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Wed, 08 Sep 2021 09:00:00 +0000Zuma corruption case hearing postponed for health assessment
The full impact of the former president’s health status on his trial remains unclear
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Tue, 07 Sep 2021 19:24:13 +0000Ipsos survey points to 49.3% support for ANC in local government elections
It is still unclear how discontent with politics, and the effects of Covid-19, will affect voter turnout, according to research company Ipsos
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Tue, 07 Sep 2021 19:20:23 +0000João Rodrigues, accused of 1971 murder, dies aged 82
The former apartheid police officer who was charged with the murder of Ahmed Timol ‘saved’ by the grave
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Tue, 07 Sep 2021 17:00:00 +0000A ‘cancer causing’ herbicide has been found in South Africa’s bread and flour
About half of South Africa's maize crop and 100% of the soya crop is genetically modified — it’s grown with the use of glyphosate. But Bayer South Africa disagrees that it causes cancer
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Tue, 07 Sep 2021 15:53:05 +0000Controversial Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone gets green light
Environmentalists are up in arms over the decision
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Tue, 07 Sep 2021 15:20:26 +0000SA delegates to quarantine in Glasgow amid calls for COP26 postponement
Eligible COP26 attendees are expected to receive their UK-sponsored Covid-19 jabs this week, but the Climate Action Network says it is too late
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Tue, 07 Sep 2021 15:11:39 +0000Why Solana is the top-performing cryptocurrency of 2021
The new crypto kid on the block that’s eating everyone’s lunch
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Tue, 07 Sep 2021 15:10:20 +0000No progress on GBV council after more than R120-million donated, parliament told
The gender commission is unsure whether a governing body exists for the multi-billion National Strategic Plan on Gender-based Violence and Femicide
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Tue, 07 Sep 2021 12:27:22 +0000ANC to oppose DA challenge to reopening candidate registration
Governing party denies lobbying the IEC or the Constitutional Court ahead of the announcement that candidate registration would be reopened
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Tue, 07 Sep 2021 11:43:04 +0000GDP stats: Economy grows, but not enough to secure jobs and long-term recovery
GDP rose 1.2% in the second quarter, but future growth indicators will likely be hit by July’s looting and unrest, as well as a dip in commodity prices
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