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Fri, 08 Apr 2022 08:03:59 GMTWhat's Happening In South African News - April 8, 2022
[allAfrica] Cape Town --
Fri, 08 Apr 2022 06:25:45 GMTSA Reserve Bank Takes a Step Closer to a National Digital Currency
[Daily Maverick] The South African Reserve Bank, in collaboration with the Intergovernmental Fintech Working Group, this week released a second report looking at the use of distributed ledger technology for interbank payments settlement, taking it on...
Thu, 07 Apr 2022 12:17:34 GMTZimbabwe Citizen Killed After Protests over Crime in Gauteng Township
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- A spate of up to seven murders over the past weekend has driven tension in the Gauteng township of Diepsloot, over the past several days, Times Live reports. Residents threatened to shut down the area and called for greater ...
Fri, 08 Apr 2022 08:36:41 GMTOpposition Party Condemns Murder of Zimbabwean in South Africa
[New Zimbabwe] ZAPU has condemned the murder of a Zimbabwean man in Diepsloot, North of Johannesburg by a xenophobic South African mob hunting foreigners residing in the area.
Fri, 08 Apr 2022 04:22:30 GMTThe 100-Year-Old Story of South Africa's First History Book in the Isizulu Language
[The Conversation Africa] This year marks the centenary of the publication in 1922 of Abantu Abamnyama Lapa Bavela Ngakona (The Black People and Whence They Came), the first book-length history of black people written in isiZulu. Part of the Nguni la...
Thu, 07 Apr 2022 13:34:17 GMTPrison Visits Reinstated As National State of Disaster Ends
[GroundUp] Covid mandatory protocols and regulations will still be adhered to during visits
Fri, 08 Apr 2022 06:46:12 GMTKZN Learners Miss School Because They Can't Cross the River During Heavy Rains
[GroundUp] "We cannot have children not go to school because they cannot cross the river when it is full," says Sakhile Masikane, of Emakhabeleni, outside Kranskop in northern KwaZulu-Natal.
Fri, 08 Apr 2022 06:31:21 GMTCommercial Fishing - Hout Bay Fishers Say They've Been Left Out
[GroundUp] Hout Bay fishers have taken issue with the fishing rights allocation process for this year.
Fri, 08 Apr 2022 08:26:38 GMTHow the Russian Nuclear Deal Would Have Taken South Africa to the Brink
[Daily Maverick] If South Africa's nuclear deal with Russia had not been capsized by a court challenge, it would have been the biggest procurement deal signed in the democratic era. A new book by journalist Karyn Maughan and researcher Kirsten Pearso...
Fri, 08 Apr 2022 08:26:16 GMTJSC Recommends Advocate Ilse Van Rhyn to Fill Free State High Court Vacancy
[Daily Maverick] On Thursday, Ilse van Rhyn was recommended by the Judicial Service Commission for appointment to the Free State Division of the High Court.
Fri, 08 Apr 2022 08:17:04 GMTPolice On High Alert After Murders and Mob Killing of a Zimbabwean National in Diepsloot
[Daily Maverick] Zimbabwean national Elvis Nyathi fell victim to the mob. His widow, Nomsa's life was spared after she showed them her passport, but Nyathi was allegedly dragged out of his house, beaten, stoned and set alight in the next street.
Fri, 08 Apr 2022 08:15:01 GMTInnovator's 'Shark' Brings Answers to Polluted Cape Town Waterways
[Daily Maverick] An innovator, realising the inefficiency of cleaning Cape Town's waterways using boats and nets, invented a zero-emissions product to combat pollution.
Fri, 08 Apr 2022 08:13:44 GMTDirector-General Dondo Mogajane to Join the Exodus From National Treasury
[Daily Maverick] Dondo Mogajane will be the latest senior official to leave the Treasury, fuelling concerns that the institution doesn't have a proactive and strong programme in place for succession planning.
Fri, 08 Apr 2022 07:12:09 GMTSwarms of Brown Locusts Plague Three Provinces Despite R80 Million Spent On Fighting the Outbreak
[Daily Maverick] Three provinces in South Africa have been plagued by the largest brown locust swarms in decades. And because of heavy rains, the locust outbreak shows no signs of stopping.
