Heavy Rains and Winds Batter KwaZulu-Natal South Coast - South African News Briefs - April 15, 2024
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April 15, 2024, 6:25 AM
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Widely Used HIV Drug in SA Flagged for Reports of Resistance - but Experts Say Don't Panic
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April 15, 2024, 12:33 PM
[spotlight] That HIV can develop resistance to the drugs used to treat it is nothing new, but results from recent studies reveal the emergence of resistance in subsets of people living with HIV to dolutegravir - an antiretroviral widely used in South Africa. Top HIV experts spoke to Elri Voigt about the new findings and what it means for people living with HIV in the country.
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Reptiles in South Africa Are Under Threat - but There's Good News Too
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April 15, 2024, 12:39 PM
[The Conversation Africa] Media reports about the biodiversity crisis and what researchers have argued qualifies as a mass extinction event tend to focus on the big ecological effects. Melting ice sheets, severe weather events, droughts, habitat loss and wildfires dominate headlines. So too do the plights of large iconic animals - orangutans, gorillas, polar bears, rhinos, elephants, pangolins.
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No Shelter for Homeless Dog Owners
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April 15, 2024, 12:37 PM
[GroundUp] Except perhaps for a farm in the Karoo
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Finally, Five Months After Police Were Filmed Assaulting a Barber, They Have Been Charged
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April 15, 2024, 12:37 PM
[GroundUp] Juma Igiranieza was brutally assaulted during an unexpected raid
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South African-Based Fashion Brand Foschini Group Exits Kenya
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April 15, 2024, 12:35 PM
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Foschini Group Kenya, a South African-based fashion brand, has announced its exit from the Kenyan market after appointing new liquidators to take over its establishments.
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Sahpra Recalls Two Batches of Benylin Paediatric Cough Syrup
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April 15, 2024, 11:47 AM
[SAnews.gov.za] The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) has recalled two batches of Benylin pediatric cough syrup.
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Macassar Residents 'Will Fight Tooth and Nail' Against Prasa's Plan to Relocate Shack Dwellers
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April 15, 2024, 11:29 AM
[GroundUp] Hundreds marched on Saturday to protest against PRASA's plan to move shack dwellers occupying the Central Line to Macassar
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South Africa's Constitutional Court At 30 - a Solid Foundation but Cracks Are Showing
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April 15, 2024, 4:48 AM
[The Conversation Africa] South Africa's Constitutional Court stands out as one of the few government institutions that have protected and advanced the constitutional vision of a participatory democracy and social justice. Many other government institutions which ought to have allied themselves with the court have been weakened or have failed to deliver.
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Cosatu Welcomes the Opening of a New R300 Million Plant in Krugersdorp Injecting Badly Needed Stimulus in the Local Economy
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April 15, 2024, 11:29 AM
[COSATU] The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) welcomes the opening of a massive new R300 million plant to manufacture peanut butter by Tiger Brands in Krugersdorp. This will inject badly needed stimulus in the local economy and create 62 direct and many more indirect jobs in the community and value chains.
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Tutu Puoane - the South African Singer On Creating Her New Album Out of Lebo Mashile's Poetry
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April 15, 2024, 4:48 AM
[The Conversation Africa] From her base in Belgium, proudly South African singer, artist and actor Tutu Puoane has carved an international career predicated on consistency and mastery. Her new album, Wrapped in Rhythm Vol 1, features the writing of South African poet and cultural activist Lebo Mashile.
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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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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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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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Safa Happy With Congress Outcomes
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April 15, 2024, 11:26 AM
[SAFA] Delegates from around the country descended on the venue in the east of Johannesburg to attend an event that was also graced by representatives from, among others, FIFA, SASCOC, COSAFA, and the Special Member, the National Soccer League (NSL).
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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
https://allafrica.com/stories/202404120014.html
April 12, 2024, 5:10 AM
[GroundUp] Thuli Madonsela is one of more than 100 signatories
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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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