Severe Storm Hits Margate, Leaves Trail of Destruction - South African News Briefs - April 16, 2024
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April 16, 2024, 6:37 AM
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African Oystercatcher Bucks the Trend in Crashing Bird Populations
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April 16, 2024, 12:53 PM
[GroundUp] Haematopus moquini has gone from "Near Threatened" to "Least Concern" on the Red Data List
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Tshwane Shack Dwellers Say Extortion Gangs Make Them Pay for Water
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April 16, 2024, 12:53 PM
[GroundUp] Municipality says it's unaware of this
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Elections 2024 - What the Major Political Parties Say About a Sugar Tax
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April 16, 2024, 12:51 PM
[GroundUp] We sent questions to the ANC, DA, EFF, IFP, FF Plus, ActionSA, PA, MK Party and RISE Mzansi
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Extortion Rackets Disrupt Work in Cape Town's Townships
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April 16, 2024, 4:49 AM
[GroundUp] We no longer go to some townships without an escort, says waste collection worker
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The Only Post Office Open in Makhanda Has Not Had Electricity for Nine Months
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April 16, 2024, 12:51 PM
[GroundUp] Staff use their cellphones to light their work
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Zuma's Eligibility for SA's 2024 Election - - a Tangled Web of Legal and Ethical Dilemmas
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April 16, 2024, 4:49 AM
[Daily Maverick] While the IEC has challenged the Electoral Court's decision to allow former president Jacob Zuma to contest the upcoming elections, the Constitutional Court must mitigate concerns about bias or conflicts of interest and ensure a fair and transparent assessment of the case.
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KQ, SAA Reopen Talks On Pan-African Airline After Takasto Deal Failed
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April 16, 2024, 4:42 AM
[Business Day Africa] Kenya's national carrier and South Africa Airways (SAA) have reopened discussions on the creation of a Pan-African Airline, following the withdrawal of Takatso, an investment firm set to acquire a majority stake in SAA.
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Few Rays of Hope As Patients Continue to Suffer Amid Eastern Cape Health Mismanagement Misery
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April 16, 2024, 4:56 PM
[Daily Maverick] Since the last election five years ago, public health in the province has been beleaguered by leadership turmoil, bad infrastructure, medicolegal claims and financial deficiencies.
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UPL's Cleaned Up Water Is 'Safe to Drink' ... but Not for Their Main Consultant, Thanks
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April 16, 2024, 4:56 PM
[Daily Maverick] Global agrochemicals producer UPL has applied for permission to pre-treat chemically contaminated stormwater before releasing it into a river that flows into the sea next to Umhlanga, but there are still concerns over its quality.
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Better to Wait for the Right JSC Candidate Than Merely Rush in Like Fools
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April 16, 2024, 4:56 PM
[Daily Maverick] When in doubt, do nothing. The recommendation to 'rather wait' has been drifting in and out of my consciousness for a while as people bandy about the pop psychology around decision-making, burnout and leading a balanced life.
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Electricity Minister to Visit Northern Cape
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April 16, 2024, 12:49 PM
[SAnews.gov.za] Minister in the Presidency responsible for Electricity, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, is expected to undertake an outreach programme with business stakeholders in the Northern Cape.
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Update On Presidential Ethekwini Working Group
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April 16, 2024, 12:49 PM
[SAnews.gov.za] The Presidency has provided an update on the work of the Presidential eThekwini Working Group.
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IEC Ready to Print Ballot Papers for 2024 Elections
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April 16, 2024, 12:49 PM
[SAnews.gov.za] With the finalisation of the list of candidates contesting seats in the 2024 National and Provincial Elections (NPE2024), the Electoral Commission (IEC) can now go ahead with the printing of ballot papers for the elections.
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SA Ranks Top Three for Fiscal Transparency
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April 16, 2024, 12:49 PM
[SAnews.gov.za] National Treasury has welcomed South Africa's ranking by the International Monetary Fund's Fiscal Transparency Evaluation Report of being among the top three countries worldwide for fiscal transparency.
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Cosatu Welcomes Excellent Progress At Parliament On the Pension Fund Amendment Bill (Two Pot Pension Reforms)
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April 16, 2024, 12:31 PM
[COSATU] The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) welcomes excellent progress at Parliament on the Pension Fund Amendment Bill, which is one of two critical amendment bills that will enable the long sought Two Pot Pension Reforms to take place on 1 September 2024. COSATU made its submission on the Bill to the National Council of Provinces (NCOP)' Select Committee: Finance today.
