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Fri, 17 Jun 2022 11:18:04 GMTWhat's Happening In South African News - June 17, 2022
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Nelson Mandela Bay Races to Avoid Day Zero Water Crisis
Fri, 17 Jun 2022 09:58:45 GMTYouth Picket, Demand Library Be Opened As Government Promised
[GroundUp] The R23-million Lehae Library was meant to open in 2018
Fri, 17 Jun 2022 14:12:34 GMTCall to End Blockade of Roads
[SAnews.gov.za] Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula has called for an end to the blockade of roads and for truck drivers to allow the engagement process to run its course.
Fri, 17 Jun 2022 14:12:11 GMTExpansion Plans for Durban, Ngqura Port Terminals Commended
[SAnews.gov.za] The Select Committee on Public Enterprises and Communication has welcomed the expansion plans at Durban's port terminal and Gqeberha's Ngqura port.
Fri, 17 Jun 2022 14:11:33 GMTPublic Service and Administratopm PM Commemoration of Africa Public Service Day
[Govt of SA] South Africa commemorates Africa Public Service Day
Fri, 17 Jun 2022 14:06:58 GMTCele Visits Family of Slain Gauteng Policeman
[SAnews.gov.za] Police Minister Bheki Cele will on Friday visit the family of Warrant Officer, Mokgadi Joseas Mpepe, who was murdered while on duty on Monday.
Fri, 17 Jun 2022 14:05:17 GMTKhayelitsha Youth Commended for Fighting Crime
[SAnews.gov.za] The Police Ministry has commended the commitment demonstrated by the community of Khayelitsha, especially its youth, for not allowing themselves to be by-standers but choosing to be active participants in the collective fight against ...
Fri, 17 Jun 2022 13:54:47 GMTSA Records 1,936 New Covid-19 Cases
[SAnews.gov.za] South Africa on Thursday recorded 1 936 new COVID-19 cases, taking the country's tally of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 983 675.
Fri, 17 Jun 2022 13:54:08 GMTMinister Zulu to Receive Donation for Disaster Relief Assistance
[SAnews.gov.za] Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu and the MEC of Social Development, Nonhlanhla Khoza, will on Friday receive a donation from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.
Fri, 17 Jun 2022 13:37:50 GMTSassa Warns Beneficiaries Against Scammers
[Govt of SA] Sassa beneficiaries beware of Scammers.
Fri, 17 Jun 2022 13:32:04 GMTA Cast Iron Love Story That Lifts the Lid On the Three Legged Pot
[Daily Maverick] First they published a book called Beer Food Fire; now Karl Tessendorf and Greg Gilowey - collectively, Beer Country - are back with Pots Pans & Potjies.
Fri, 17 Jun 2022 12:47:26 GMTA Taste of Fynbos - Exploring South Africa's Indigenous Culinary Herbs
[Daily Maverick] Aromatic and evocative of the veld, a new palette of fynbos seasonings and herbs challenges and delights palates at a masterclass tasting experience with Giselle Courtney of South African Fynbos.
Fri, 17 Jun 2022 12:44:33 GMTHigher Education and Training Holds Worldskills South Africa Biennual National Competition Conference
[Govt of SA] Department of Higher Education and Training successfully hosts the Worldskills South Africa Biennual National Competition, Conference and National Artisan Career Festival
Fri, 17 Jun 2022 12:44:02 GMTConCourt Rules High Court Wrong Over Burial of Foetuses Under 26-Weeks
[Daily Maverick] Apex court refused to confirm a Pretoria high court ruling that sections of the Births and Deaths Registration Act are unconstitutional.
Fri, 17 Jun 2022 09:56:42 GMTRural Eastern Cape Nurses Demand Special Allowance
[GroundUp] Health department agrees to meet nursing unions next week over allegations of unpaid allowances
Fri, 17 Jun 2022 05:53:15 GMTRamaphosa Calls Putin to Discuss Food and Fertiliser Supplies
[Daily Maverick] During a phone call on Wednesday, the two BRICS leaders stressed intention to 'expand mutually beneficial cooperation'
Sat, 18 Jun 2022 19:15:59 GMTThato Mokeke Knows His Path
[New Frame] The footballer who has had much success in Cape Town knows through personal experience that playing careers don't last, so he's already planning his next move.
