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Fri, 13 May 2022 10:59:06 +0200
Billionaire eyes Washington’s last coal plant for green hydrogen
The clean energy unit of Australia’s Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. is considering building a green hydrogen facility near Washington State’s last operating coal-fired power station.

Fri, 13 May 2022 10:01:13 +0200
Food security, Moldova in focus at G7 foreign minister meeting
Foreign ministers from the G7 group of rich nations will discuss how to alleviate food security concerns when they meet in Germany on Friday as fears mount that the war between Russia and Ukraine could further destabilise Moldova.

Fri, 13 May 2022 10:00:00 +0200
McDonald's to investigate allegations of dead frog found in McChicken burger
Speaking to TimesLIVE, McDonald's spokesperson Daniel Padiachy said they were in contact with the family and the matter is being investigated.

Fri, 13 May 2022 09:45:00 +0200
Indonesia seizes cooking oil shipment bound for East Timor
Indonesia has impounded at least 81,000 litres of cooking oil bound for East Timor, the trade ministry said, as the Southeast Asian country seeks to enforce a ban on exports of crude palm oil and its derivatives including cooking oil.

Fri, 13 May 2022 09:29:01 +0200
Sixth accused to appear in Absa R103m fraud case, Hawks reveal banks’ slain IT specialist embezzled cash to ex-lover
A 24-year-old woman is set to appear in the Johannesburg specialised commercial crimes court sitting in Palm Ridge on Friday in connection with the R103m stolen from Absa between September and December 2021.

Fri, 13 May 2022 09:20:00 +0200
Cheap food in Britain is about to become a thing of the past
The decades-long era of cheap food in Britain may be coming to an abrupt end.

Fri, 13 May 2022 09:05:00 +0200
Shanghai aims to stop community spread, ease rules by May 20
Shanghai will implement “orderly opening-up, limited movement, effective control and classified management” after achieving no community spread.

Fri, 13 May 2022 09:00:00 +0200
Indonesia to vaccinate herds as foot-and-mouth hits provinces
Indonesia, which eradicated the foot-and-mouth disease in cattle in the 1970s, is producing its own vaccine for cattle to halt an outbreak that has spread to six regencies in Aceh and East Java provinces.

Fri, 13 May 2022 08:56:00 +0200
Didn’t collected your R350 grant at the post office? Here's how to access your money
Beneficiaries will have to use supermarkets or ATMs to access the funds.

Fri, 13 May 2022 08:45:00 +0200
US cyber chief sees more attacks in Russian Ukraine playbook
“For as long as Russia persists in this egregious behavior, I think that cyber will be in their playbook, and so I would think that this would continue apace.”

Fri, 13 May 2022 08:20:40 +0200
North Korea reveals first Covid-19 death, ‘explosive’ fever spread
North Korea revealed Friday a widespread outbreak of a fever that spread “explosively” across the country since the end of April, resulting in 350,000 cases and six deaths -- including one that tested positive for Covid-19.

Fri, 13 May 2022 08:19:48 +0200
DGs might get 10-year contracts under proposed policy
The high turnover of directors-general has plagued government for some time.

Fri, 13 May 2022 08:11:34 +0200
Wildfire guts at least 20 homes in affluent California town
A wind-driven wildfire destroyed at least 20 homes in a wealthy town in California’s Orange County, laying bare how a historic drought has left the region under constant threat of blazes.

Fri, 13 May 2022 08:04:46 +0200
Turkey wins Biden backing for upgrades to its F-16 fighter jets
The Biden administration has asked Congress to approve the sale of weapons and equipment upgrades to Turkey’s fleet of American-made F-16 fighter jets, a sign of thawing relations between the NATO allies as the Russian war in Ukraine drags on.

Fri, 13 May 2022 08:01:55 +0200
Estonian premier Kallas narrowly avoids government collapse
Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, a Baltic leader who has been an outspoken antagonist of Vladimir Putin, narrowly avoided a government collapse after she challenged her coalition partner to call a confidence vote.

Fri, 13 May 2022 08:00:00 +0200
Want to help KZN from Gauteng? Here's how you can donate
Donations can be dropped off at customer care centres and the city’s head office and administration building in Germiston.

Fri, 13 May 2022 07:45:13 +0200
Numsa march to City of Tshwane HQ to demand transport allowance
Member of the National Union of Metalworkers of SA from the three agencies responsible for running the City of Tshwane’s Areyeng BRT system will stage a protest march to city headquarters on Friday.

Fri, 13 May 2022 07:26:44 +0200
EXCLUSIVE | War forces Ukraine to divert $8.3bn to military spending, tax revenue drops — Minister
Ukraine has been forced to spend about $8.3bn on its war with Russia instead of development, the country’s finance minister said on Thursday, providing a glimpse into the huge economic cost of Moscow’s February 24 invasion.

Fri, 13 May 2022 07:22:00 +0200
KwaZulu-Natal Floods
News, facts, figures, interviews, views and analysis of the impact of the KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape floods

Fri, 13 May 2022 07:20:00 +0200
Covid-19 in numbers: Get the latest figures
Daily updates on the coronavirus pandemic in SA.

Fri, 13 May 2022 07:07:50 +0200
UN SA redirects R21m towards KZN flood disaster
The UN SA has reallocated R21m of its programming budget to support government’s response to flood-damaged KwaZulu-Natal.

Fri, 13 May 2022 07:00:00 +0200
Agri SA wants Ramaphosa to intervene in unregulated sand mining activities
Agri SA says it is writing to President Cyril Ramaphosa to request that all applications for mining permits and current mining activities be halted.

Fri, 13 May 2022 07:00:00 +0200
YOUR COVID-19 QUESTIONS ANSWERED | What is the true global Covid-19 death toll?
Could the death toll be higher than has been reported?

Fri, 13 May 2022 06:15:53 +0200
UKRAINE UPDATES | US citizen’s tearful reunion after Ukraine rescue
Ukraine updates.

Fri, 13 May 2022 06:14:24 +0200
Our economy is definitely not dead, plus 5 highlights from ‘Vrye Weekblad’
Here’s what’s hot in the latest edition of the Afrikaans digital weekly

Fri, 13 May 2022 06:00:00 +0200
Google Translate adds 24 new languages, including Sepedi and Tsonga
Google says it has added 24 languages to Google Translate, including two more official South African languages, Sepedi and Tsonga.

Thu, 12 May 2022 21:03:00 +0200
Air Zimbabwe warns of flight disruptions over fuel shortages
Zimbabwe's national airline, Air Zimbabwe, has warned of flight disruptions because of fuel shortages

Thu, 12 May 2022 20:56:42 +0200
Tongaat Hulett suspends pay advances to Zimbabwe's sugar cane farmers
Tongaat Hulett’s Zimbabwe unit has suspended advance payments to sugar cane farmers.

Thu, 12 May 2022 20:38:00 +0200
R49bn allocated for NSFAS as Nzimande promises to support poor, ‘missing middle’ and postgrads
Higher education minister Blade Nzimande used his 2022/23 budget to affirm the government’s commitment to provide financial help to poor and missing-middle students.

Thu, 12 May 2022 19:08:43 +0200
Gupta-company directors seek postponement in asset-restraint case
The bid by the Investigating Directorate (ID) to restrain the assets belonging to former Gupta associate Iqbal Sharma and a company belonging to the Guptas was delayed on Thursday after the directors of Islandsite Investments 180 sought a postponemen...



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