Gown Master
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March 28, 2024, 3:09 PM
[UCT] Mogamat Benjamin has worked at the University of Cape Town (UCT) since 1979. He has held a few positions within the Properties and Service Department over his 45-year tenure at the institution, but the role he holds in highest esteem is his current one: gown master.
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28s Gang Boss Accused Ralph Stanfield's Legal Woes Escalate - Court Hears About Another Charge
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March 28, 2024, 3:08 PM
[Daily Maverick] Alleged 28 gang boss Ralph Stanfield, who together with his wife Nicole Johnson was arrested in a car theft case last year, has heard he may face yet another criminal charge -- this time in connection with a house break-in.
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Interventions to Stabilise Water Supply in Durban South Coast Areas
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March 28, 2024, 11:46 AM
[SAnews.gov.za] The eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality says the city is working around the clock to stabilise water supply in areas that are supplied through the South Coast Augmentation (SCA) pipeline.
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X Marks the Spot
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March 28, 2024, 11:46 AM
[SAnews.gov.za] With the clock inching closer to Voting Day when citizens will mark their X next to the name of their preferred candidate in the 2024 general elections, it is important that we all go into the various voting booths across the country armed with all the relevant information to make an informed choice, writes Neo Semono.
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Presidency Releases Energy Action Plan Update
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March 28, 2024, 11:46 AM
[SAnews.gov.za] The Presidency has released the 18-month update on the implementation of the Energy Action Plan (EAP).
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