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Thu, 03 Nov 2022 07:56:20 GMT19 Bodies Found at Krugersdorp Mine - South African News Briefs - November 3, 2022
[allAfrica] Cape Town --
Wed, 02 Nov 2022 18:02:55 GMTCeasefire Announced in Ethiopian Civil War
[allAfrica] The Federal Government in Addis Ababa and Tigrayan authorities have agreed on a ceasefire.
Thu, 03 Nov 2022 06:16:26 GMTPolice Discover Bodies of 19 Illegal Miners
[Scrolla] Gauteng police have confirmed that bodies of 19 suspected illegal miners have been discovered in Krugersdorp.
Wed, 02 Nov 2022 09:46:18 GMTRubbish Piles Up Outside Gqeberha Primary School
[GroundUp] Illegal dump hasn't been cleared since March
Wed, 02 Nov 2022 16:50:28 GMTFederal Govt, Tigray Agree to Cease Hostilities - Obasanjo
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Olusegun Obasanjo, the High Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, announced that AU-led peace talks in South Africa has resulted in agreement of cessation of hostilities between the federal...
Thu, 03 Nov 2022 04:43:06 GMTSouth Africa Must Rethink Its Community Safety System
[ISS] Instead of the current rigid approach, more flexibility and innovation would allow workable local safety initiatives.
Thu, 03 Nov 2022 04:34:35 GMTSouth Africa's Dance Music Craze, Amapiano, Could Conquer the World - If Its Stars Step Up
[The Conversation Africa] There's a lot of hype around amapiano. The South African dance music genre has dominated dancefloors since 2019, spreading from South Africa to West Africa and now to the world. But it's time to peer through the hype and see...
Wed, 02 Nov 2022 10:50:24 GMTCity of Cape Town and Immigrant Shop Owners Meet to Resolve Tensions
[GroundUp] "We come unannounced not to catch you doing wrong things, but to ensure that your shop is in satisfactory hygienic condition"
Thu, 03 Nov 2022 08:03:08 GMTSecretary Blinken's Call With Minister of International Relations and Cooperation
[State Department] The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price:
Thu, 03 Nov 2022 07:19:58 GMTKrugersdorp Police Investigate an Inquest Following the Discovery of 19 Bodies of Alleged Illegal Miners
[SAPS] The Police in Gauteng can confirm that on 02 November 2022 at about 15:00, members from SAPS Krugerdorp responded to a call following the discovery of 19 bodies of alleged illegal miners in one of the active mines in the area.
Thu, 03 Nov 2022 07:17:42 GMTUCT Jumps Up in Clinical & Health
[UCT] The University of Cape Town (UCT) jumped up 21 places to 77th for clinical & health in the latest Times Higher Education (THE) Rankings by subject. Another four UCT subjects ranked in the top 200.
Wed, 02 Nov 2022 09:50:51 GMTXhora Mouth in the Eastern Cape Is Starting to Thrive
[GroundUp] The making of a vibrant village
Wed, 02 Nov 2022 06:23:35 GMTButhelezi On Warpath After Snub At Zulu King's Gala Dinner
[Scrolla] Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi has slammed the ANC government for excluding him from the gala dinner held after King Misuzulu Sinqobile kaZwelithini's coronation on Saturday.
Wed, 02 Nov 2022 09:22:05 GMTLarge Tortoises Lived in South Africa Long Ago - How We Recorded Their Fast-Disappearing Traces
[The Conversation Africa] In 1835 Charles Darwin, the father of the theory of evolution, was exploring an island in the Galápagos archipelago when he encountered "two large tortoises, each of which must have weighed at least two hundred pounds". He ...
Wed, 02 Nov 2022 09:00:20 GMTPassport Costs Go Up - South African News Briefs - November 2, 2022
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Wed, 02 Nov 2022 07:34:53 GMTPresident Cyril Ramaphosa Opens Second Presidential Summit On Gender-Based Violence and Femicide
[Govt of SA] Address by President Cyril Ramaphosa at the second Presidential Summit on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide
Tue, 01 Nov 2022 15:31:35 GMTGugulethu Goes Gaga for Go-Karts
[GroundUp] Children raced against each other on the weekend but there's more to this than fun
Tue, 01 Nov 2022 15:30:15 GMTAppeal Court Trashes Siyangena's R5.5-Billion Appeal Bid
[GroundUp] Ex-PRASA contractor "rightly found by the high court to have been complicit to the corruption, impropriety and maladministration"
Tue, 01 Nov 2022 09:20:30 GMTGomora in Joburg Is Where Dreams Go to Die
[GroundUp] Families crowd into tiny rooms, with no electricity or water, making a living as best they can
Mon, 31 Oct 2022 14:10:50 GMTCan Amnesty for Perpetrators Help End State Corruption?
[New Agenda] Given the clear lack of capacity in prosecutorial institutions, particularly the National Prosecuting Authority, will some form of amnesty encourage state capture perpetrators to come forward to 'clean the slate' or, as argued by Karam S...
Wed, 02 Nov 2022 07:40:14 GMTSouth African Social Security Agency On Status of R350 Grant
[Govt of SA] The date that appears on a status of R350 grant is not a payment date
Wed, 02 Nov 2022 07:39:22 GMTForestry, Fisheries and Environment Invites Public Comments On Draft White Paper On the Conservation and Sustainable Use of South Africa's Biodiversity
[Govt of SA] Public comment invited on the revised draft White Paper on the Conservation and Sustainable use of South Africa's Biodiversity
Wed, 02 Nov 2022 07:00:01 GMTTigray Peace Talks Continue in South Africa
[RFI] Peace talks between the Ethiopian government and rebel authorities in Tigray have been extended into this week. The talks are aimed at finding a resolution to the two-year conflict that has killed thousands of people and created a humanitarian ...
Wed, 02 Nov 2022 05:28:27 GMTDWF Hosts the Climate Change Champions Communications & Negotiations Workshop
[Democracy Works] The Democracy Works Foundation (DWF) team is pleased to announce hosting The Climate Change Champions Communications & Negotiations Workshop from 1st to 3rd November 2022 in Johannesburg, South Africa. This is part of the Founda...
Thu, 03 Nov 2022 04:38:35 GMTAnalyzing South Africa's Debt Trap
[The Exchange] Debts are quite effective economic tools when used correctly. However, debts have been seen to hold people and nations accountable over time and space and sometimes push developing countries to the edge of economic crisis.
Tue, 01 Nov 2022 08:55:59 GMTMunicipalities Are Failing to Provide Clean Water. Citizens Are Stepping in to Fix the Problem
[GroundUp] Municipalities will only clean up their act if officials are sentenced to prison, says lawyer
Tue, 01 Nov 2022 07:57:21 GMTPublic Servants Issue Strike Notice - South African News Briefs - November 1, 2022
[allAfrica] Cape Town --
Tue, 01 Nov 2022 09:23:36 GMTEastern Cape Farm Dwellers Plead for Access to Electricity and Water
[GroundUp] But farmers explain it is too costly for them to pay to install the infrastructure
Tue, 01 Nov 2022 09:22:35 GMTMillions to Be Spent to Complete Abandoned Lottery-Funded Projects
[GroundUp] Engineers to be paid directly to finish multi-million rand infrastructure projects
Tue, 01 Nov 2022 09:19:55 GMTFarm Workers March to Parliament to Demand Major Reform
[GroundUp] List of demands handed to Minister of Agriculture