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Angry Polokwane, Seshego Residents Up in Arms Over Water Shortages As Critical Elections Loom
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April 16, 2024, 12:29 PM
[Daily Maverick] Residents are feeling the pinch as taps run dry in Limpopo's capital and in its biggest township.
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Public Sector Unions Want to Strike Over Latest 4.7 Percent Pay Rise Offer
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April 16, 2024, 12:01 PM
[Daily Maverick] The government's offer to increase the pay of public servants has been rejected by several trade unions as too low. They say it is below the projected consumer inflation rate.
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Pick N Pay 'Destroyed Me' - Retailer's Original Black Franchisee Describes Eight Years of 'Torture'
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April 16, 2024, 12:01 PM
[Daily Maverick] But George Senosha, who no longer has an income, says he isn't going down without a fight.
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The Right to a Dignified Death - 300 Years Later We Are Still Waiting
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April 16, 2024, 12:01 PM
[Daily Maverick] Helping suffering people to end their lives remains a crime in South Africa. Now, backed by eight influential doctors, an ethicist goes to the high court with the aim of decriminalising euthanasia.
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The Continuing Brutality of SA Lives - Not Taken Seriously By Most Major Parties
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April 16, 2024, 12:01 PM
[Daily Maverick] South Africa has experienced a rise in violence since the last general election, particularly of murders. Voters are demanding action and leaders are spouting rhetoric. Calls for a return to formal capital punishment are being made only by smaller parties on the fringes, even as the extrajudicial killing of suspects becomes common.
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The EFF's Floyd Shivambu As Finance Minister Would 'Really Spook the Markets'
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April 16, 2024, 12:01 PM
[Daily Maverick] Although it seems highly unlikely that the EFF deputy president will become finance minister, South Africa would take a financial knock if he did.
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After the Bell - Why Julius Malema Is the Mirror Image of Donald Trump
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April 16, 2024, 12:01 PM
[Daily Maverick] Investors do, of course, want certainty. Obvs. What they don't want is the certainty that someone will come and grab their assets. The notion that you will certainly be hit by a tidal wave does not normally incline one to take a dip in the ocean.
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Words of Warning and Sobering Reality That Must Hit Home At This Eleventh Hour
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April 16, 2024, 12:01 PM
[Daily Maverick] Welcome back to Daily Maverick after our 24-hour shutdown.
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Leadership, Resilience Is Behind the Success of One Rural School
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April 16, 2024, 12:01 PM
[Daily Maverick] It is possible for South African schools facing huge challenges to get noteworthy results.
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Investment As Gambling - Financial Nihilism and the Rise of Meme Stocks
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April 16, 2024, 12:01 PM
[Daily Maverick] Many young people have lost faith and are turning, with alarming recklessness, to increasingly risky financial behaviour.
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Job Promises for Unemployed Doctors After Kwazulu-Natal Protest
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April 16, 2024, 12:01 PM
[Daily Maverick] KwaZulu-Natal's doctors seeking job posts received some hope when the provincial health department finally relented and committed to advertising new posts.
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SA Needs to Put Our Waste in the 'Proper' Place, Reduce the Production and Extend Its Value
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April 16, 2024, 12:01 PM
[Daily Maverick] There is no 'away' to send our waste to. If it's not biodegradable and it's not being recycled, re-used or converted into energy (and most of it isn't), then it goes to landfill or becomes litter.
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This Week - Discussions On Basic Income in SA, Joburg Crisis Summit, and Dullah Omar Memorial Lecture
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April 16, 2024, 12:01 PM
[Daily Maverick] World Haemophilia Day, a special screening of 'Tomorrow's Freedom', and Ndifuna Ukwazi's 12-week political and legal education programme kick off this week.
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South Africa Sees High Tourist Arrivals From Kenya, Zimbabwe
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April 16, 2024, 9:30 AM
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- South Africa (SA) has recorded an increase in the number of tourist arrivals from Kenya and Zimbabwe,highlighting the growing intra-African tourism industry amid the removal of visa restrictions among countries.
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