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Thu, 25 Apr 2024 06:13:43 GMT
Social Security Agency Workers Busted in Grant Fraud Scheme - South African News Briefs - April 25, 2024
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Wed, 24 Apr 2024 11:51:35 GMT
Department of Health Fails to Buy Life-Saving Device for Diabetes Patients
[GroundUp] Using vials and syringes instead of pens can lead to insulin dosing errors which can be fatal

Wed, 24 Apr 2024 11:51:50 GMT
Widow's Shack Demolished Six Times Since September
[GroundUp] 100 shacks demolished by JMPD in Rabie Ridge on Saturday

Wed, 24 Apr 2024 11:03:43 GMT
Immigration Officer Slammed By Judges After Ethiopian Asylum Seeker Attempts Suicide
[GroundUp] Tsegaye Esyas says he was duped into confessing that he was in South Africa illegally

Wed, 24 Apr 2024 11:03:41 GMT
Elections 2024 - South Africa Is One of the Few African Countries Where Prisoners Can Vote
[GroundUp] But the right of prisoners to vote has at times been resisted by the government and the Independent Electoral Commission

Wed, 24 Apr 2024 13:10:57 GMT
Cosatu Applauds the Progressive Agreement to Halt Retrenchments of 6 000 Workers At the Post Office
[COSATU] The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) applauds the progressive agreement to halt the retrenchments of 6 000 workers at the South African Post Office (SAPO). This profound agreement provides relief and hope to thousands of SAPO ...

Wed, 24 Apr 2024 11:52:12 GMT
Agricultural Hubs Create Work and Hope for Hundreds
[GroundUp] But Industrial Development Corporation funding for the project in KwaZulu-Natal is coming to an end

Wed, 24 Apr 2024 11:35:04 GMT
Time Is Right for a South Atlantic Climate Alliance
[ISS] With their leading roles regionally and in the G20 and COP30, a Brazil-South Africa partnership could prompt useful south-south ties.

Wed, 24 Apr 2024 10:19:25 GMT
SA's Most Dedicated Courier Braves Mdumbi River to Deliver Parcel
[Daily Maverick] South Africa needs everyday champions. We have seen the impact they have on hope and positivity, on businesses, demonstrating that the current doesn't always move in one direction.

Thu, 25 Apr 2024 07:01:33 GMT
Cosatu Celebrates the Life of the Late President of the African National Congress, Oliver Tambo
[COSATU] The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) celebrates the life of the late President of the African National Congress (ANC), Isithwalandwe/ Seaparankoe Oliver Reginald Tambo as we honour the 31st anniversary of his passing. As we na...

Wed, 24 Apr 2024 06:18:44 GMT
Nearly Half of South Africans Can't Afford Basics - Survey - South African News Briefs - April 24, 2024
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Tue, 23 Apr 2024 06:00:51 GMT
Johannesburg Power Outage Threatens Critical Healthcare - South African News Briefs - April 23, 2024
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Wed, 24 Apr 2024 04:44:15 GMT
Johannesburg in a Time of Darkness - Ivan Vladislavić's New Memoir Reminds Us of the City's Fragility
[The Conversation Africa] Ivan Vladislavić is Johannesburg's literary linkman. He tells us, in the first pages of his new book, The Near North, that before cities were lit, first by gaslight and later electricity, people of means paid torchbear...

Wed, 24 Apr 2024 04:44:14 GMT
History for Sale - What Does South Africa's Struggle Heritage Mean After 30 Years of Democracy?
[The Conversation Africa] One of my favourite statues is the one of Nelson Mandela at the Sandton City shopping centre in Johannesburg. Larger than life, its oversized bronze shoes shimmer in the evening light, polished by the hands of many passersby...

Mon, 22 Apr 2024 06:22:55 GMT
Johannesburg Resident Wins Utility Bill Battle After 7-Year Fight - South African News Briefs - April 22, 2024
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Tue, 23 Apr 2024 16:03:52 GMT
We Want Reparations Before the Elections, Demand Victims of Apartheid Crime
[GroundUp] About 100 pensioners, supported by the Khulumani Support Group, picketed outside Parliament on Tuesday

Tue, 23 Apr 2024 04:47:16 GMT
Meerkat - the South African Radio Telescope That's Transformed Our Understanding of the Cosmos
[The Conversation Africa] South Africa's Karoo region is a vast semi-arid area that stretches across four of the country's provinces. It is sparsely populated and renowned for its wide open spaces.

