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Wed, 07 Dec 2022 07:45:06 GMT
South Africa: GDP Growth Up 1.6% - South African News Briefs - December 7, 2022
[allAfrica] Cape Town --  

Wed, 07 Dec 2022 04:27:18 GMT
South Africa: What Does a Wounded Ruling Party Mean for South Africa's Prospects?
[ISS] Amidst debates about presidential impeachment, the main question is how far ANC support will fall in the 2024 elections.

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 13:06:06 GMT
South Africa: Sex Workers Welcome Government's Decriminalisation Plans
[GroundUp] "Many sex workers have died and this bill will save many lives"

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 12:43:15 GMT
South Africa: Diesel Prices Decrease, Increase for Petrol Consumers
[SAnews.gov.za] There will be relief for some consumers from tomorrow when the price of all grades of diesel and illuminating paraffin decrease.

Wed, 07 Dec 2022 04:27:26 GMT
South Africa: Music Streaming in South Africa - New Survey Reveals Musicians Get a Raw Deal
[The Conversation Africa] Musicians worldwide have been placing their tracks with global streaming platforms such as Spotify for many years. South African musicians, however, have reported only sparse earnings from streaming music online.

Wed, 07 Dec 2022 04:27:08 GMT
South Africa: Pandemic Policies in South Africa - a Model of Neocolonial State Capture
[African Arguments] The huge Covid death toll - by far the worst in Africa - occurred not in spite of Western biomedical practices but because of them, argues a new book from the African Arguments series, published by Hurst.

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 13:10:50 GMT
South Africa: New Full-Time Lotteries Boss to Be Appointed Early Next Year
[GroundUp] GroundUp has learned that Jodi Scholtz will take over as Commissioner of the National Lotteries Commission

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 13:08:44 GMT
South Africa: Information Regulator Bares Its Teeth in Music Royalties Investigation
[GroundUp] The South African music industry lacks transparency and accountability, says regulator

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 13:06:53 GMT
South Africa: This Taxi Rank Cost More Than R275-Million. but Nearly a Decade Later It's Still Closed
[GroundUp] Thohoyandou taxi owners and businesses want the rank to start operating

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 12:46:20 GMT
South Africa: GDP Rises By 1.6 Percent
[SAnews.gov.za] South Africa's gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 1.6% between July and September, Deputy Director General for Economic Statistics, Joe de Beer, announced on Tuesday.

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 12:37:01 GMT
South Africa: Mineral Resources and Energy Announces Adjustment of Fuel Prices
[Govt of SA] Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Mr Gwede Mantashe, announces adjustment of fuel prices effective from the 7th of December 2022

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 12:20:37 GMT
South Africa: Phala Phala Debate Postponed
[Scrolla] As President Cyril Ramaphosa fights for his political survival amid the blazing Phala Phala flames Parliament pushed the debate of the Section 89 panel report to next Tuesday.

Wed, 07 Dec 2022 09:51:25 GMT
Rwanda: Basketball - APR Off to Maputo Ahead of 2022 Africa Champions Cup for Women
[New Times] APR women basketball players, on Wednesday December 7, departed for Maputo, Mozambique for the forthcoming the 2022 FIBA Africa Champions for women.

Wed, 07 Dec 2022 06:52:19 GMT
Zimbabwe: DJ Levels Rape Charges - Shashl Sets Case Withdrawal Conditions
[The Herald] Lawyers representing Rodger Tafadzwa Kadzimwe, also known as DJ Levels in entertainment circles, will engage singer Shashl (born Ashleigh Angel Moyo) over a set of demands she wants to be met before seeking withdrawal of rape and physica...

Wed, 07 Dec 2022 06:08:47 GMT
Zimbabwe: Socialite Tatelicious Chronicles Abuse At South African Airport Officials, Says She Was Sexually Assaulted
[New Zimbabwe] Controversial socialite Tatelicious, real name Tatenda Zenzo Karigambe, has launched scathing sexual harassment allegations against South African Johannesburg OR Tambo airport staffers after she was temporarily held on grounds of faili...

Wed, 07 Dec 2022 05:54:46 GMT
Zimbabwe: Music Producer, Levels Granted ZW$20,000 Bail
[New Zimbabwe] Prominent music producer Tafadzwa Kadzimwe popularly known as Levels has been granted ZW$20 000 bail by a Harare magistrate.

