EFF and MK Party Dominate South Africa's Online Election Debate
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April 12, 2024, 12:33 PM
[allAfrica] In the lead-up to South Africa's 2024 national elections, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) are dominating the online conversation, according to this biweekly report from the Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change, which analyzed the conversation between 18 March and 1 April 2024.
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Student Financial Aid Scheme Board Dissolved - South African News Briefs - April 12, 2024
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April 12, 2024, 6:14 AM
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Cape Town Welcomes Legend Abdullah Ibrahim for a Concert
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April 12, 2024, 12:11 PM
[SAnews.gov.za] Cape Town's Abdullah Ibrahim is set to perform at a sold-out concert at the City Hall tonight, 12 April 2024, after a five-year hiatus.
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Who Ends Up Paying If Energy Dept Cooks the Price of Nuclear Power?
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April 12, 2024, 7:25 AM
[SAFCEI] It has been just over two (2) weeks since the deadline for comments on the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy's (DMRE) draft 2023 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP2023). T he Southern African Faith Communities Environment Institute (SAFCEI) assessment is that the draft IRP does not provide a realistic assessment of the costs of nuclear power .
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Alexkor Vs Creecy in Environment Court Battle
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April 12, 2024, 12:24 PM
[GroundUp] The state mining company is challenging an environmental compliance notice
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Media Statement - Members of the Public Can Now Directly Petition the National Assembly
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April 12, 2024, 12:15 PM
[Parliament of South Africa] In a landmark move, the National Assembly (NA) has adopted a transformative amendment to the House's Rules and Guidelines for Petitions. This important amendment heralds a new era of direct public engagement in parliamentary processes.
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Ramokgopa Visits Camden Power Station
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April 12, 2024, 12:14 PM
[SAnews.gov.za] Minister in the Presidency responsible for Electricity, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, continued his visits to power stations with a stop at the Camden Power Station in Mpumalanga, on Thursday.
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Creecy Extends West Coast Rock Lobster Fishing Season
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April 12, 2024, 12:14 PM
[SAnews.gov.za] The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment has granted a short extension of the Nearshore West Coast Rock Lobster fishing season.
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Presidents Ramaphosa and Masisi Visit Limpopo Bus Crash Site
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April 12, 2024, 12:11 PM
[SAnews.gov.za] President Cyril Ramaphosa says the quick and compassionate local response to the bus crash which claimed the lives of 45 Botswana nationals is a testament of the warm and compassionate relations between the two countries.
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Nzimande Dissolves NSFAS Board
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April 12, 2024, 12:11 PM
[SAnews.gov.za] Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister, Professor Blade Nzimande, has dissolved the board of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) and placed it under administration.
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Cosatu Demands Urgent Action By the SAPS Following the Brutal Killing of a Worker in Rustenburg
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April 12, 2024, 12:11 PM
[COSATU] The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) is horrified by the brutal killing of Moeletsi Sedi, a young worker who was reported to have been brutally killed by pit bulls in Rustenburg on the 6th of April.
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e-Tolls Officially Scraped
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April 12, 2024, 12:11 PM
[SAnews.gov.za] Government has officially switched off the gantries of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP), popularly known as e- tolls.
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Elections 2024 - What the Major Political Parties Say About Education
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April 12, 2024, 12:09 PM
[GroundUp] We sent questions to the ANC, DA, EFF, IFP, FF Plus, ActionSA, PA, MK Party and RISE Mzansi
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Traders Accuse Border Officers of Beating Them and Burning Their Stalls
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April 12, 2024, 12:09 PM
[GroundUp] Lawyers for Human Rights accuse authorities of violating human rights
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Stellenbosch University Senate Members Call for Ceasefire in Gaza
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April 12, 2024, 5:10 AM
[GroundUp] Thuli Madonsela is one of more than 100 signatories
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Life Imprisonment for Five Men Who Killed Limpopo Mayor Moses Maluleke
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April 12, 2024, 12:43 PM
[SAnews.gov.za] Limpopo Premier Stanley Chupu Mathabatha has welcomed the sentencing of five men, who murdered the Mayor of Collins Chabane Municipality, Moses Maluleke, in July last year.
