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Tue, 09 Aug 2022 10:47:00 +0200
KZN flood victims evicted from illegally occupied hostel
A group of evicted KwaZulu-Natal flood victims were forced to sleep on the street on Monday night when other displaced people refused to let them back into a civic hall in Durban.

Tue, 09 Aug 2022 08:21:00 +0200
Polls open for Kenya's elections, locals desperate for change to choose new president from familiar faces
Millions of Kenyans started to cast their ballots for a new president, parliament and local authorities on Tuesday, live footage on local television stations showed.

Tue, 09 Aug 2022 08:00:00 +0200
IN PICS | Not clear when 'AmaBherete' will be deployed to the West Rand
Community members in Mohlakeng, Randfontein, on Monday, discovered a hole in a shack allegedly leading to a mine shaft while searching for zama zamas.

Tue, 09 Aug 2022 07:24:54 +0200
LISTEN | No justice for 52-year-old rape victim after case closed
Mulaudzi says her alleged attacker is someone she knows from her community and sees daily.

Tue, 09 Aug 2022 06:10:32 +0200
WATCH | 'Women need basic income grant and a job': Black Sash leaders
The executive director of the Black Sash, Rachel Bukasa, sat down with the former Black Sash president, Mary Burton, to discuss what needs to change in SA and the power of their female membership.

Tue, 09 Aug 2022 06:09:56 +0200
WATCH | Black Sash still fighting for social justice, 60 years on
“The strength of the Black Sash is that it was formed by women, who have fantastic power when they work together,” says Mary Burton. In 1955, six middle class white women formed the Black Sash to campaign for justice at a time when apartheid laws...

Tue, 09 Aug 2022 06:05:44 +0200
WOMEN’S DAY | How family members cope after losing loved ones to GBV
Every time an incident of gender-based violence is reported, Busisiwe Radebe remembers her sister.

Tue, 09 Aug 2022 06:04:02 +0200
WOMEN'S DAY | Meet Joburg morgue's all-women team: 'It's not glamorous like you see on TV'
'#MortuaryProblems' is how these women banter about their unique on-the-job challenges.

Tue, 09 Aug 2022 06:02:02 +0200
WOMEN’S DAY | That’s how you do it: chicken, veggie, fish farmer, teacher and mother of three
Empangeni's Sindi Thusi is a busy woman, and correctional services officials are using her skills for prisoner programmes.

Tue, 09 Aug 2022 05:54:41 +0200
WOMEN’S DAY | ‘We were the only African start-up in the final of global student entrepreneur awards’ — Chido Dzinotyiwei
Mandela Rhodes scholar Chido Dzinotyiwei is using her love for language to try to preserve and promote indigenous African languages.

Tue, 09 Aug 2022 05:50:58 +0200
‘This is your (woman) captain’ — SAA’s plans for all-female flight crews on Women’s Day
To mark Women’s Day, SAA has placed select flights under the complete control of women to celebrate their success and demonstrate support for gender equality.

Tue, 09 Aug 2022 05:42:41 +0200
Kenya elections — 'We are getting first shot for women to compete'
As Kenyans queue to vote in Kenya's general elections on Tuesday, deputy presidential candidate Martha Karua made history by being the first woman to contend for such high office — and having a real chance to make it.

Tue, 09 Aug 2022 05:39:51 +0200
WOMEN'S DAY | Why should a woman risk her life because she needs to use the bathroom?
This Women's Day, thousands of families across the country are still caught in a web of grief at the loss of loved ones who died simply for being women.

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 21:23:00 +0200
Covid-19, unrest and floods in KZN have left social development coffers dry
The recent spate of disasters has left the coffers of the KwaZulu-Natal department of social development empty, social development MEC Nonhlanhla Khoza said on Monday.

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 20:38:00 +0200
Trade and investment between SA and US should be expanded, Pandor says
The US is seeking a partnership with SA and it does not want an "unbalanced or transactional relationship".

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 19:28:00 +0200
IN PICS | Mohlakeng descends into chaos as community burns zama zama homes and belongings
The township of Mohlakeng in the West Rand continued to descend into chaos as fed up community members burnt down houses and belongings that are said to belong to alleged zama zamas.

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 19:12:00 +0200
KZN flood victims evicted from Durban Transnet building
About 300 flood victims who were occupying a Transnet building in Durban were evicted on Monday morning.

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 18:32:00 +0200
Another public protector report against Ivan Pillay set aside by court
The high court in Pretoria on Monday set aside suspended public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebate’s report of April 22 in each instance where it relates to former Sars deputy commissioner Ivan Pillay.

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 18:06:30 +0200
Runner mauled by pit bulls recovering at home, lays charges with police
A runner who was attacked by two pit bulls on Friday in Edenvale has laid a charge with the police.

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 18:03:44 +0200
Case of woman murdered in hijacking postponed as witness cannot be traced
The trial of Biazza Goliath, accused of the murder of Isabel van Coller in November 2019, was postponed by the high court in Johannesburg on Monday until October 3 to locate a key witness.

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 14:21:13 +0200
Gauteng launches township retail programme to regulate spaza shops
Gauteng premier David Makhura‬⁩ and MEC Parks‬⁩ Tau are launching the Gauteng township retail programme at the Sam Ntuli Stadium in Thokoza on Monday.

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 14:17:48 +0200
Russian weapons in Ukraine are powered by hundreds of Western parts — defence think tank
More than 450 foreign-made components have been found in Russian weapons recovered in Ukraine, evidence that Moscow acquired critical technology from companies in the US, Europe and Asia in the years before the invasion, according to a new report by ...

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 14:04:34 +0200
WATCH | Hail batters Pietermaritzburg
Pietermaritzburg residents ran for cover when hailstones battered the KwaZulu-Natal capital on Monday.

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 13:23:26 +0200
Chad and rebels sign peace deal in Qatar ahead of national dialogue
Chad's transitional authorities and rebel groups signed a peace agreement in Doha on Monday ahead of a broad national reconciliation dialogue to take place later this month.

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 13:19:45 +0200
Don’t brush off premenstrual dysphoric disorder symptoms, say SA psychiatrists
Premenstrual dysphoric disorder, a more severe form of premenstrual syndrome, can affect the ability to work, impact women’s relationships and increase their risk of suicide.

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 13:00:00 +0200
POLL | Do you believe government is taking GBV and femicide seriously enough?
Is government letting women down, or is the issue bigger than legislation?

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 12:56:37 +0200
Durban girl dies a week after being critically injured in crash
Eleven-year-old Dia Nana died nearly a week after her father crashed his Porsche into shop fronts in central Durban.

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 12:01:32 +0200
IN PICS | Alleged zama zamas’ rooms raided, possessions burnt by another West Rand community
A few homes that allegedly house zama zamas in Mohlakeng, Randfontein, were targeted when community members searched for illegal miners on Monday.

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 12:00:00 +0200
R400m drug bust suspects remanded in custody
Three men appeared in the Athlone magistrate’s court on Monday in connection with a R400m cocaine bust by the Hawks along the N1 highway on Thursday.

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 12:00:00 +0200
Durban e-hailing taxi driver arrested for 'fabricating hijacking ordeal'
An e-hailing taxi driver has been arrested for perjury and defeating the ends of justice after he allegedly lied that he had been hijacked and held hostage in Durban.



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