Wed, 07 Dec 2022 04:40:46 GMT
South Africa: South Africa's President Asks Court to Overturn Report Recommending Impeachment Inquiry
[VOA] Cape Town, South Africa -- South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa is asking the country's Constitutional Court to overturn a parliamentary report that says he may have broken the law and could lead to his removal from office.

Wed, 07 Dec 2022 04:40:20 GMT
Malawi: Malawi Police Arrest Anti-Graft Director Over Leaked Audio
[VOA] Blantyre, Malawi -- Police in Malawi arrested the head of the country's Anti-Corruption Bureau on Tuesday over an audio recording leaked in January.

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 08:26:11 GMT
South Africa: Deputy President Named In R35 Billion Land Scam - South African News Briefs - December 6, 2022
[allAfrica] Cape Town --  

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 09:01:21 GMT
South Africa: Square Kilometre Array Observatory Construction Begins in Northern Cape
[SAnews.gov.za] Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister, Blade Nzimande, unveiled on Monday the kick-start of the on-site construction of the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) telescopes infrastructure in Carnarvon, Northern Cape.

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 08:58:30 GMT
South Africa: National Assembly Postpones Debate On Section 89 Panel Report
[SAnews.gov.za] The National Assembly Programming Committee (NAPC) has postponed to next week Tuesday the debate on the Section 89 Panel Report, which looks into the robbery at the Phala Phala game farm.

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 04:27:56 GMT
South Africa: Parliament Delays Vote On Ramaphosa Report By a Week
[Daily Maverick] MPs will only vote next week on the Section 89 independent panel recommendation that President Cyril Ramaphosa has a case to answer for possible impeachment over serious violations of the Constitution, according to a unanimous decisi...

Mon, 05 Dec 2022 15:29:48 GMT
South Africa: Some in Free State Only Given ARVs for Two Weeks At a Time
[spotlight] Both health minister Dr Joe Phaahla and health authorities in the Free State last week denied claims from activists that there are shortages of antiretroviral medicines at health facilities in the province. Authorities did however confirm...

Mon, 05 Dec 2022 11:49:17 GMT
Mozambique: War Continues, With New Attack in Nampula
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] The Cabo Delgado civil war continues, with insurgents moving south into mining areas, Chiure district, and down to the Lúrio River and again into Nampula province. There have been attacks near the two main roa...

Mon, 05 Dec 2022 11:46:28 GMT
Mozambique: U.S.$2 Billion Still Lacking to Rebuild After 2019 Climate Emergency Cyclones
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Higher sea temperatures in the Mozambique Channel caused by the climate emergency made the 2019 cyclones Idai and Kenneth particularly devastating. They killed more than 1000 people in Mozambique, displaced 420...

Mon, 05 Dec 2022 11:43:25 GMT
Mozambique: Ending War Needs More Than Military Force, Say Catholic Bishops
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Ending war needs more than military force; End normalised corruption and give youth hope of a better future, say Catholic bishops

Mon, 05 Dec 2022 11:30:23 GMT
Mozambique: HIV Infections Still Rising
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] The number of adults infected by HIV has risen by more than 350,000 in six years, according to the latest statistics released by the Ministry of Health on 1 December. Data is from the 2021 Survey on Assessing t...

Mon, 05 Dec 2022 11:16:14 GMT
Mozambique: Govt Domestic Borrowing Up U.S.$900 Million This Year - a 25% Jump
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Due to falling foreign aid and loans, government borrowed an additional $900 mn from local banks and bondholders, reported Bank of Mozambique (BdM) in its quarterly economic report (2 Dec). Government domestic ...

Mon, 05 Dec 2022 11:13:26 GMT
Mozambique: US-China Battle for Cabo Delgado Graphite Continues - With High Profits But Few Jobs
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] With Chinese money, the Australian Triton Minerals will go ahead with its Ancuabe, Cabo Delgado, graphite mine, it announced on 1 December. In September Shandong Yulong Gold committed a further investment of $3...

Mon, 05 Dec 2022 11:10:32 GMT
Mozambique: War Continues With Heavy Fighting in Nangade and Macomia and Spread South-West
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] The heaviest fighting continues in two places that will worry TotalEnergies. The map below shows insurgents have not been pushed far out of the two gas districts of Palma and Mocimboa da Praia, which TotalEnerg...



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