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South African, Botswana Presidents to Visit Limpopo Bus Crash Site - South African News Briefs - April 11, 2024
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April 11, 2024, 6:13 AM
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South Africa's First Election Was Saved By a Kenyan - the Fascinating Story of Washington Okumu, the Accidental Mediator
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April 12, 2024, 4:52 AM
[The Conversation Africa] What's sometimes forgotten about the 26-29 April 1994 vote that installed the African National Congress (ANC) government in South Africa is that, until the last minute, it looked like violence would consume the voting process.
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After the Euphoria of Nelson Mandela's Election, What Happened Next?
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April 12, 2024, 4:52 AM
[The Conversation Africa] It was a moment many South Africans never believed they'd live to see. On 10 May 1994, Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as president of a democratic South Africa, ending the deadly and brutal white minority apartheid regime.
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131 Schools in Nelson Mandela Bay Robbed, Mostly At Gunpoint, in Five Months
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April 11, 2024, 7:04 AM
[GroundUp] Many teachers are afraid to report for duty
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'Anti-Vax' Doctor's Disciplinary Inquiry Gets Underway
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April 12, 2024, 5:51 AM
[GroundUp] Shankara Chetty is accused of failing to act in the best interests of patients
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Pretoria Accord Files Positive Progress Amidst Challenges
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April 11, 2024, 12:58 PM
[Ethiopian Herald] The brutal and devastating two-year war between the federal government of Ethiopia and the Tigray Liberation Front (TPLF) has concluded with the signing of an AU-brokered peace deal in Pretoria, South Africa. The two warring parties signed a 12-point peace agreement, including a permanent ceasefire that was agreed upon on November 2, 2022. This accord has brought relative normalcy to the region as the guns have kept silent.
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Home Affairs Clarifies Misunderstanding On Visas
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April 11, 2024, 6:48 AM
[SAnews.gov.za] Home Affairs Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, has moved to clarify a misunderstanding on the gazetted regulations recommendations on the Critical Skills and General Work Visas.
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South Africa's Zuma Wins Court Bid to Run in May Election
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April 10, 2024, 11:01 AM
[RFI] A court in South Africa court has ruled that former president Jacob Zuma can stand in next month's general elections, overturning a decision by electoral authorities to bar him over a criminal conviction.
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What Happened to Nelson Mandela's South Africa?
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April 11, 2024, 4:36 AM
[The Conversation Africa] When Nelson Mandela stood in front of the Union Buildings in Pretoria in May 1994 as South Africa's first democratically elected president, my country was brimming with optimism for its post-apartheid future. I was there and relieved at the prospect of an end to bloodshed.
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President Ramaphosa, President Masisi to Visit Bus Accident Site in Limpopo
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April 11, 2024, 6:48 AM
[SAnews.gov.za] President Cyril Ramaphosa and his Botswana counterpart, President Mokgweetsi Masisi, will on Thursday visit the site of a bus accident in Limpopo that claimed the lives of 45 people.
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Elections 2024 - What the Major Political Parties Say About Israel, Russia and the DRC
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April 11, 2024, 6:48 AM
[GroundUp] We sent questions questions on foreign policy to the ANC, DA, EFF, IFP, FF Plus, ActionSA, PA, MK Party and RISE Mzansi
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Abandoned By Govt, Limpopo Villagers Plan to Sink Their Own Borehole
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April 11, 2024, 6:48 AM
[GroundUp] Only one public borehole is working for 11 villages in Nthabalala
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CPJ Welcomes South Africa's Abolition of Criminal Defamation, Calls for Further Legal Reforms
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April 11, 2024, 6:04 AM
[CPJ] Lusaka -- The Committee to Protect Journalists on Wednesday welcomed South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's signing into law a bill that abolishes criminal defamation, and urged authorities to reform other problematic laws that threaten press freedom in the country.
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South Africa Is Short of Academic Statisticians - Why and What Can Be Done
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April 11, 2024, 4:36 AM
[The Conversation Africa] Our world is awash with data. A 2019 article published by the World Economic Forum estimated that, by 2025, about
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