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Wed, 29 Jun 2022 07:45:02 GMTSouth Africa: What's Happening In South African News - June 29, 2022
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Wed, 29 Jun 2022 06:34:46 GMTSouth Africa: Want to Give Organic Waste and Food Scraps a New Life? Try Earthworms #AfricaClimateHope
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- There is no honour in waste!
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 08:36:34 GMTSouth Africa: Marriages Under Islamic Law Given Legal Status
[GroundUp] Women who divorced under Sharia were often left destitute and powerless to enforce maintenance and protect the rights of their children
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 08:33:03 GMTSouth Africa: Eskom Workers Expected Back at Work
[SAnews.gov.za] Eskom workers are expected back at work this morning following violent industrial strike action, which plunged the country into an electricity supply crunch over the past week.
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 06:19:47 GMTSouth Africa: Tavern of Death Owner Charged With Selling Liquor to the Underaged
[Daily Maverick] The Eastern Cape Liquor Board opened a case on Tuesday against the owner of East London's Enyobeni tavern. Residents held a night vigil 50m from the nightspot where 21 young people died on Sunday morning.
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 04:54:43 GMTAfrica: Malawi Case Shines Light On Anti-Albino Prejudice in Africa
[DW] From the day they are born, they have to hide in the shadows. They're derided for the way they look, ostracized from communal life and persecuted. In some cultures, superstitious beliefs are attached to their physical appearance, from magical cu...
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 04:49:18 GMTSouthern Africa: 'Too Much Propaganda' - Zimbabwe's Pirates of the Airwaves Look to South Africa
[African Arguments] The state-owned ZBC no longer has a monopoly, but that doesn't meanfree-to-air TV in Zimbabwe isany more diverse or varied.
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 08:39:21 GMTSouth Africa: Nation Records Second Case of Monkeypox
[SAnews.gov.za] The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has confirmed the country's second case of Monkeypox.
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 06:18:53 GMTSouth Africa: Power Utility Strike Appears to Be Over After Unions Call On Workers to 'Normalise the Situation'
[Daily Maverick] The Numsa and NUM unions have called on workers to 'normalise the situation' after they said Eskom had agreed to return to the bargaining table. That is a transparent code to their members taking part in an illegal strike blamed for ...
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 06:11:34 GMTSouth Africa: Concourt Rules Communications Minister's Digital Migration Deadline Was Unlawful
[Daily Maverick] Minister of Communications Khumbudzo Ntshavheni did not consult telecommunications, broadcasting and civil society players about South Africa's decision to migrate from analogue to digital broadcasting on 30 June 2022. And because of...
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 06:08:51 GMTSouth Africa: Second Monkeypox Case Identified, Now in Western Cape
[Daily Maverick] A case of monkeypox has been identified in Cape Town. This is the second confirmed case in South Africa. Both infected persons have no travel history, suggesting a high probability of local transmission.
Tue, 28 Jun 2022 15:27:15 GMTZimbabwe: Sikhala, Sithole Appeal Set for Wednesday At High Court
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Tue, 28 Jun 2022 15:26:17 GMTZimbabwe: President Gazettes Multi-Currency System Into Law
[The Herald] President Mnangagwa has gazetted Statutory Instrument 118A of 2022 entrenching the multi-currency system as announced by Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube yesterday.
Tue, 28 Jun 2022 15:25:58 GMTZimbabwe: Tapiwa Makore - Trial of Suspected Killers Fails to Kick Off
[New Zimbabwe] THE suspected murderers of Tapiwa Makore Jnr will now stand trial in October this year after the High Court postponed the hearing at state's instance.
Tue, 28 Jun 2022 13:31:28 GMTZimbabwe: Opposition Downplays Govt's Latest Economic Measures
[263Chat] In a statement, CCC national spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere said more is needed to address the current crisis.