Wed, 24 Apr 2024 12:09:01 GMT
No Joy for Springboks and Kolisi At Laureus World Sports Awards As SA's Four Nominees Lose Out
[Daily Maverick] South Africa had four nominees at the 2024 Laureus World Sports Awards but came away empty-handed on a good night for Spain.

Tue, 23 Apr 2024 04:47:18 GMT
Academics With Disabilities - South African Universities Need an Overhaul to Make Them Genuinely Inclusive
[The Conversation Africa] Very little research has been conducted about academics with disabilities working in South African universities. This means their stories, and the challenges they face in the daily demands of their jobs, are not often told. ...

Mon, 22 Apr 2024 13:14:35 GMT
Scrap Electricity Tariff Hikes, Demand Durban Residents
[GroundUp] Public comment on increases for ratepayers in eThekwini closed on Friday

Wed, 24 Apr 2024 05:01:34 GMT
Banyana Coach Ellis to Be Conferred With an Honorary Doctorate
[SAFA] According to CPUT, the University will be rolling out the red carpet for more than 7 000 graduands, celebrating the success of 6 373 undergraduates and 735 postgraduates during 14 ceremonies which started on 22 April and conclude on 26 April 2...

Mon, 22 Apr 2024 04:32:30 GMT
Esther Mahlangu - How the Famous South African Artist Keeps Her Ndebele Culture Alive
[The Conversation Africa] Esther Mahlangu is having a retrospective of her world famous art in Cape Town. Now 88, the South African visual artist is best known for her colourful large-scale murals in the traditional patterns and colours of the Ndebel...

Mon, 22 Apr 2024 04:32:29 GMT
South Africa's Security Forces Once Brutally Entrenched Apartheid. It's Been a Rocky Road to Reform
[The Conversation Africa] One of the important tasks that faced South Africa's democratic government after 1994 was to reform the apartheid-era security apparatus.

Tue, 23 Apr 2024 17:32:32 GMT
Huawei to Sponsor University Students to Undergo Tech Training in S.Africa
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Huawei Kenya is set to sponsor selected students from different universities in the country in a technology teaching program in South Africa.

Tue, 23 Apr 2024 14:38:53 GMT
The Walls Tell Their Stories - Street Art Brings Noordgesig's History to Colourful, Vibrant Life
[Daily Maverick] In this corner of Soweto, to which people were forcibly moved from places like Sophiatown and Vrededorp, street art tells the story of a rich history and a strong community culture.

Tue, 23 Apr 2024 13:59:43 GMT
Shohei Ohtani Sets Record, Dodgers Annihilate Mets
[Daily Maverick] Shohei Ohtani and Andy Pages hit milestone home runs and the Los Angeles Dodgers finished off a rough homestand with a dominating 10-0 victory over the New York Mets on Sunday.

Wed, 24 Apr 2024 12:15:48 GMT
Whose Agenda Is Being Served By the Dynamics Surrounding Ai African Data Extraction?
[Daily Maverick] The more AI disappears into invisibility, the further it entangles us in its underlying machinations, alongside the corporate and political interests whose agenda it serves.

Mon, 22 Apr 2024 10:17:21 GMT
Freedom Day, Food Justice and Marshalltown Fire Justice Campaign March
[Daily Maverick] New report explores how corruption and discrimination intersect to undermine land rights in South Africa; the Healthy Living Alliance will host a webinar highlighting the grim reality of the food environment in South Africa; and Free...

Mon, 22 Apr 2024 09:33:59 GMT
Chronic Kidney Disease Rates Have Dropped in People With HIV, but Late Diagnosis Remains a Serious Problem
[spotlight] People living with HIV are at an increased risk of developing several opportunistic infections and co-morbidities, including chronic kidney disease. Elri Voigt unpacks the complex effect that HIV has on the kidneys, how HIV and chronic ki...

Fri, 19 Apr 2024 05:58:11 GMT
Search Continues for Missing 6-Year-Old Joshlin Smith - South African News Briefs - April 19, 2024
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