Sat, 18 Jun 2022 19:03:10 GMTChina to Adopt Genetically Modified Maize and Soy - Why It Matters for South Africa
[The Conversation Africa] Something important for global agriculture happened this past week but received minimal media coverage. The Chinese National Crop Variety Approval Committee released two standards that clear the path for cultivating genetica...
Sat, 18 Jun 2022 19:00:21 GMTChildren's Mental Health and the Digital World - How to Get the Balance Right
[The Conversation Africa] Technology has increasingly blurred the boundaries between the physical and digital worlds. This has led to dramatic shifts in daily life and changed the way children and adolescents live, socialise, move around and learn.
Fri, 17 Jun 2022 15:56:28 GMTMEC Ivan Meyer Commemorates World Desertification and Drought Day
[Govt of SA] Media release by MEC Meyer on World Desertification and Drought Day - Western Cape allocates R55m to ecological infrastructure
Fri, 17 Jun 2022 12:43:34 GMTMinister Senzo Mchunu Assesses Water Supply Situation in Nelson Mandela Metro
[Govt of SA] The Minister of Water and Sanitation, Senzo Mchunu accompanied by Executive Mayor of NMBMM, Eugene Johnson had a series of visits in Nelson Mandela Bay Metro Municipality (NMBMM) assessing dam levels and water supply infrastructure to av...
Fri, 17 Jun 2022 05:56:55 GMTTruck Blockade on National Road an 'Act of Economic Sabotage' - Durban Commerce Chamber
[Daily Maverick] Traffic on the N3 started flowing again on Thursday evening after a day of blockades by trucks seriously disrupted traffic on the normally busy Van Reenen's Pass. The blockade shut down the critical supply chain route that connects K...
Fri, 17 Jun 2022 05:51:51 GMTMore Than Two Months Later, Destitute Durban Deluge Victims Wait for Promised Housing
[Daily Maverick] Elderly people and small children are among those still living in community halls in KwaZulu-Natal after the floods in April. One municipal official blamed 'construction mafias' for delaying plans to build temporary residential units...
Fri, 17 Jun 2022 05:48:20 GMTResidents Say 'Black Lives Don't Matter' After 86 Die in 36 Mass Shootings in One Year
[Daily Maverick] Khayelitsha, one of Cape Town's largest suburbs, has been rocked by several mass shootings in the past few months. On Youth Day (with ANC councillors for the area glaringly absent) members of the community raised the situation with a...
Wed, 15 Jun 2022 08:19:35 GMTWhat's Happening In South African News - June 15, 2022
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Fri, 17 Jun 2022 05:57:54 GMTIf Jake White's Bulls Win the URC It Could Be His Finest Coaching Achievement
[Daily Maverick] The Bulls travel to Cape Town as underdogs to face the Stormers in the United Rugby Championship final on Saturday. Bulls coach Jake White has already written another impressive chapter in his story.
Fri, 17 Jun 2022 05:57:23 GMTYoung People March to Union Buildings to Present Demands for a Better Future
[Daily Maverick] At a Youth Day Parade on Thursday, more than 1,000 young people from a range of organisations marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria in pursuit of systemic change. In a memorandum handed over to the Presidency, they demanded acti...
Fri, 17 Jun 2022 05:55:41 GMTThe Bells of Westminster Abbey Toll for the Arch
[Daily Maverick] Thursday's memorial service at Westminster Abbey saw hundreds of friends of the beloved Archbishop Desmond Tutu literally walking over the body of another evangelical non-conformist, David Livingstone.
Fri, 17 Jun 2022 05:53:53 GMTOpposition Parties Slam the ANC Government for Failing SA's Young People
[Daily Maverick] There's nothing to celebrate this Youth Day, opposition parties argue because young people have no future under the ANC government.
Fri, 17 Jun 2022 05:46:26 GMTDurban South Residents Resist Engen Plans for Fuel Storage Depot
[Daily Maverick] A group of angry residents of Merebank and surrounding areas braved the rain and protested outside the Engen refinery on Wednesday, 15 June, in response to the oil giant's plans to continue with its moves to set up a fuel storage dep...