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Thu, 08 Dec 2022 06:57:23 GMT
South Africa: Energy Crisis Mounts as Country Faces More Intense Power Cuts - South African News Briefs - December 8, 2022
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Energy Crisis Unlikely to Ease Within 12 Months, Eskom Warns

Wed, 07 Dec 2022 14:23:28 GMT
South Africa: Anti-Apartheid Icon Hani's Killer Released on Parole
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Janusz Walus has been released from prison to serve a two-year parole period, Mail and Guardian reports.This comes after Walus - a Polish immigrant imprisoned for the 1993 murder of South African Communist Party leader Chris ...

Thu, 08 Dec 2022 09:07:18 GMT
South Africa: President Declares 27 December a Public Holiday
[SAnews.gov.za] South Africans will get to enjoy an extended Christmas with 27 December 2022 declared as a public holiday in lieu of Christmas Day falling on a Sunday.

Thu, 08 Dec 2022 06:17:54 GMT
South Africa: 'We Will Not Throw Ramaphosa Into the Dragon's Den' - Energy Minister
[Scrolla] Mineral resources minister Gwede Mantashe has instructed all 230 ANC MPs to toe the line and vote against the adoption of the Phala Phala report or else face the wrath of the party.

Wed, 07 Dec 2022 19:16:15 GMT
South Africa: The Fish River Runs Through Cradock, but the Town Faces a Water Crisis
[GroundUp] Department of Water and Sanitation blames Chris Hani municipality, municipality blames load-shedding

Wed, 07 Dec 2022 13:59:59 GMT
South Africa: Testing Stool Can Help Detect TB in Children
[spotlight] Most tuberculosis (TB) testing today relies on sputum samples coughed up from the lungs. This makes intuitive sense since pulmonary (or lung) TB is the most common form of TB and sputum provides testable samples straight from the scene of...

Wed, 07 Dec 2022 13:33:39 GMT
South Africa: ConCourt Did Not Legalise Weed in the Workplace, Labour Court Rules
[GroundUp] Employers have the right to enforce zero-tolerance policies outlawing the use of cannabis

Wed, 07 Dec 2022 13:33:23 GMT
Africa: Partnerships Key to Africa's Economic Growth
[SAnews.gov.za] Trade, Industry and Competition Minister, Ebrahim Patel, says partnerships with international countries are key to boosting African economies' upward trajectory.

Thu, 08 Dec 2022 09:17:04 GMT
South Africa: 'I Had to Put My Groceries Back' Says Delft Mother After Her Sassa Card Was Declined
[GroundUp] Postbank abruptly suspended grant withdrawals at ATMs after incidents of fraud

Thu, 08 Dec 2022 04:53:59 GMT
South Africa: Man Dies During Eight-Hour Wait for an Ambulance
[GroundUp] Only one ambulance for hundreds of villages in Matatiele

Wed, 07 Dec 2022 19:25:59 GMT
South Africa: Janusz Walus Placed On Parole
[SAnews.gov.za] The Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, Ronald Lamola, has placed offender Janusz Walus on parole under strict conditions with effect from Wednesday.

Wed, 07 Dec 2022 15:25:17 GMT
South Africa: Parliament Silent On MPs Implicated in PRASA Corruption
[GroundUp] Formal complaint was sent by #UniteBehind to ethics committee in September

Wed, 07 Dec 2022 15:23:49 GMT
South Africa: Student Organisation Shawco Bounces Back to Celebrate 80th Birthday
[GroundUp] The welfare organisation aims to be operating at 100% capacity by the end of 2023

Thu, 08 Dec 2022 09:12:15 GMT
Kenya: No, Photo of Crude Outdoor Classroom From Malawi - Not Constituency of Controversial New Kenyan MP
[Africa Check] IN SHORT: A recently elected MP sparked outrage with his proposal that Kenya's two-term limit on a president's service be done away with. But a photo of students in a makeshift log and thatch classroom doesn't reflect on his record. It...

Thu, 08 Dec 2022 08:42:13 GMT
Africa: Angola's Economic Diversification and Development Potential Are Inextricably Linked to Climate Resilience #AfricaClimateCrisis
[World Bank] Luanda -- the impacts of climate change increasingly threaten people's lives and livelihoods across the country, it will be critical for Angola to use the revenues from its remaining oil wealth to invest in climate resilience and intensi...

Wed, 07 Dec 2022 19:26:43 GMT
South Africa: Stage 6 Load Shedding Implemented From Midday
[SAnews.gov.za] Eskom announced on Thursday that it will implement Stage 6 load shedding from noon until further notice.

Thu, 08 Dec 2022 09:10:55 GMT
South Africa: Jabbed Germans Banned From Buying Cars? No. Tired Old Covid Disinformation Gets Weirder
[Africa Check] IN SHORT: Almost three years after the Covid pandemic began, conspiracy theorists are still trying to sell their ideas online. This time, it's not true that the 75% of Germans vaccinated against the disease won't be able to buy a car.

Thu, 08 Dec 2022 05:16:55 GMT
South Africa: What Is RET and What Does It Want? The Radical Economic Transformation Faction Explained
[The Conversation Africa] It has been standard for some years, in any analysis of South Africa's governing party, the African National Congress (ANC), to refer to the "radical economic transformation" (RET) faction. Yet, there has been little serious...

Thu, 08 Dec 2022 09:07:55 GMT
South Africa: Correctional Services Festive Season Campaign Launched
[SAnews.gov.za] Correctional Services National Commissioner Makgothi Thobakgale says facilities around the country will be on high alert this festive season in order to combat potential safety and security challenges.

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 --  

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 --  

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 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 14:22:27 GMT
Central Africa: Angolan President Discusses DRC Situation With Burundi Counterpart
[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angolan Head of State João Lourenço Tuesday afternoon held phone conversation with the Burundian counterpart, Évariste Ndayishimiye, as part of Luanda-Nairobi coordination process.

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.



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