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Tue, 02 Nov 2021 08:49:18 +0000‘It is no longer safe for Denel to be based in Macassar’
Calls to end production at Rheinmetall Denel Munition after yet another blast rocks the Somerset West area, the fifth since 2018
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Tue, 02 Nov 2021 08:43:48 +0000Grinding hardships persist with no help in sight
Unimaginable levels of poverty in far-flung rural villages in South Africa are not being addressed by local councillors who are supposed to help improve the lives of residents in their wards
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Tue, 02 Nov 2021 07:46:41 +0000Tackling youth unemployment requires sustained and coordinated action
Youth unemployment is not often discussed in all its complexities. Like a game of snakes and ladders, this crisis is the result of compounding roadblocks and U-turns that young South Africans face. Solving it requires coordinated action
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Tue, 02 Nov 2021 05:38:48 +0000LIVE: Local Elections 2021 Results
With hundreds of parties and close to 1 000 independent candidates contesting in municipalities, the 2021 local government election results will be nothing but surprising. Follow the live results here.
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Mon, 01 Nov 2021 21:11:18 +0000New technology not to blame for low voter turnout – IEC
The electoral commission acknowledged tech hiccups, but said the biggest problem was the limited time frame it had in which to organise the elections
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Mon, 01 Nov 2021 17:06:53 +0000So far so good, IEC says on elections
Electoral body says this year’s local government vote got off to a fairly good start
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Mon, 01 Nov 2021 15:16:24 +0000A vote in remembrance of Durban’s ‘Marchbishop’
The Denis Hurley Centre has helped restore the franchise to 250 homeless people living in Durban’s ward 28
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Mon, 01 Nov 2021 14:20:46 +0000IEC vows to deliver free and fair elections on Monday
A government statement on Monday said millions of South Africans had already heeded the call to cast their vote and that the vibrant atmosphere at voting stations around the country “is encouraging”
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Mon, 01 Nov 2021 14:16:06 +0000Homeless but not voteless in ward 28
Durban’s Denis Hurley centre is assisting homeless people to register and to vote
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Mon, 01 Nov 2021 12:00:00 +0000Thousands of thin Cape fur seals die on West Coast beaches
Starvation caused by overfishing is thought to be a major culprit but investigations are ongoing
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