Tue, 28 Jun 2022 13:26:06 GMTNamibia: Middle Finger Allegedly Leads to Mayor's Arrest
[Namibian] National police spokesperson deputy commissioner Kauna Shikwambi says the incident which led to Windhoek mayor Sade Gawanas being arrested by the police on Monday started with a middle finger.
Tue, 28 Jun 2022 13:25:57 GMTZimbabwe: Govt Tops Up Civil Servants' Salaries
[New Zimbabwe] Government has reviewed upwards civil servants salaries and allowances following threats to down tools over almost worthless earnings.
Tue, 28 Jun 2022 12:30:00 GMTZimbabwe: New Operation Murambatsvina Declared On Illegal Kwekwe Tuckshops
[New Zimbabwe] Kwekwe City Council has put illegal tuck-shop owners on notice, indicating it is set to demolish all their unlawfully built structures.
Tue, 28 Jun 2022 10:39:17 GMTZimbabwe: Machete Gang Jailed 18 Years for 9 Cases of Robbery, Damage to Property
[New Zimbabwe] A machete gang which had been terrorising Gweru residents has been slapped with an effective 18-year jail term.
Tue, 28 Jun 2022 10:34:59 GMTZimbabwe: Police Probe Death of Zanu-PF Officials
[The Herald] The Zimbabwe Republic Police have launched investigations into the death of two senior Zanu PF officials in Nyatsime area of Chitungwiza with one of them alleged to have been poisoned, while the other reportedly succumbed to a stress-rel...
Tue, 28 Jun 2022 10:27:11 GMTSouth Africa: Over 500 Eastern Cape Health Workers Down Tools
[GroundUp] Nurses want rural allowance. Patients at six hospitals and clinics in the Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality wait for hours.
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 08:38:16 GMTSouth Africa: Endless Court Postponements Deny Justice to Poor People
[GroundUp] Trial of protesters arrested in Lenasia drags on for six years and counting
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 08:33:57 GMTSouth Africa: SA Records 343 New Covid-19 Cases
[SAnews.gov.za] South Africa on Tuesday recorded 343 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 993 004.
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 07:42:41 GMTMalawi: British Investor Pumps in K800m in Oil Manufacturing in Nkhotakota
[Nyasa Times] A British investor has pumped in K800 million in oil industry which is largely to benefit a rural area in Nkhotakota.
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 07:42:39 GMTMalawi: Battle Lines Drawn Between DPP Factions As Parliament Prepares to Meet in July
[Nyasa Times] Malawians should expect a weaker opposition in parliament as the country's main opposition party, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), has its internal fight to another level.
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 08:27:34 GMTSouth Africa: Tongaat Hulett's Uncertain Future Looms Large
[Daily Maverick] Sugar producer Tongaat's ill-fated capital-raising deal with Zimbabwe's controversial Rudland family is finally over. But where to now for a highly indebted company?
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 08:24:08 GMTSouth Africa: Jerry Pillay, SA Academic Labelled By Some As 'Anti-Jewish', Elected to Top World Council of Churches Job
[Daily Maverick] The University of Pretoria's Dean of Theology and Religion, Jerry Pillay, will be leaving to take up the post of general secretary of the World Council of Churches in Geneva.
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 06:17:44 GMTSouth Africa: Justice for Marikana Community Suffers a Blow After Activist Gunned Down At Her Front Door
[Daily Maverick] The unfinished business of justice for the community of Marikana after the massacre there 10 years ago has been dealt a devastating blow by the murder of a community activist.
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 06:17:02 GMTNigeria: Nigeria's Consul-General Steps in As Truce Falls Apart in Orange Grove
[Daily Maverick] An uneasy truce struck between Operation Dudula and foreign shop owners in Orange Grove, Johannesburg, has fallen apart. The Consul-General of Nigeria has now acted to assist his country's nationals.
Wed, 29 Jun 2022 06:13:25 GMTSouth Africa: Does Union Actually Know the Damage It Is Causing in the Eskom Strike?
[Daily Maverick] How tiresome it is to be writing about Eskom again. How long does this have to go on? Who is to blame? It just seems to be endless.