Thu, 07 Apr 2022 15:44:52 GMTMunicipality Slammed for Not Acting On Officials Implicated in SIU Report
[SAnews.gov.za] North West Provincial Legislature's Portfolio Committee on Premier, Finance, Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs has expressed displeasure with the Ratlou Local Municipality for not taking action against ...
Thu, 07 Apr 2022 15:36:17 GMTMinister Patricia De Lille Conducts Pre-Imbizo Visit to Projects in Free State, 08 APR
[Govt of SA] Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Patricia de Lille to conduct Pre-Imbizo visit to projects in Free State
Thu, 07 Apr 2022 15:35:56 GMTCabinet Approves Draft Small Enterprise Development Masterplan
[SAnews.gov.za] Cabinet has approved the publication of the draft National Integrated Small Enterprise Development (NISED) Masterplan for public comment.
Thu, 07 Apr 2022 15:35:42 GMTPresident Cyril Ramaphosa - South African Heads of Mission Conference
[Govt of SA] Remarks by President Cyril Ramaphosa at the South African Heads of Mission Conference
Thu, 07 Apr 2022 15:34:44 GMTTreasury On Director-General Dondo Mogajane's Contract
[Govt of SA] The Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, hereby announces that the Director-General (DG) Dondo Mogajane, whose contract comes to an end on 7 June 2022, has elected not to extend his contract. The DG will leave the National Treasury on ...
Thu, 07 Apr 2022 15:34:05 GMTWestern Cape Human Settlements Embarks On Recruitment Drive for Job Creation
[Govt of SA] Western Cape Human Settlements over 35-year-old job creation drive proving to be successful
Thu, 07 Apr 2022 15:11:40 GMTMinister Naledi Pandor - South African Heads of Mission Conference
[Govt of SA] Address by H.E. Dr Naledi Pandor, MP, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation to The South African Heads of Mission Conference
Thu, 07 Apr 2022 14:52:40 GMT300 Learners, Five Classrooms, No Toilets At This Eastern Cape School
[GroundUp] Learners and teachers are battling at Newtown High School in Fort Beaufort
Thu, 07 Apr 2022 14:50:55 GMTSouth Africa On the Cusp of Green Hydrogen Boom
[SAnews.gov.za] South Africa has a "tremendous opportunity" to take the global lead in hydrogen and fuel cell production.
Thu, 07 Apr 2022 14:50:25 GMTNot Our Problem, Say Two Municipalities As Road Falls Apart
[GroundUp] Neither Madibeng nor Tshwane are taking responsibility for the upkeep of the Kgabalatsane to Ga-Rankuwa road
Thu, 07 Apr 2022 14:48:33 GMTCabinet Welcomes End of National State of Disaster
[SAnews.gov.za] Cabinet says the lifting of the National State of Disaster was made possible by the resilience of people in South Africa who complied with all COVID-19 safety protocols designed by government to save lives and livelihoods.
Thu, 07 Apr 2022 14:45:11 GMTCabinet Welcomes Moody's Upgrade
[SAnews.gov.za] Cabinet has welcomed credit rating agency Moody's upgrade of its outlook on South Africa from negative to stable.
Thu, 07 Apr 2022 14:02:43 GMTOutstanding Article Award for Research Paper On African Dinosaur Footprints
[UCT] A fascinating research paper authored by University of Cape Town (UCT) academic Associate Professor Emese Bordy, which carefully studies a trackway made by a tiny, agile dinosaur almost 200 million years ago, offers an "evocative" reading of a ...
Thu, 07 Apr 2022 13:36:20 GMTMotsoaledi Commends Sentencing of Immigration Practitioner
[SAnews.gov.za] Home Affairs Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, has welcomed the 15-year direct imprisonment sentence given to a corrupt immigration practitioner and an Ethiopian national who tried to defraud South African permits.
Thu, 07 Apr 2022 08:18:57 GMTWhat's Happening In South African News - April 7, 2022
[allAfrica] Cape Town --
Thu, 07 Apr 2022 05:59:07 GMTGoogle Honours South Africa's Mother of Black Freedom On Her 151st Birthday
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Internet giant Google is celebrating the 151st birthday of Charlotte Maxeke, popularly known as the "Mother of Black Freedom". Maxeke was a scholar, an evangelist, a political activist, as well as an advocate for women's r...